I40 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL, 



Pistil: one. Leaves: from the root; more than a foot long; broadly linear. 

 Scape : two to four, or even twelve feet long ; twining ; rough. Corm : an inch 

 in diameter. 



What might become of us if this strange plant should ever 

 mingle in floral cultivation a good Providence only knows. It 

 grows rapidly, and has a way of twining itself over bushes, so 

 that when one stoops to pick the handsome blossoms it is some- 

 times a matter of amusement to try and trace the stem to its 

 root. That is, if one is ambitious and intends planning a novel 

 maze. There is very little hope of following its course, or of 

 knowing just where the flowers will crop out. It is especially 

 well known in the valley of the Sacramento. 



WOOD LILY. WILD RED LILY. 



L I /in ni Ph ila delph icu ?n . 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Lily. Orange red. Scentless. Mostly north and west. July., August. 



Flowers : terminal ; solitary; erect. Perianth : of six divisions, spotted with 

 purple and narrowing into claws at the base, where a sac of nectar may be 

 found. Stamens : six; anthers, conspicuous. Pistil : one ; stigma, three lobed. 

 Leaves : lanceolate ; parallel-veined ; scattered, or whorled about the top of 

 the stem. Stem : two to three feet high. 



Like a sudden gleam of colour does this bright flower startle 

 us, as we w^ander through the shaded, rich woods. Its distinctive 

 feature is the way in which the divisions of the perianth narrow 

 into the base. L. CatesbcBi, a southern sister of the lily, has 

 also this peculiarity ; but it is not so with several other species 

 that are natives of America. 



TWISTED 5TALK. {Plate LXXII.) 



Sireptopns rbseus. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Lily-of-the-valley. Rose purple. Scentless. Mostly north. Late spring and summer. 



Flowers: small; axillarv ; hanging on thread-like flower-stalks and hidden 

 under the leaves. Perianth : bell-shaped, with six divisions. Stamens : six. 

 Pistil: one ; stigma, three-cleft. Fruit : a round, handsome, red berry. 

 Leaves: alternate; clasping : parallel-veined; pointed; the edges surrounded 

 with tiny hairs. Stem : much twisted. 



Even more pleasing than the hidden flower-bells are the 



