THE WOOD LILIES. 



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their flowers may be enjoyed in this way 

 in a greenhouse or under cold frames ; 

 but as hardy woodland plants they are 

 seen at their best amid wild surround- 

 ings, and, where possible, plant-lovers 

 will prefer this natural way of growth. 

 Another reason is that the smell of Wood 

 Lilies is unpleasant in confinement, 

 especially towards evening 

 and in wet weather, and this 

 unfits them for most rooms 

 or conservatories. The Tril- 

 liums (Trinity Flowers) owe 

 their name to the peculiar 

 threefold arrangement of 

 their parts — leaves, sepals, 

 and petals. The following 

 kinds are distinct, but some 

 of them are rarely seen in gar- 

 dens, being more interesting 

 than showy: — 



Nodding Wood Lily [T.cer- 

 nuum) . — A small-flowered kind 

 bearing white drooping flowers 

 during April and May. A plant 

 of strong growth, with stout stems 

 of 1 8 inches in clusters of two or 

 three, and broad but very variable 

 light green foliage. A pretty plant 

 of graceful habit. 



Purple Wood Lily (T. erec- 

 tum). — A robust and easily-grown 

 kind with spreading flowers of 

 dusky purple in May or June, which for effect 

 should be grouped in contrast with other 

 sorts. The solitary stems about 12 inches 

 high, with broad leaves 2 to 6 inches wide, 

 are stout and erect, and the plant thrives in 

 wetter ground than most throughout Canada 

 and the Northern States, and for garden pur- 

 poses is the same as the Wood Lilies of Japan 

 and northern Asia. Grows wellinpots. Varie- 

 ties: Seedling forms differ in colour, giving rise 

 to several varieties; album, with narrow petals 

 of pure white contrasted with green sepals and 

 a rich purple ovary; ocliroleucum, a rarer form 



with flowers of pale yellow; declmatum, a va- 

 riety from the Southern States with white or 

 pinkish flowers ; and atropurpureum, a fine vigo- 

 rous kind with large flowers of narrow re- 

 curved petals, and a deep reddish-crimson or 

 plum-colour. It is rich in contrast to lighter 

 kinds but a little earlier than grandijiorum. 

 These kinds are all worth growing and pretty 

 when mingled. Syn. fcetidum, pendulum, and 

 rhomboideum. 



LARGE-FLOWERED WOOD LILT. 



Painted Wood Lily [T.erythrocarpum). — 

 This lovely little flower, known as the Painted 

 Lady of gardens, is not easy to establish and 

 shy in flower, but does best upon the shaded 

 margins of a peaty bog or a damp corner among 

 rocks. It comes from cold damp woods high in 

 the mountains of Georgia, its needs resembling 

 those of alpine bog-plants. Its flowers, of about 

 an inch, are white with a red or purple streak 

 at the base of each division, coming during 

 May and June, and followed by bright red 

 berries. Natural height 1 foot, but rarely seen 

 so robust in gardens. 



