STUDIES OF PLANT LIFE 



We find the Orange Lily most frequently growing on 

 open plain-lands where the soil is sandy loam. In 

 partially-shaded grassy thickets in oak-openings, in the 

 months of June and July, it may be seen mixed with the 

 azure blue Lupine (Lupinus perennis), the golden-flowered 

 Moccasin (Cypripedium pubescens}, the large sweet- 

 scented Wintergreen (Pyrola elliptica), and other charming 

 summer flowers. Among these our gay and gorgeous Lily 

 stands conspicuous. 



The stem is from eighteen inches to two feet high. The 

 leaves are narrow, pointed, and of a dark green color, 

 growing in whorls at intervals round the stem. The 

 flowers are from one to three large open bells, of a rich 

 orange scarlet within, spotted with purplish brown or black. 

 The outer surface of the petals is pale orange; anthers 

 six, on long filaments; pollen of a brick red or brown 

 color; stigma three-lobed. 



Many flowers increase in beauty of color and size under 

 cultivation in our gardens, but our glorious Lily can hardly 

 be seen to greater advantage than when growing wild on 

 the open plains and prairies under the bright skies of its 

 native wilderness. 



HAREBELL Campanula rotundifolia (Lin.). 



(PLATE XIII.) 



" With drooping bells of purest blue 

 Thou didst attract my childish view, 



Almost resembling 

 The azure butterflies that flew, 

 Where 'mid the heath thy blossoms grew, 

 So lightly trembling." 



The writer of the above charming lines has also called 

 the Harebell " the Flower of Memory," and truly the sight 

 of these fair flowers, when found in lonely spots in Canada, 



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