Lot 42: Snelling (Lilian, 1879-1972) Lilium orchraceum (Lily), pencil and watercolour, inscribed 'Lilium ochraceum', 535 by 360mm., signed 'L.S'

Snelling (Lilian, 1879-1972)
Lilium orchraceum (Lily), pencil and watercolour, inscribed 'Lilium ochraceum', 535 by 360mm., signed 'L.S'

"Few species of Lilium exhibit such variation as is shown by the different forms of Lilium ochraceum, a species which was originally discovered by the French missionary Delavy on the Tali range. In the northern part of its geographical area- the high, dry land of north-west Yunnan" (A.Grove and A.D.Cotton, Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium, London, 1933-1940, pp.72-3).

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