325 illustrations of flowers and shrubs including: lady's slipper, larkspur, laurel, lentil, lettuce, lily, lion's foot, locust, logwood, loosestrife, lotus, and lythrum

"Glycrrhiza glabra. GLYCYRRHIZA. A plant with a sweet root, licorice, also spelled liquorice. A genus of leguminous perennial herbs, nearly allied to Astragalus, and including a dozen species, which are widely distributed through temperate regions." -Whitney, 1911

Licorice

"Glycrrhiza glabra. GLYCYRRHIZA. A plant with a sweet root, licorice, also spelled liquorice. A genus…

The flowers are lietzia brasiliensis are green, richly mottled with brown. The leaves are hairy and taper at both ends.

Habit, Detached Leaf, Flower, and Capsule of Lietzia Brasiliensis

The flowers are lietzia brasiliensis are green, richly mottled with brown. The leaves are hairy and…

Ligularia macrophylla flowers are yellow and grow densely on a long, terminal spike. The plant grows three and a half feet tall.

Habit and Detached Flower Head of Ligularia Macrophylla

Ligularia macrophylla flowers are yellow and grow densely on a long, terminal spike. The plant grows…

The ligustrum ibota shrub grows to ten feet with spreading and curving branches. The flowers are a third of an inch long and bloom in June and July. The plant is native to Japan and China.

Ligustrum Ibota

The ligustrum ibota shrub grows to ten feet with spreading and curving branches. The flowers are a third…

The flowers of ligustrum lucidum coriaceum are a greenish white color. The leave are leathery and a dark, glossy green. The plant grows between three and four feet tall.

Flowering Branch of Ligustrum Lucidum Coriaceum

The flowers of ligustrum lucidum coriaceum are a greenish white color. The leave are leathery and a…

Ligustrum lucidum flowers are white and grow in much spreading panicles. The plant grows between eight and twelve feet tall.

Leaf and Portion of Panicle of Ligustrum Lucidum

Ligustrum lucidum flowers are white and grow in much spreading panicles. The plant grows between eight…

The common name of ligustrum vulgare is common privet or prim. The shrub grows to fifteen feet. The flowers bloom in June and July. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and west Asia.

Ligustrum Vulgare

The common name of ligustrum vulgare is common privet or prim. The shrub grows to fifteen feet. The…

Lilies are herbaceous flowering plants normally grown from bulbs. They are large showy flowering garden plants.

Lilies

Lilies are herbaceous flowering plants normally grown from bulbs. They are large showy flowering garden…

Lilium bulbiferum is a bulb bearing variety of lily. The flowers are red and slightly cottony on the outside. The flowers bloom in summer.

Flowering Stem of Lilium Bulbiferum

Lilium bulbiferum is a bulb bearing variety of lily. The flowers are red and slightly cottony on the…

Lilium canadense is a Canadian variety of the lily. The flowers vary in color from bright yellow to pale bright red. The flowers also have copious spots. The flowers bloom in the summer.

Habit and Detached Single Flower of Lilium Canadense

Lilium canadense is a Canadian variety of the lily. The flowers vary in color from bright yellow to…

Lilium Chalcedonicum, or lily, a type of flowering plant.

Lilium Chalcedonicum

Lilium Chalcedonicum, or lily, a type of flowering plant.

Lilium chalcedonicum is a variety of lily. The flowers are bright scarlet. The stem is stiff and erect, growing between two and three feet tall.

Flower Stem of Lilium Chalcedonicum

Lilium chalcedonicum is a variety of lily. The flowers are bright scarlet. The stem is stiff and erect,…

Lilium concolor pulchelium is a variety of lily. The flowers are bright scarlet with a few faint spots of black. There are twenty to thirty leaves at flowering time.

Lilium Concolor Pulchelium

Lilium concolor pulchelium is a variety of lily. The flowers are bright scarlet with a few faint spots…

Lilium davuricum is a variety of lily. The flowers are scarlet. The stem is between two and three feet high.

