140 PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL, 
Pistil: one. Leaves: from the root; more than a foot long; broadly linear. 
Scape ; two to four, or even twelve feet long; twining; rough. Corm : an inch 
in dlameter. 
What might become of us if this strange plant should ever 
mingle in floral cultivation a good Providence only knows. It 
grows rapidly, and has a way of twining itself over bushes, so 
that when one stoops to pick the handsome blossoms it is some- 
times a matter of amusement to try and trace the stem to its 
root. That is, if one is ambitious and intends planning a novel 
maze, ‘There is very little hope of following its course, or of 
knowing just where the flowers will crop out. It is especially 
well known in the valley of the Sacramento. 
WOOD LILY. WILD RED LILY. 
Lilium Philadélphicum. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Lily. Orange red. Scentless. Mostly north and west. July, August. 
Flowers : terminal; solitary; erect. Perianth: of six divisions, spotted with 
purple and narrowing into claws at the base, where a sac of nectar may be 
found. Stamens: six; anthers, conspicuous. /7%st7/ : one; stigma, three lobed. 
Leaves : lanceolate; parallel-veined; scattered, or whorled about the top of 
the stem. Stem : two to three feet high. 
Like a sudden gleam of colour does this bright flower startle 
us, as we wander through the shaded, rich woods. Its distinctive 
feature is the way in which the divisions of the perianth narrow 
into the base. JZ. Cafesbei,a southern sister of the lily, has 
also this peculiarity ; but it is not so with several other species 
_ that are natives of America. 
TWISTED STALK. (Plate ZXX//) 
Stréptopus roseus. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Lily-of-the-valley. Rose purple. Scentless. Mostiy north. Late spring and summer. 
Flowers ; small; axillary; hanging on thread-like flower-stalks and hidden 
under the leaves. ertanth: bell-shaped, with six divisions. Stamens: six. 
Pistil: one; stigma, three-cleft. Frat; a round, handsome, red berry. 
Leaves : alternate; clasping ; parallel-veined; pointed; the edges surrounded 
with tiny hairs. Stem ; much twisted. 
Even more pleasing than the hidden flower-bells are the 

