LILY FAMILY. Lillaccae. 



._ . , In the Sierras, at an altitude of from 



Washington Lily 



Shasta Lily three to over seven thousand feet, and as 



Lilium Washing- far north as the Columbia River, we may 

 toni&num be fortunate enough to find this glorious 



lte Lilyi growing in the forest in moderate 



Cal., Oreg. shade and protected by the chaparral. It is 



not rare but nowhere very abundant. I 

 shall never forget finding a group of three or four, growing 

 near a huge fallen tree, in the woods at Wawona near Yo- 

 semite, where it is very fine. Their raiment is even more 

 "white and glistering" than the cultivated Easter Lilies. 

 The smooth, stout, purplish stem is from two to five feet 

 high, adorned all the way up with successive whorls of 

 handsome dark-green leaves, three or four inches long, thin 

 in texture, with rippling margins, and shining as if they 

 had been varnished. There are from two to twenty blos- 

 soms of shining white, each one from three to four inches 

 long and as much across. The petals are cleft to the base, 

 spreading wide apart when the flower is fully open, some- 

 times finely dotted with purple, and becoming purplish in 

 fading. The anthers are yellow and the pistil green, and the 

 bulb is large, with thin scales. The scent is delicious, 

 having a whiff of spicy carnation added to the usual lily 

 fragrance. This is never found in the Coast Range and is 

 the only pure white American Lily. Shasta Lily is a variety 

 with a small bulb. L. Pdrryi, the Lemon Lily, of southern 

 California and Arizona, is similar in the form of its flowers, 

 which are large and clear yellow, dotted lightly with deeper 

 yellow. It grows in shady, moist spots in cool canyons 

 and is very beautiful. 



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