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so strong a plant, and seldom bears more than two flowers. 

 It grows in the upper part of the Province, and on the 

 shores of Lake Huron. 



Lilium superbum — L. Superb Lily. 



" Leaves lance-linear, three-nerved, smooth ; lower ones in whorls, upper 

 ones scattered. Flowers in a pyramidal raceme, reflexcd. Petals rolled 

 back." 



A Stately plant, five or six feet high, bearing a large 

 pyramidal bunch of flowers at the summit, frequently as 

 many as thirty on a plant. The flowers are orange-coloured 

 with dark purple spots. This plant grows in overflown 

 grounds in Upper Canada, and on the Island of Montreal. 

 It is one of the most showy of our natives and merits a place 

 in all collections of flowers. 



Lilium Canadense — L. Canadian Lily. Lis des 



prairies, 



" Leaves remotely whorled, lanceolate, three-nerved. Peduncles long, 

 terminal, mostly in threes. Corolla spreading. Raceme spreading." 



This lily is about three to four feet high, and bears 

 a loose cluster of yellow or red flowers at top, marked 

 inside with dark spots. The petals are not rolled back, 

 but merely bent out towards the points, by which character 

 it may be readily distinguished from the preceding one. — 

 It grows in tlie meadows about Quebec, and very generally 

 throughout the country, on lands liable to be overflown. 

 Although not such an elegant plant as the superli lily, 

 it is higlily ornamental in the flower border, and it inijiroves 

 by culture. 



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