20 ADDERS-TONGUE. 



This elegant yellow lily bends downward when expanded, as if to 

 hide its glories from the full glare of the sun-light. The clouded 

 leaves are of an oilv smoothness, resistinjr the moisture of rain and 

 dew. 



The name Dogs-tooth Violet seems very inappropriate. The 

 pointed segments of the bell may have suggested the resemblance 

 to the tooth of a dog, but it is difficult to trace any analogy between 

 this flower and the violet, no two plants presenting greater dissimi- 

 laritv of form or habit than the lilv and the violet, thouj^rh often 

 blended in the verse of the poet. The American name of the 

 Adders-tongue is more significant.* 



The White Flowered Adders-tongue grows, it has been said, in 

 the more western portion of Canada, on the shores of Lake Huron, 

 probably the Erythronium albidum of Gray. 



• The name Dogs-tooth refers to the shape of the small pointed white bulbs of the common European species, 

 so well known in English gardens. — Prof. Lawson. 



