RED WILD FLOWERS 



berries which turn to a bright scarlet in the fall. Fre- 

 quently two or three flower-heads spring up together 

 with the lightly rolled leaf, all protected with several 

 dingy, sheathing leaflets. Every part of the plant 

 emits a foetid odour, and reminds one of the offensive 

 smell attached to the Purple Trillium and Carrion 

 Flower. The flowers may be found from January to 

 April, from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, 

 and south to Florida and Iowa. 



RED, WOOD, FLAME OR PHILADELPHIA LILY 



Lilium philadelphicum. Lily Family. 



The beautiful upright, flaring cups of the Wood 

 Lily, appearing like the flaming torches of classical 

 Rome, enlighten our upland meadows, dry woods 

 and thicket borders during June and July. It ranks 

 among our most showy and attractive flowers. The 

 single, smooth and slender stalk is leafy above the 

 middle, and grows from one to three feet tall, from 

 a bulb of narrow-jointed, fleshy scales. The thin, 

 smooth and narrow lance-shaped leaves taper toward 

 either end, and are stemless and finely rough-margined. 

 They occur in whorls of from three to eight at regular 

 intervals along the stalk, or a few of them alternate 

 on it. From one to five large, reddish orange or 

 flame-coloured flowers spring erectly from the top of 

 the stalk on separate stems. The neck of each flower- 

 bell is distinctly opened by the sudden narrowing of 

 the lower part of each of the six separate, partly flared 

 and curved, petal-like parts, into slender, stemlike 



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