WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 



immediate vicinity literally carpeted with the peculiarly 

 mottled leaves of this beautiful Lily. Here and there 

 the solitary, bright yellow, bell-shaped Lily-like flowers 

 hang downward, pipe-like and nodding from long, 

 slender, upright stems. They have a slight, delicate 

 fragrance, and the half-dozen rich, brown-capped, 

 yellow stamens stand out gracefully from an equal 

 number of recurved petal-like sepals, in striking con- 

 trast and pleasing harmony. Inside, near the base, 

 the divisions are sharply spotted with rich chocolate, 

 and on the outside, they are usually faintly tinged with 

 purple. The club-shaped pistil of the rather large per- 

 fect flower has its tips or stigmas united. The flowers 

 close at night, and remain partly so on dull or rainy 

 days. They always face toward the sun, and the outer 

 divisions recurve to their fullest extent on brightest 

 and warmest days. Everybody loves the Dog's 

 Tooth Violet. Everybody knows it by this misleading 

 name. Maybe the "Dog's Tooth" part originated 

 from the shape of the flower parts, having something 

 of the outline of the long, pointed, canine teeth of a 

 dog. But it is not a Violet at all. It is a Lily. The 

 shape and hang of the flowers indicate this. If you 

 still doubt it, dig up the plant carefully, roots and all, 

 and you will find ample proof in a deeply seated, plump, 

 smooth, solid, egg-shaped corm, or bulb at the base 

 of the stalk. The bulb is edible, and when roasted 

 was greatly relished as a tit-bit by the Indians. The 

 bulb and leaves are also used as a medicine for pro- 

 ducing nausea. This bulb rests in the ground, some 



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