CHAPTEE III 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



LILIES are flowers of temperate regions 

 which is fortunate indeed, as it makes a great 

 many of the species available for gardens that 

 have their extremely cold months and brings 

 all of the others within the range of climates 

 where the winter weather is mild. 



The family is found only in the northern 

 hemisphere. In North America the lily belt 

 runs across the upper part of the United States 

 and strays over the Canadian border; but it 

 resolves itself into two important centers, one 

 taking in California, Oregon and "Washington 

 and the other the northeastern states. In the 

 western group are L. pardalinum, L. Wasliing- 

 tonianum, L. parvum, L. Parryi, L. colum- 

 bianum, L. maritimum, L. Humboldtii, L. Kel- 

 loggii and L. parviflorum, constituting a list of 

 admirable species in which American gardeners 

 should take at least as much pride of cultiva- 

 tion as do the English. Of these, L. Washing- 



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