LILY FAMILY. Liliaceae. 
There are a good many kinds of Vagnera, natives of 
America and Asia, with a single stem, scaly below and 
leafy above; the leaves alternate, with short leaf-stalks or 
none; the flowers small, the divisions equal and spreading, 
white Or greenish, in a cluster; the berry rcund, usually 
with one or two seeds. 
It is a pity that all flowers cannot have 
False Solomon’s 
A really individual names. ‘‘False’’ is 
Spikonncd especially unattractive and ‘‘Solomon’s 
Végnera amplexi- Seal’’ is confusing, as the flowers are not 
caulis (Smila- _ alike, but this is the old name used all over 
si the world, so it will have to stand, though 
Sacing unworthy of this pleasing plant. It is 
West from one to three feet high, with large, 
light-green leaves, usually slightly downy 
on the under side. The flower-cluster is sweet-scented and 
composed of numerous, very small, cream-white flowers, 
the conspicuous parts of which are the stamens, white and 
larger than the petals, giving a feathery appearance to the 
whole cluster. The fruit is a light-red berry, very finely 
sprinkled with dark-red dots. This fine tall plant is very 
decorative and is common in rich moist woods. The name 
was given in honor of Wagner. 
A gracefully bending plant, from one to 
two feet high, springing from a slender 
root-stock. The bright light-green leaves, 
Star-flowered 
Solomon’s Seal 
V dgnera 
sessilifolia without leaf-stalks and clasping at base, 
(Smilacina) have a slight “bloom’’ like some lily 
ls leaves and are handsome and conspicuous, 
yey 5 but not at all coarse, and are usually very 
smooth, but sometimes minutely downy. 
The small, delicate, cream-white flowers, on a very slender, 
angled flower-stalk, grow in a loose cluster and the berries 
are reddish-purple or nearly black. This charming plant 
sometimes forms large patches in moist, rich soil in shady 
places and its pretty foliage is often very noticeable beside 
the railroad tracks in Utah. 
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