LILY fAMILY 



'. The Fragrant Tulip, Tutipa suavholens, was discovered growing 

 wild in southern Europe about three hundred years ago. There 

 is no proof that it is a primitive form, the probability is that it 

 is an escape from gardens. As early as 1799 it was distinguished 

 from other Tulips then known by the fragrance of the flowers, 

 and the earliness of the bloom. From the first, there were among 

 the Turkish Tulips some distinguished for fragrance, and this is 

 one of the reasons for believing that Tulipa suaveolens is an 

 escape rather than a primitive. 



The class of Tulips known as Due van Thol are usually regarded 

 as descendants of this type. These have, however, become so hy- 

 bridized that they cannot now be distinguished from the other f orrhs. 



Parrot Tulips became known toward the end of the seventeenth 

 century. They were undoubtedly developed by the French, 

 probably by selection, as a tendency toward serrate or cut edges 

 may be observed among our present garden varieties. 



FRITILLARIA. CHECKERED LILY 



Fritillaria meleagris. 



From Fritillus, commonly understood to be a checker-board. •. 



Bulb. — Of few thick scales. 



Leaves. — Slender. 



Fiower^.— Solitary, nodding, checkered in colors; niostly greenish- 

 white and purple. 



Perianlh.^Oi six separate segments, each bearing a hollowed honey 

 gland at the base. 



Stamens. — Six, attached to the base of the segments. 



Oi'ory.— Three-sided; style three-grooved; stigma three-lobed. 



A widely distributed European plant, ranging from Great 

 Britain to the Caucasus; producing large, pendulous, bell-shaped, 

 solitary flowers, in light colors, checkered with green and purple, 

 and borne on slender stems a foot high. They resemble lilies 

 in having drooping flowers, but their anthers are fixed at the base, 

 while those of lilies are versatile and free to swing. Several 

 Fritillaries are in cultivation, but the common Snake's Head, 



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