GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



there are still the native lilies, with personalities pecul- 

 iarly adapted to such places. 



L. superbum, the "Turk's cap" lily, is as much a 

 child of light woodland growth as the bee balm and 

 Solomon's seal. Its flowers of bright orange are com- 

 posed of petals sufficiently recurved to suggest a 

 Turk's cap, and they are marked attractively with 

 purple. 



The meadow lily, L. Canadense, is one of the most 

 graceful of the native species, with nodding, delicate 

 flowers, clear yellow and dots of black. The deep red 

 variety is called L. Canadense rubrum. 



L. Philadelphicum, the wild red, or wood lily, 

 holds its orange-red, solitary flower erect, and makes 

 itself known by the peculiarity of narrowing its petals 

 toward their base. It is one of the most brilliant 

 inhabitants of the wild garden. 



These native lilies mostly like the seclusion of 

 shade and a light, moist soil, and once well established 

 they live and bloom for generations. 



Funkias, a race of plants with effective decorative 

 flowers, are in no sense of the word lilies of the true 

 order. Still, they pass generally as day lilies, the form 

 of their bloom having suggested the name, and they hold 

 in the garden a close association with its more lordly 

 inhabitants. It is for these reasons that they are 

 included in this chapter. 



Funkia subcordata is the white day, or plantain, 

 lily that invariably held a conspicuous place in the 

 early gardens of this country. Its clumps of broad, 

 handsome leaves were much used in borders leading 



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