YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
oblong or lance-shaped leaves are usually gathered 
in whorls of from four to ten, which are distributed 
at regular intervals on the stalk. The uppermost 
leaves are often alternating. The margins, as well as 
the veining on the under side, are finely roughened, 
and they are strongly three-ribbed. From one to 
sixteen showy flowers spring fountain-like from the 
summit of the stalk, on long, slender stems, and 
droop and nod in every direction from the sharply 
curved ends. They are decidedly bell-like, and 
their six spreading, pointed, petal-like parts are yel- 
low or orange coloured, and usually deeper toned, and 
thickly spotted within with dark, reddish brown, 
The large, rich-brown capped, light green stamens 
are six in number, and the club-shaped pistil has three 
lobes. At times some of our swamps, meadows, and low 
fields are extensively decorated with the lovely flowers 
of this gorgeous Lily which hang their graceful heads 
well above the surrounding vegetation. This species is, 
found in blossom during June and July, and ranges 
from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Minnesota, south 
to Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri. The Indians 
made use of the bulbs for thickening meat soups. 
YELLOW ADDER’S TONGUE. TROUT LILY 
DOG’S TOOTH VIOLET. FAWN LILY 
Erythronium americanum. Lily Family. 
Where the brook wanders through a partially 
shaded, open and moist bit of woodland or thicket, 
there, in the springtime, you will find its bank and the 
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