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produced in many respects the characteristics of 

 their South American parent. 



Another interesting hybridization was that 

 effected between the pardalinum and a species 

 of the native Trillium^ a plant familiar in our 

 woods under the name of wakerobin. 



The Trillium is, of course, a lily, but, like 

 Alstroemeria, it belongs to a different genus 

 from the leopard lily, and its strikingly different 

 appearance has already been referred to. 



The hybrids produced by this strange union 

 were dwarfs with broad, lilylike foliage, with 

 blossoms that resembled those of the Trillium — 

 having three very broad, flat, greenish-white or 

 yellow petals, and three narrower petals, like 

 sepals. 



A plant that thus bore a close resemblance as 

 to foliage and general appearance to the leopard 

 lily, yet which had blossoms like those of the 

 wakerobin (though somewhat larger and coarser) 

 made a very striking and interesting exhibit. 



The species of Trillium used in this cross was 

 the common native Trillium ovatum. 



The hybrids, although in themselves so inter- 

 esting, proved lacking in vitality, and notwith- 

 standing my efforts all died — not, however, 

 before I had secured several photographs of 

 these strange trillium-lily combinations. 



