LILY FAMILY 



This is the common Lily of the north, found abun- 

 dantly in alluvial meadows, nodding among the tall 

 grasses and often going down with its companions 

 under the advance of the mowing-machine. The 

 stem ordinarily rises to the height of three feet and 

 bears several whorls of bright green, lanceolate leaves. 

 At the summit it divides into several ilower-stems and 

 each bears a delicate pendulous bell, dull buff or dull 

 orange without, and orange or pale yellow within, 

 freckled with reddish brown spots. It fails of the 

 glowing color of the Wood Lily but it bears its blos- 

 soms with an incomparable grace and possesses a 

 charm unsurpassed by any Lily of the garden. 



Purely an American plant, the literature of the ages 

 filled with the praise of the Lily knows nothing of its 

 charm and beauty. The Lily of the New Testament 

 we are told was not a Lily, perhaps it was an Amaryllis, 

 but the words are true nevertheless — not even Solomon 

 in all his glory could compete in grace and beauty with 

 our wildling flower. 



TURK'S-CAP LILY 



Liliiim supirbum 



A superb Lily, growing in moist meadows and marshes, 

 bearing bells more recurved than those of the Meadow 

 Lily and usually more of them on the stem. Maine, 

 Ontario, and Minnesota, south to North Carolina and 

 Tennessee. July-August. 



Bulb. — Globose, covered with thick, white, ovate scales. 



Leaves. — Whorled or alternate, lanceolate, sessile, en- 

 tire, tapering toward apex and base, three-ribbed. 



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