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they did, their color was clearer — more orange — and the foliage 

 shorter, and the stem more robust. Contrary to common belief, I 

 was surprised to learn that the disturbanco of the plowshare rather 

 favors than injures the growth of the lily, its corms dividing into 

 fragments, each of which produces a new plant if but half covered 

 by the rich warm soil under a sky the clearness and brightness of 

 which render everything in its sphere grand and delightful. 



lAlium Humholdtii is another so-called Tiger Lily, of more sturdy 

 growth and majestic character, the "Pardalinum of the hillsides." 

 It occurs at about 2,000 feet elevation, always selecting the open 

 pinewoods, never found near water, but always preferring slopes 

 facing north. In this region, all the old timber growth has been 

 cut off, and as we drive along the roads we may see the bright 

 bunches made up of 5 to 25 flowers on a stalk, shining brightly 

 through the thin boughs of pines. As the hazelnut is the steady 

 companion of L. pardalinum, so the cream-colored Iris Hartwegii 

 is always to be found where Liliwn Humholdtii abounds. Two 

 causes render this lily more and more scarce: the stand of even the 

 second growth of pines is being cleared away and replace<l by grain 

 fields; in the second place this species, wherever it occurs, is found 

 in such thick growths as to invite the settler to supply his garden 

 with lilies from the fields. Lastly, it may be said that it requires 

 fully three seasons for lAlium Hmnboldtii to bloom again if it is 

 once disturbed, and, unlike L. pardalinum, the plowshare is its sure 

 death. 



Lilium parvum, Kell. As its name indicates, the flowers are 

 small. Their color is orange, with spots on the inside of the petals. 

 It belongs to the alpine region, reaching as high as 8,500 feet in the 

 region I traversed, and does not occur below 4,500 feet. Wherever 

 I found this lily, I noticed two forms, neither of which approached 

 the other in any intermediate specimens. The smaller one reaches 

 a height of four feet. Its build is light, and upon the stem, set 

 with scattered leaves of light green, stand loosely from two to six or 

 seven flowers. The other kind is a giant in stature and makeup. 

 The stems are woody and hard, set with whorls of rich deep green 

 foliage, and carrying heads with from 20 to 50 flowers. I did not 

 notice any difference in the flowers, and while it may be possible 



