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WILD ORANGE LILY. 
The Lily has a wide geographical range, and may be found in 
some form in every clime. 
There are Lilies that bloom within the cold influence of the 
frigid zone, as well as the more brilliant species that glow beneath 
the blazing suns of the equator in Africa and Southern Asia. 
Dr. Richardson mentions, in his list of Arctic plants, Lilium 
Pliiladelphicum , our own gorgeous orange (or rather scarlet-spotted 
Lily.) He remarks that it is called by the Esquimaux “Mouse-root,” 
from the fact that it is much sought after by the field mice, which 
feed upon the root. The porcupine also digs for it in the sandy 
soil in which it delights to grow. 
In Kamtschatka the Lillium pomponiwn is used by the natives as 
an article of food; and in Muscovy the white Narcissus is roasted 
as a substitute for bread. 
The healing qualities of the large white Lily roots and leaves 
are well known, applied in the form of a poultice to sores and boils. 
Thus are beauty and usefulness united in this most attractive plant. 
The subject of our artist’s pencil, the Orange Lily, is widely 
spread over this portion of the American continent, as well as in the 
more sunny Western States of North America. 
We find it, however, more frequently growing on open plain- 
lands, where the soil is sandy loam. In partially shaded grassy 
thickets in oak-openings, in the months of June and July, it may be 
seen mixed with the azure blue Lupine {Lupineperennis) , the golden 
flowered Moccasin ( Cypripedium pubescens, Pyrola rotundifolia ,) the 
large sweet-scented Wintergreen, and other charming summer 
