Mliir.M CANADENSB. 



Nat.Oiidkh— LILIACK.K^Lknuuev. 



Tin: easy, graceful bending of the blonder dower-stalks, is one of Uio striking 

 bcnulicu of tlii* plant Tin- petals ore never rolled back* liko Ihom of tin* 

 Mnrtagons, although In oilier respects it approaches in the character of liilimn 

 superbum, nbto a native of Canada. There is a variety of Canadenso with much 

 darker flower*. Itnlli sorts bloom ray luxuriantly in July and August, al the 

 Liverpool Botanic Garden, inn border of bog-earth, shaded by hiirh hedge**; 

 frequently three or four whorfc of flower*, one above the other, fiinn n splendid 

 pyramid* n is figured in the Botanical SfagazinQ, No* 800* as one-flowered* 

 I >t 1 1 described us vnrving in 1 !■ **■ number of flowery fmm one in iwHvt*; :nni in 

 the description of the variety, Botanical magazine, 85S, Michavx is referred 

 tn* as sU\\h%\x 1 1n* ii>uiil number of (liiu'vi's iii wild specimens to '"■ three* 



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