
          I was too late to see the flowers the first season, but it interested me by
its 16 leaves in a whorl. Last summer I saw its gorgeous flowers, counted
its 19 leaves in a whorl, and brought it to my gardens to see how it would 
bear cultivation. I now have lying before me, capsules of the canadense
&caroliniana, which I picked today for comparison, the former is
1-1 1/8 in long, peduncle slender, nearly straight, the latter 2 in. long, peduncle
6-7 in long, twice as large [added: as canadense] club shaped and curved thus.
These imperfect figures are made by laying them on the paper
and marking around them with a pencil. They cannot be of the
same species. The flowers of the caroliniana are a long
time in expanding after they seem to be full grown, and caroliniana
are triangular in shape, the sepals enclosing the petals making
it 3 sided [added: (in estivation)] while canadense exhibits, both sepals & petals in canadense
making it hexagonal. The stem of caroliniana is very straight & smooth
of a beautiful dark shining purple, covered with a bloom that will
rub off on being handled. The flowers are large and beautiful, having
very minute dots of purple on the middle and lower portions, yet
there is a triangular spot of green at the base of the petal unlike
any other Lily. These remarks are intended to apply to my plants only
and I wish you would give me your views on my new Lily, at some
future time I will give a description of the almost endless variety of colouring
and marking of our native Lilies. You willl confer an especial favor
on me by giving the exact locality of the Lilium superbum that I 
may obtain specimens for my garden. I have repeatedly ordered it from
Prince without success.

I will send you an imperfect specimen of the
yellow double flowered plant from Black River which I mentioned in my last.

I am
Yours Respectfully
George Stuart

[Coronilla
rare double variety
cult.]

        