YELLOW AND RED LILIES 



July 19, 1851. Heavily hangs the common yellow 

 lily {Lilium Canadense) in the meadows. 



Journal, ii, 320. 



July 7, 1852. When the yellow lily flowers in the 

 meadows, and the red in dry lands and by wood- 

 paths, then, methinks, the flowering season has 

 reached its height. They surprise me as perhaps no 

 more can. Now I am prepared for anything. 



Journal, iv, 201. 



July 9, 1852. Thp red lily, with its torrid color and 

 sun-freckled spots, dispensing, too, with the outer 

 garment of a calyx, its petals so open and wide apart 

 that you can see through it in every direction, tells 

 of hot weather. It is a handsome bell shape, so up- 

 right, and the flower prevails over every other part. 

 It belongs not to spring. 



Journal, iv, 206, 207. 



July 11, 1852. The yellow lily is not open-petalled 

 like the red, nor is its flower upright, but drooping. 

 On the whole I am most attracted by the red. They 

 both make freckles beautiful. 



Journal, iv, 219. 



