RED WILD FLOWERS 
berries which turn to a bright scarlet in the fall. Fre- 
quently two or three flower-heads spring up together 
with the lightly rolled leaf, all protected with several 
dingy, sheathing leaflets. Every part of the plant 
emits a foetid odour, and reminds one of the offensive 
smell attached to the Purple Trillium and Carrion 
Flower. ‘The flowers may be found from January to 
April, from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, 
and south to Florida and Iowa. 
RED, WOOD, FLAME OR PHILADELPHIA LILY 
Lilium philadélphirum. Lily Family. 
The beautiful upright, flaring cups of the Wood 
Lily, appearing like the flaming torches of classical 
Rome, enlighten our upland meadows, dry woods 
and thicket borders during June and July. It ranks 
among our most showy and attractive flowers. The 
single, smooth and slender stalk is leafy above the 
middle, and grows from one to three feet tall, from 
a bulb of narrow-jointed, fleshy scales. The thin, 
smooth and narrow lance-shaped leaves taper toward 
either end, and are stemless and finely rough-margined. 
They occur in whorls of from three to eight at regular © 
intervals along the stalk, or a few of them alternate 
on it. From one to five large, reddish orange or 
flame-coloured flowers spring erectly from the top of 
the stalk on separate stems. ‘The neck of each flower- 
bell is distinctly opened by the sudden narrowing of 
the lower part of each of the six separate, partly flared 
and curved, petal-like parts, into slender, stemlike 
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