WILD ORANGE LILY. 
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flowers. Among these our gay and gorgeous Lily stands conspi¬ 
cuous. 
The stem is from 18' to 2° high. The leaves are narrow-pointed; 
of a dark green colour, growing in whorls at intervals round the stem. 
The flowers are from 1-3 ; large open bells, of a rich orange-scarlet 
within, spotted with purplish-brown or black. The outer surface of 
the petals is pale orange; anthers six, on long filaments; pollen of 
a brick red, or brown colour; stigma three cleft. The Lily belongs 
to the artificial class and order, Hexandria monogynia. 
Many flowers increase in beauty of colour and size under culti¬ 
vation in our gardens, but our glorious Lily can hardly be seen to 
greater advantage than when growing wild on the open plains and 
prairies, under the bright skies of its native wilderness. 
