LEDUM, 



LATiFOLiUM Labrador Tea 



LINUM, 



USITATISSIMUM FlaX 



LIPARIS— ORCHIS, 



LoESELii Tivay Blade 



Lii.i?OLiA Tway Blade 



A pretty little orchid, the racemes with purplish 

 ilowers, and fat or shining leaves. To have 

 success in germinating the seeds they must be 

 town in fungus-infected soil. 



LIATRIS, 



SQUARROSA Biasing Star 



SCARIOSA Biasing Star 



Showy spikes of purplish flowers, often three 

 feet in length. Grows in great masses near 

 Islorado park, with polygala, golden rod and 

 lobelia. Flowers are visited by the honey bee 

 and orange banded hornets. 



LILLIUM, 



Can.\de;nse; Meadow Lily 



SUPERBUM Wood Lily 



The pollen is largely distributed by the hum- 

 ming birds ; the smallest, most exquisite and 

 unabashed tropical jewel, that assists in fertiliz- 

 ing all our tubular flowers. The bird's tongue 

 is perforated, forming cylindrical tubes, captur- 

 ing insects in flowers, as well as nectar. They 

 cover their nests with lichens and line them 

 Avith down of cat tails and ferns. In extracting 

 nectar from flowers, they poise on wing, and 

 the only bird that flies backward out of flower 

 tubes. 



LINARIA, 



VULGARIS Butter and Eggs 



Canadensis Butter and Eggs 



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