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of course, merely a translation of the specific name given to 

 the plant because it was first known from the region of Phila- 

 delphia. The name of "tiger lily" belongs by rights to LUhim 

 tigrimim but it is often carelessly applied to this plant. LUhim 

 Canadcusc is a common lily of open grassy places. Its nod- 

 ding hells, which may be either yellow or red are often seen 

 in meadows and thickets. It is probably most frequently 

 known as "wild red" or "wild yellow" lily. "Field lily" alludes 

 to its place of growth, as "nodding lilv" does to its habit of 

 growth, while "Canada lily" is merely a translation of its 

 sj)ecihc name. The ficnvers of Liliuiii sitperbiun are half nod- 

 ding <-:nd the segments are rolled back in such a way as to 

 suggest a turban. The species is commonly known as "Turk's 

 cap" or "Turk's head." though the name is imported and be- 

 longs to the true Turk's cap" (Liliuin ruartagon) of Europe. 

 Our species also resembles the "tiger lily" {Lilium tigrimim) 

 of China and Japan and is often called "tiger lily," or "nod- 

 ding tiger lily" in consequence. The real "tiger lily" is 

 occasionally found as an escape in our region. 



Another Old World plant rather extensively naturalized 

 here, which bears the name of "tiger lily" is a species of Hein- 

 crncaUis better known as the "orange dav lily" {H. fulva,) 

 The name "day lily," like the generic name, refers to the evan- 

 escent nature of the flowers, though it may be said that they 

 frequently last longer than a day. The name of Eve's thread, 

 reported to be applied to this species, is doubtless due to its 

 being confused with some species of vucca, while "fire 

 lily" is clearly a misnomer. A second species of Hemcrocallis 

 (H. flava) with yellow flowers is the "lemon lily" or "yellow 

 day lily" while two species with orange bells that bloom earlier 

 are kncnvn as "copper lilies" {H. Dumortierii and H. Fo7- 

 fHiici.) The species of Funkia usually known as "plantam 



