CANADA LILY 



Lilium canadense Linnaeus 



The habit of the Canada lily is striking, for it rises above its sur- 

 rounding meadow companions, its tall, stout stem decorated with 

 regular whorls of bright green leaves, from the uppermost of which 

 the flower stalks spring, the flowers drooping in a circle around them. 

 The pendent position of the flowers shelters the pollen-laden anthers 

 from the summer showers, and sometimes the bees take refuge from 

 the rain under their golden caps. This species grows in richer woods 

 than its relative, the American turkscap lily, and varies in color from 

 the yellow here shown to a rather bright red. 



Canada lilies are found from Georgia and Alabama to Missouri, and 

 northward to Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Nebraska. 



The specimen sketched was found near Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 



PLATE I48 



