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as the Golden Snake’s Head Lily, 1 as bright yellow flow< rs, and a third 
(F. recurva) has bright red, almost tcarlet, blot ms. 
Near the centre of our illustration is a flower with the peta's slightly 
brightest, is seen to better advantage than in the gracefully pendent 
flowers of the Chequered Daffodil. 
They are suitable plants for the border or rockwork, and 
Fig. 53.—SNAKE’S HEAD LILIES. 
recurved ; th’s is the Pyrenean Snake’s Head, which, though less distinctly 
marked than the forms of F. Meleagris, is very pretty, and, as the blooms 
are more erect, the inner part of the flower, where the colouring is 
particularly adapted for naturalising in grassy nooks. They may 
be found wild in some parts of the country, but are somewhat capricious, 
even in their local distribution, clustering thickly in some favoured 
