YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



oblong or lance-shaped leaves are usually gathered 

 in whorls of from four to ten, which are distributed 

 at regular intervals on the stalk. The uppermost 

 leaves are often alternating. The margins, as well as 

 the veining on the under side, are finely roughened, 

 and they are strongly three-ribbed. From one to 

 sixteen showy flowers spring fountain-like from the 

 summit of the stalk, on long, slender stems, and 

 droop and nod in every direction from the sharply 

 curved ends. They are decidedly bell-like, and 

 their six spreading, pointed, petal-like parts are yel- 

 low or orange coloured, and usually deeper toned, and 

 thickly spotted within with dark, reddish brown. 

 The large, rich-brown capped, light green stamens 

 are six in number, and the club-shaped pistil has three 

 lobes. At times some of our swamps, meadows, and low 

 fields are extensively decorated with the lovely flowers 

 of this gorgeous Lily which hang their graceful heads 

 well above the surrounding vegetation. This species is 

 found in blossom during June and July, and ranges 

 from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, south 

 to Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri. The Indians 

 made use of the bulbs for thickening meat soups. 



YELLOW ADDER'S TONGUE. TROUT LILY 

 DOG'S TOOTH VIOLET. FAWN LILY 



Erythronium americanum. Lily Family. 



Where the brook wanders through a partially 

 shaded, open and moist bit of woodland or thicket, 

 there, in the springtime, you will find its bank and the 



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