DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS, 263 



All our native Lilies arc beautiful, and very much im- 

 proved by cultivation. While we are bringing together, 

 from the ends of the earth, the treasures of Flora, let not 

 our own be neglected. These may be taken from our 

 fields and meadows, when in bloom, by carefully taking 

 them up with a ball of earth, and in a few years will 

 richly repay the trouble. 



L, Siip^rblim. — Superb Lily. — One of the most magni- 

 ficent of our native plants ; not common in the vicinity 

 of Boston, but in many parts of the State, and in New 

 York, is abundant. Stem erect, straight, from three to 

 six feet high, bearing a large pyramid of orange-colored 

 flowers, not unfrequently numbering, when cultivated, 

 thirty or forty. The flowers are much reflexed. They 

 are found in many varieties, with flowers from a yellow 

 to an orange scarlet ; in bloom in July. 



L. Canad^nse. — i^odding Meadow Lily. — This fine 

 Lily may be found embellishing our meadows in June, 

 when it rarely produces more than from ono to five mod- 

 est, nodding, but showy flowers, on stems one to three 

 feet high. It is very much improved by cultivation, and, 

 when planted in rich ground, has been known to grow 

 five feet high, with a pyramid of at least twenty of its 

 pendulous flowers ; color from yellow to deep orange 

 scarlet. The flowers are profusely spotted with brown, 

 on the inside, and are but little reflexed. 



L. PlliLadelphicum. — The Common Ked Lily of our 

 pastures and dry fields ; equal, if not superior, in beauty, 

 to Zi. Canadense^ but of a difierent habit. Its height 

 rarely exceeds two feet, with one to three flowers, the pe- 

 tals of which are supported on a long claw ; upright, of 

 a dark vermillion color, richly spotted with black. The 

 flowers are bell-shaped; in bloom in July. This species 

 may, no doubt, be as greatly improved by cultivation as 

 L. Canadense. It would then form one of the most 



