LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 
sr i) The leaves of this plant are its conspic- 
a: uous feature. A few near the top are 
Calijérnicum long and narrow, but most of them are 
Greenish-white boat-shaped, with heavy ribs, and from 
Seinen six to twelve incheslong. They are bright 
West : 
yellowish-green and, although somewhat 
coarse, the general effect is distinctly handsome, as we 
see masses of them growing luxuriantly in rich, moist 
meadows and marshes in the mountains. When they 
first come up in the spring, the shoots are packed into 
-green rosettes, in which the leaves are intricately folded, 
but they soon grow to a height of three to six feet. The 
flowers are beautiful, in fine contrast to the coarse foliage. 
They measure about half an inch across and are cream- 
white, streaked with green, and form a fine cluster about 
a foot long. The flowers are far prettier and the plants 
handsomer than their eastern relations and they flourish 
at an altitude of six to nine thousand feet. The plants 
are supposed to be poisonous to cattle, but in a recent 
bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the 
State of Washington, it is reported as being a popular 
food with horses-and sheep, particularly the latter, which 
eat it greedily and without ill effects. 
There are several kinds of Hastingsia, perennials, with 
bulbs or rootstocks; the stamens on the base of the peri- 
anth, with swinging anthers; the ovary with a very short 
stalk and short style. 
: An attractive marsh plant, with a 
Reed-lily = 5‘ 
Hastigsintlin smooth, stiff, bluish stem, over three feet 
(Schoenolirion) tall, springing from a cluster of long, 
White narrow, sword-like leaves. The slightly 
Summer sweet-scented flowers are white, about 
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half an inch across, forming a long, grace- 
ful, fuzzy wand of bloom, which has a pretty silvery 
effect and looks interesting at a distance, but is not 
very striking close by, as the flowers are too colorless. 
The seeds are black and shiny. 
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