LILY FAMILY. Uliacex, 



_ A handsome, large - flowered species 

 ing Trillium flowering later, and cultivated by the 

 Trillium grcmdi- florists. The waxy- white petals 1 i-2 inches 

 flomim long, larger than the sepals, curve grace- 



M h '-J f uu y backward, and, as they grow older, 



turn pink. 10-18 inches high. The red 

 berry fully 1 inch long. Rich woods. Vt. to N. C. , west 

 to Minn, and Mo. 



Leaves almost stemless and broadly 

 Trillium four-sided ovate. Flower with white or 



Trillium pinkish wavy petals f inch long, and with 



cemuum a short stem recurved so that the blossom 



White - g f ten hidden beneath the leaves. 8-14 



April-June . , ... ,, . , „ ^ 



inches high. Moist woods. New Eng. to 



Minn., south to Ga. and Mo. 



^ <«,...* A very small species with ovate leaves, 



Dwarf White . A . . * . , - , ,. 



Trillium ^~* incnes long, and flowers whose white 



Trillium nivale petals, less than 1 inch long, are scarcely 

 White w r avy. Berry red, about | inch in diame- 



March-May tei% fl attene( i am j spherical, with three 

 rounded divisions. A dwarf plant 2-5 inches high. Rich 

 woods. Pa. and Ky. to Minn, and Iowa. 



One of the most beautiful of the genus, 

 Trillium an( * ver ^ common in the rich woodlands 



Trilliumun- of the north. Leaves ovate and tapering 

 duiatum to a sharp point. Green sepals quite nar- 



w . hite * row, and the gracefully recurved, wavy- 



May-June nPe e dg e( * white petals strongly marked with 

 a crimson V deep or pale, as the case may 

 be ; it is never purple. The dark scarlet ovate berry f 

 inch long, ripe in September, and falling at a touch. 

 8-16 inches high. Cold damp woods and beside wood- 

 land brooks. New Fng. to Ga. , west to Minn, and Mo. 



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