LILY FAMILY 107 
in the northern states is the Canada Lily or Wild 
Yellow Lily, the flowers of which are represented 
on the opposite page. The bell-shaped blossoms 
hang down nearly vertically, with the pollen- 
bearing anthers of the stamens in a cluster where 
the clapper to the bell would be. Just below these 
anthers and projecting from the middle of them 
is the stigma on the end of the pistil. The num- 
ber of blossoms on a plant varies from one or 
two to ten or twelve. These lilies grow along 
streams and in meadows where the yellowish red 
flowers are conspicuous above the grass. Here 
they are seen by various bees—especially the 
mason or leaf-cutting bees—which alight upon the 
stigma and anthers. They collect pollen from the 
latter, and perhaps they crawl up the filaments of 
the stamens to reach nectar at the top of the bell. 
In thus going from blossom to blossom, the bees 
brush the grains of pollen upon the stigmas of 
new flowers and cross-pollination is brought 
about. 
‘These lilies blossom in midsummer when the 
bees are most abundant; they are chiefly found 
in open sunny places, such as the bees frequent; 
and they are of a color easily seen by daylight. 
In each of these ways they are well adapted to 
cater to the bees that pollenize them. 
The Canada Lily is a widely distributed species, 
ranging from Nova Scotia and Minnesota in the 
north to Georgia and Missouri in the south. 
