LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY FAMILY 



growth which surrounds it. The plant gives the im- 

 pression of strength and vigor; its leaves are large and 

 veiny, the stem strong, sometimes tinged with red; 

 the flower-pedicel either erect or inclined. It is one 



Painted Trillium. Trillium unduldium 



of our wildlings that could easily be transferred to 

 the garden. 



The Red Trillium is found frequently with the 

 White, but is more abundant eastward than in the 

 Ohio valley. 



The Painted Trillium, Trillium undulakim, is a 

 very beautiful species found in cold, d?^n woods. Its 

 long, white, wavy-edged petals are moi _ " is flushed 

 or striped with red. The plant reaches the height of 

 eighteen inches, and possesses all the family characters 



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