CHAPTER VI 



SUB-GENUS V 



LILIUM CANADENSE (Canada) 

 L. ROEZLI (California) 

 L. PARDALINUM (California) 

 L. SUPERBUM (Georgia) 



Martagon 



For garden purposes it is convenient to consider 

 these Lilies together, as they all like moist peat or 

 very light loam in thin woodland. They are in fact 

 related Lilies, agreeing not only in their place in 

 our garden, but in their general character of carrying 

 at or near the top of the stem rather long-stalked 

 flowers, and (all but L. Roezli) having the leaves in 

 whorls. They are somewhat alike also in the shape of 

 the root, which, instead of having the form of a more 

 or less compact scaly bulb, becomes a scaly rhizome. 

 L. canadense is about three feet high, with hanging 

 flowers from one to several in number, on longish 

 stalks. It varies in colour, being yellow in some 

 cases, while in others it is anything from that to a 

 rather pale orange-reddish tint. It is one of the 

 least turn-cap-shaped fiowers of the Martagon group, 

 being almost bell-shaped, with the ends of the petals 

 only very slightly turned back. The flowers are 

 handsomely spotted inside. As the plant becomes 

 established the number of flowers increases. 



