LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 



There are six kinds of Clintonia, of North America and 

 Asia; with creeping rootstocks and a few, broad root- 

 leaves; flowers without bracts, their divisions separate, 

 equal or nearly so, each with a stamen at its base; style 

 with two or three, inconspicuous lobes; fruit a berry. 

 These plants were named in honor of De Witt Clinton, 

 Governor of New York, a naturalist, interested in botany, 

 so Thoreau need not have been so annoyed at their having 

 been given this name. 



A magnificent plant, one or two feet 

 Red Clintonia ,- , .7^ , , , 



Clintonia m g n > wltn nve or S1X exceedingly hand- 



Andrewsidna some, glossy, rich green leaves, very 

 Red, pink conspicuous and sometimes a foot long, 



and a tal1 ' sli S htl y down 7 flower-stalk, 

 usually with a few flowers scattered along 

 it, and crowned with a large, roundish cluster of beautiful 

 flowers. They are about three-quarters of an inch long, 

 very rich in color, a deep shade of warm reddish-pink, or 

 crimson, not common in flowers. The form of the cluster 

 varies a good deal ; sometimes the flowers are not mostly 

 at the top, but clustered quite thickly along all the upper 

 part of the stalk. The large, deep-blue berries are very 

 handsome and, altogether, this is one of our most con- 

 spicuous and attractive woodland plants, especially when 

 growing in the deep shade of redwood forests. 



In rich moist soil, in shady woods, we 



find this lovely flower, with a white chalice 

 White Clintonia / 



Clintonia and neart of pale gold, surrounded by 



uniflbra two or three, beautiful, large, glossy 



White leaves, resembling those of Lily-of-the- 



valley, and fairly carpeting the ground in 

 favorable situations. The slender flower- 

 stalk is hairy, six to ten inches tall, and usually bears a 

 single flower, an inch or more across, with pure-white 

 petals that soon drop off. The fruit is a handsome blue 

 berry. 



