. Canadian wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers; Fleurs sauvages. 'i'm'tf'v''m^m^rymfrmp^".. I 54 WILD OllAXGE LILY. The Lily has a wide gcograpliicul rango, and may l)e found in some form iu every dime. Tliere are Lllios tliat l)loom within the eohl influence of flic 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. L'llium Phiktdi'Iplitmm, our own gorgeous orange (or rather scarlet-spotted Lily.) lie remarks that it is called by the Es([uimaux "Mo
. Canadian wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers; Fleurs sauvages. 'i'm'tf'v''m^m^rymfrmp^".. I 54 WILD OllAXGE LILY. The Lily has a wide gcograpliicul rango, and may l)e found in some form iu every dime. Tliere are Lllios tliat l)loom within the eohl influence of flic 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. L'llium Phiktdi'Iplitmm, our own gorgeous orange (or rather scarlet-spotted Lily.) lie remarks that it is called by the Es([uimaux "Mousk-uoot," from the fact that it is much sought after by the field mice, which feed upon the root. The porcui)ine also digs for it in the sandy soil in which it delights to grow. In Kamtschatka the L/I/ium jjonwonmi/i'iaWf^i'A by the natives as an article of food; and in ^luscovy the white Narcissus is roasted as a substitute for bread. The healing qualities of the largo white Lily roots and leaves arc well known, ajtplied in the form of a poultice to sores and l)oils. Thus are beauty and usefulness united in this most attractive jilant. The subject of our artist's pencil, the Orange Lily, is widely spread over this portion of the American continent, as well as in (he more sunny Western States of Xorth 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 {Lupinepercnnis), the g(d(len (lowered ^ioccasin {Ci/pr/jmlium jtubescms, Pyrola rotundifdlki,) iho large sweet-scented Wintergreen, and other charming summer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Traill, Catherine Parr Strickland, 1802-1899; Chamberlin, Agnes
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