WILD FLOWERS 



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The wild orange-red lily (Lilium pliiladelphicum) is one 

 of the most beautifully colored wild lilies. It grows in 

 the rich Western prairie soils and in bogs, and is from 

 two to four feet high. It has 

 an open, bell-shaped flower, of 

 a reddish-orange color, spotted 

 purplish inside. If transplanted, 

 it may be grown in dry soil in 

 the border among low shrubbery. 

 Plant bulbs either in late fall or 

 early spring. 



The Turk's-cap lily (Lilium 

 superbum) holds its large orange 

 flower cup, with numerous dark- 

 purple spots inside, in a half- 

 drooping position. It grows in 

 rich, moist woods and in wet 

 meadows. In borders among 

 shrubbery it will attain a height 

 of from four to seven feet. This 

 is a very fine lily to grow in a 

 moist corner with lower plants 

 in front of it. Lilium carolini- 

 anum is a Southern plant closely 

 related to it and is found in 

 dry woods among the mountains from Virginia south to 

 Florida. Its height is from two to three feet. Bulbs of 

 both varieties may be planted either in the fall or in 

 early spring. 



FIG. 67. Turk's-Cap Lily 

 (Lilium superbum) 



