usual in 1922, 1923, or 1924. In 1924 a small plant with linear 

 leaves came up in the middle of it, and was suspected to be a 

 lily. In 1926 it was larger and the two beautiful flowers showed 

 it to be Lilium auratuml Seven flowers were developed in 1927, 

 five in 1928, and five on two stems in 1929, when the bulbs were 

 nearly destroyed by beetles and were removed to another place. 

 How Lilium auratum ever transported itself unassisted into my 

 garden is a mystery to me. My readers may explain it for them- 

 selves, if they can. 



I have not tried to mention all the plants which grow, or 

 have grown, naturally on my place; the total is more than a 

 hundred and fifty species. Nor can I account for the absence 

 of some other common things. Why has not such a common 

 weed as the giant ragweed, abundant on a vacant lot a hundred 

 yards away, not come in? Why doesn't the jewel weed settle 

 down by my sensitive fern, since the two so often live together? 

 And were the dozen seedling jack-in-the-pulpits which came up 

 under my weigela actual immigrants, or merely the progeny 

 of my own plant, ten feet away down the hill? 



As for the lagweed and jewel weed, I have every confidence 

 that I shall get them both in due time. In fact, I expect to add 

 at least ten species to my list every year. Some of these days I 

 may even find a bloodroot growing among my violets and a 

 lady-slipper beneath the pines. 



New York Botanical Garden 



