LILIES 
Genus ( Lilium) 
All the members of this genus are among our most 
beautiful flowers. In our range it includes eight spe¬ 
cies, of which seven are natives. The two species of 
Red Lily can readily be recognized because their peri¬ 
anth, or flower funnel, always opens upwards. 
Wood Lily; Wild Orange-eed Lily (Lilium phila- 
delphicum ) has a leafy stem 1 to 3 feet high, at its 
summit bearing one to four erect (not pendulous) flow¬ 
ers; the divisions of the perianth are deep orange-red, 
lightening in color at the stem-like bases and profusely 
spotted with dark brown; the outside of the perianth 
is dull wliitisli-green. The leaves are lanceolate, sharply 
pointed at each end and wliorled about the stem in 
groups of from three to seven. Its name is rather mis¬ 
leading for, while it is sometimes found in woods, they 
will be found blooming most profusely in sandy or 
brush covered land. Blooms in July and August in 
sandy soil from N. E. to Mich, and southwards. 
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