Xil^ jfamil^. 



Flame Lily. lAlium PJiiladelphicum. 



Wood Lily. 



Found in upland meadows, woods, and along copse-borders in July. 



The stalk grows from 1 to 2 feet high ; it is single, leafy, and 

 strong-fibred and smooth ; in color a purplish-green. 



The leaf is long, narrow, and pointed, of a firm strong texture, and 

 smooth surface. The color is a full-toned green. The leaves are placed 

 upon the stalk, in whorls of 5 or more, with an occasional one, escap- 

 ing regularity, lodged between. 



The 6 petal-like parts of the large flower-bell are narrowed at their 

 bases into little stems ; 3 of the parts have pronounced midribs. The 

 color of this Lily is orange-red, oi' flame, irregularly marked on the inside 

 with large spots of reddish brown ; the 6 stamens, and the pistil, have 

 reddish-brown tips. Usually a single flower, but sometimes two, on 

 slender stems, are erect upon the top of the stalk. 



While the general direction of the stalk is upright the flower 

 sways from side to side with a free grace of movement. Sometimes a 

 single plant will stray into some little open clearing of a lonely wood 

 where its flame warms the whole space ; or again its bell swings out 

 from the rocky slope of a mountain pasture. Near the seaboard it 

 grows in communities, where its color, intensified by the sea air, gives 

 it the folk-name of " Flame Lily." The plant is said to be especially 

 indifferent to drought. 



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