LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



A magnificent plant, from three to six 

 LMum ^ eet ta ^ ^h bright-green leaves, thin in 



pardallnum texture, smooth but not shiny, and mostly 



Orange i n whorls. The stem is crowned by a 



Summer splendid cluster of flowers, usually about 



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half a dozen together, but sometimes as 



many as thirty on one stalk. They measure three or 

 four inches across and are pale-orange outside and deep- 

 orange inside, spotted with maroon, often blotched with 

 orange-yellow in the throat and tipped with scarlet. The 

 anthers are purplish, changing to reddish-brown, and the 

 pistil is bright-green. These plants often grow in large 

 companies, in moist spots in the mountains, and are un- 

 rivaled in decorative beauty and brilliancy of coloring. 

 Tiger Lily A good deal like the last, but not so 



Lilium large. The petals are more turned back 



Columbianum an( i they are orange-color all over, dotted 



Orange ^^ ^ark-red, and the anthers are pale 



Summer 



Wash., Oreg. orange-color, ripening to golden-brown. 



This is common in the Hood River Valley. 

 . A glorious plant, from two to five 



Chaparral Lily ^ eet ta ^ w ^^ l eaves mostly in whorls, 

 Lilium rubescens with rippled edges. The stem bears a 

 White, pink magnificent cluster of blossoms, most 



Summer wonderful in coloring, for the buds and 



young flowers are white, dotted with 

 purple inside, with yellow anthers and a pale-green pistil, 

 but they gradually change to pink, and deepen to ruby- 

 purple as they fade, and the anthers and pistil also darken 

 in color. The effect of the whole cluster is therefore white 

 at the top, shading through pink to almost crimson below. 

 The flowers are even more deliciously fragrant than the 

 Washington Lily, which they resemble, except that they 

 are not quite so large as the latter and stand more erect 

 and the petals are not so spreading. This usually grows 

 among chaparral in the Coast Ranges. 



