126 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



Tork's-cap Lily. 



Lilitii/i i<iij)erbti>/i. 



to be alone satisfied with such a wonderful perfection 

 of curved outlines. The plant reaches an average 

 height of three feet. 



There is another handsome variety, 

 similar to the one just described, 

 called Turk's-cap lily, whose color is 

 richer, and whose graceful flower divisions are more 

 strongly curved backward. This lily is common on 

 Cape Cod and all along the coast of New 

 England. Its leaves are perhaps less reg- 

 ularly arranged in circles, but the stalk 

 grows taller ; at times it I'eaches a height 

 of six feet. I have made a little drawinjj 

 of the symmetrical seed vessel which in 

 late summer assumes a beautiful bronze 

 hue. It is astonishing to see the number 

 of seeds packed in close layers that just 

 one pod contains. How prolific in life 

 Nature sometimes shows herself to be ! 

 Each one of those tiny seeds contains a hidden life. 

 Think of the yield of which one plant is capable ! 

 Wild Eed Lily ^^^ "^3' estimation the wild red lily, 

 Lili'iin which always grows in shady places 



'■ (mostly m or on the edge 01 tlie 



woods), is the most beautiful one of all the wild spe- 

 cies. Its color is a splendid red of a vermilion cast. 

 The flowers stand erect and resemble tig^er lilies turned 



aJi 



Seed-pod of 

 Liliuni Su- 

 perbum. 



