LILIUM 



(The classic Latin name, from the Greek Uirion, a lily) 



29. Lilium superbum 

 English Names: Turk's-cap lily, Turk's-head lily, Nodding lily. Wild lily. 



EASTERN NORTH AMERICA MID-JUNE TO MID-JULY 



BRIGHT reddish orange flowers conspicuously spotted with brown, with 

 pointed, much recurved petals, carried pendently in a tall pyramidal 

 cluster of from six to eighteen flowers on a sturdy leafy stem three to six 

 feet tall. Leaves, often in 

 whorls around the stem, 

 pointed and rather incon- 

 spicuous. Excellent in 

 clumps in the herbaceous 

 border or naturalized 

 among shrubs, or by the 

 watersidewhere it may at- 

 tain a height of eightto ten 

 feet. After blooming the 

 foliage dies to the ground. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial growing wild 

 throughout the eastern 

 United States, of easiest 

 culture, even in heavy and 

 dampsoil. Manureshould 

 never be allowed to come 

 in contact with the bulb. 

 For proper planting of 

 Lilies see Lilium auratum 

 (page 255). Will thrive in 

 sun or half-shade, but does 

 best if the ground is kept 

 cool and moist either by 

 shade or by a top dressing 

 of peat or leaf mold. 



Propagate by offsets, bulb-scales divided as soon as quite ripe, or, 

 very slowly, by seed. 



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