WESTERN RED LILY, L. umbellatum, is much like 

 the Wood Lily, but smaller and more slender, with 

 linear leaves. It blooms in dry soil during June and 

 July, from Ohio to Northwest Territory and south to 

 Arkansas. 



SOUTHERN RED LILY, L. Calesbaei, is much the same, 

 with slender, small, alternate leaves and recurved, pointed 

 segments. It grows in wet ground in summer, from 

 North Carolina to Florida. 



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WILD YELLOW LILY, FIELD LILY, CANADA LILY, 

 Lilium Canadense. Root. Bulbous. Stem. Simple, 

 2-5 high, stout. Leaves. Lanceolate, in whorls. 

 Flowers. Terminal, 1-16, drooping on long recurved 

 stalks, bright yellow and orange, purple-dotted. Peri- 

 anth. With recurved segments (not narrowing below). 

 Stamens (a). Red-brown. Pistil (b). With a three- 

 lobed, head-shaped stigma. Seeds. Flat, horizontal, 

 numerous. 



These gorgeous flowers bloom in early summer, in 

 fields and swamps, from Nova Scotia to Alabama and west 

 to the Mississippi. They might indeed be "the lilies of 

 the field " of the New Testament, for the glory of Solomon 

 would pale beside them. To see a field of them waving 

 their golden bells above the tall grasses is a sight to be 

 remembered. There are many such fields in the Berk- 

 shire Hills. 



Lest we come to think that the brilliant lilia are the 

 only important members of this family, we will stop here 

 to mention four small genera. 



LEUCOCRINUM, Leucocrinum montanum, is a low 

 Western herb, with long, grass-like inner leaves and 

 scale-like outer ones, all from the root. The flowers 

 are white, tube-shaped below, divided and salver- 

 shaped above. The anthers are coiled. It blooms in 

 late spring. 



ANDROSTEPHIUM, Androstephium coeruleum, is some- 

 what the same, with blue flowers in an umbel, on a long 

 scape. The anthers are straight. It grows on prairies, 

 from Kansas southward, in early spring. 



