LILIACEAE * LILY FAMILY 
WILD ORANGE-RED LILY. WOOD LILY 
Lilium philadelphicum L. 
This Lily blooms in July and August and is common in 
fields where the soil is sandy, and at the edge of woods, from 
New England to the Rocky mountains. 
The stem springs from a very 
scaly bulb and rises unbranched 2-3 
feet, producing 1-3 flowers at the 
apex. The leaves are usually borne 
in whorls of 3 or more, though 
occasionally there is only I or 2 at 
a node. 
The bud of the Wild Orange-red | 
Lily is greenish, but when the | 
always erect flower opens, the SA \\ 
perianth is shown to consist of 
6 reddish orange parts with 
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purple spots inside toward the — WE 
base. In western states a deep Tp 
red variety is more frequently 
found. The 6 stamens are =) 
directly in front of the peri- 
anth segments and slightly 
attached to their bases, so & i 
that when pulled they come ly 
off together. The long style is 
somewhat thickened toward 
the upper end and the stigma 
is 3-lobed. The ovary con- 
tains 2 rows of closely packed ovules in each of its 3 cells, and 
the pod fruit is oblong and filled with flattened seeds. 
The Day Lily, Hemerocallis fulva L., is a common but strikingly 
beautiful inhabitant of meadows and banks of streams throughout 
the state. Its 6-15 tawny orange flowers are borne on a single scape 
3-6 feet high, and bloom through June and July. The Lilylike, bell- 
shaped perianth opens for a single day. Often great clumps of this 
plant are formed from its habit of spreading by means of its bright 
orange-red rhizomes, which are knotted like beads on a string. 
A pure, cool lily, bending 
Near the rose all flushed and warm. 
Guonare—E, L. SPROAT 
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