WASHINGTON LILY (LUium Washingtonianum, Kellogg). 

 Flowers 3 inches long or more, very fragrant, pure white, 

 becoming purplish, sometimes finely dotted, 2 to 20 or even 

 more borne in a pyramidal raceme on a stem 2 to 5 feet 

 high. Its favorite habitat is in chaparral or open-forested 

 hillsides, mainly on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada at 

 3,000 to 6,000 feet elevation, though it has been collected as 

 far north as the Columbia River and southward to San Diego 

 County. It is met with in the Yosemite region though not 

 abundantly, blooming in June and July. 



This is a flower of such compelling charm that even the 

 'Forty-niners forgot their interest in the mad rush for gold long 

 enough to observe and christen it the Lady Washington Lily 

 a name which our own less gallant generation has curtailed of 

 its feminine tribute. WTien Doctor Kellogg later described 

 the plant for science, he preserved the popular appellation. 



A somewhat similar lily, with rather smaller and more erect 

 flowers, is occasionally found in out-of-the-way parts of the 

 Coast Range north of San Francisco LUium rubescens, Wats., 

 popularly known as Chaparral Lily or Redwood Lily. It 

 sometimes attains a height of 7 feet. Some botanists regard 

 it as simply a variety of L. Washingtonianum. 

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