Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 45 



FIELD, WILD, MEADOW, YELLOW or CANADA 

 LILY (Lilium canadense) is one of the most abun- 

 dant of the genus. Its graceful, bell-like heads 

 nod in profusion in all suitable localities soon after it 

 gains a foothold. Imagine a rich meadow, surround- 

 ed by deep green woods and covered with thousands 

 of these lilies, their heads hanging and nodding invit- 

 ingly and seeming fairly to tinkle in the bright sun- 

 light. They are great favorites with country chil- 

 dren, by whom they are often called "Fairy Caps" or 

 "Witch-caps". They are also great favorites with all 

 the larger bees and butterflies. On the whole, this 

 flower may be regarded as more graceful in form 

 than is the Turk's-cap, but it cannot compare with 

 the latter flower for beauty of coloring. The regular 

 whorled leaves and graceful bending penduncles sup- 

 porting the hanging "bells" make a conventional de- 

 sign that often appeals to the artistic eye. 



The flowers are in terminal clusters of one to 

 twelve blossoms, nodding on long peduncles from 

 the summit of a tall leafy stem; yellowish-brown out- 

 side and yellow or orange within, spotted with 

 brown; sepals spreading and slightly reflexed, but 

 not to any such degree as those of the Turks-cap. 

 The leaves are lanceolate, arranged about the stem 

 at intervals in whorls of three to eight. Flowers 

 during June and July in moist meadows, from Que- 

 bec to Minn, and southwards to Ga. and Mo. 



GRAY'S LILY (L. Grayi) has one or two deep 

 orange-red flowers in a horizontal position; thickly 

 spotted within; sepals spreading but little and unit- 

 ing in a larger base than the preceding. Leaves in 

 whorls of three to eight. Found in mountains from 

 Va. to N. C. 



TIGER LILY (L. tigrinum) (CHINESE) is a magni- 

 ficent species with larger and brighter flowers than 

 the Turk's-cap. Leaves 7-nerved instead of three. 

 An escape from gardens. 