Habit and Detached Inflorescence of Lilium Davuricum

Lilium davuricum is a variety of lily. The flowers are scarlet. The stem is between two and three feet…

Lilium elegans is native to Japan and blooms in June and early July. The flowers are orange red and slightly spotted with purplish black.

Lilium Elegans

Lilium elegans is native to Japan and blooms in June and early July. The flowers are orange red and…

Lilium elegans is an elegant variety of lily. The flowers are a pale, scarlet red color. Each stem has one or two flower heads.

Habit and Detached Flower of Lilium Elegans

Lilium elegans is an elegant variety of lily. The flowers are a pale, scarlet red color. Each stem has…

Lilium giganteum flowers are white, slight tinged with green on the outside, and with purple in the throat. The stem is straight and erect, growing between four and ten feet tall.

Lilium Giganteum

Lilium giganteum flowers are white, slight tinged with green on the outside, and with purple in the…

Lilium grayi is native to North Carolina and Virginia. The flowers usually hang more loosely than how they are pictured. The flowers bloom in June and July.

Lilium Grayi

Lilium grayi is native to North Carolina and Virginia. The flowers usually hang more loosely than how…

Lilium hansoni is a variety of lily. The flowers are a reddish orange color. The stem is three to four feet high.

Habit and Detached Flower of Lilium Hansoni

Lilium hansoni is a variety of lily. The flowers are a reddish orange color. The stem is three to four…

Lilium henryi flowers bloom August and September and are native to central China. The flowers are bright orange-yellow and slight spotted with reddish brown. The flowers also have a green band at the base of each segment.

Lilium Henryi

Lilium henryi flowers bloom August and September and are native to central China. The flowers are bright…

Lilium humboldtii flowers are bright orange-yellow, spotted deep purple brown. The flowers bloom late June to early August. The flower is native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

Lilium Humboldtii

Lilium humboldtii flowers are bright orange-yellow, spotted deep purple brown. The flowers bloom late…

Lilium japonicum is native to Japan and blooms from June to early July. The flowers are usually of a bright, pure, rose-pink color.

Lilium Japonicum

Lilium japonicum is native to Japan and blooms from June to early July. The flowers are usually of a…

Lilium longiflorum is a long flowered variety of lily. The flowers are fragrant and pure white. The flowers bloom in June.

Flowers of Lilium Longiflorum

Lilium longiflorum is a long flowered variety of lily. The flowers are fragrant and pure white. The…

Lilium neilgherrense blooms in August and September and is native to India. There are one to three flowers that are six to eight inches long. The flowers are cream colored faintly tinged with purple.

Lilium Neilgherrense

Lilium neilgherrense blooms in August and September and is native to India. There are one to three flowers…

Lilium parvum is native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The flowers bloom in June and early July. The bulbs are usually more clustered more tightly than indicated in the image.

Lilium Parvum

Lilium parvum is native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The flowers bloom in June and…

The lilium pomponium variety of lily has bright red flower or flowers tinged with orange. There are as many as one hundred leaves to a stem.

Habit and Detached Flower of Lilium Pomponium

The lilium pomponium variety of lily has bright red flower or flowers tinged with orange. There are…

The lilium pyrenaicum variety of lily has bright yellow flowers. The flowers are one and a half to two inches long.

Flower of Lilium Pyrenaicum

The lilium pyrenaicum variety of lily has bright yellow flowers. The flowers are one and a half to two…

Lilium roseum is a variety of lily with large, lilac flowers. The flowers bloom in April. The leaves are crowded at the base of the stem.

Habit and Detached Portion of Raceme of Lilium Roseum

Lilium roseum is a variety of lily with large, lilac flowers. The flowers bloom in April. The leaves…

Illustrated is a form of lily. It is one of the Archelirion kinds, lilium speciosum.

Lilium Speciosum

Illustrated is a form of lily. It is one of the Archelirion kinds, lilium speciosum.

Lilium speciosum roseum is a handsome variety of lily with rose colored flowers.

Lilium Speciosum Roseum

Lilium speciosum roseum is a handsome variety of lily with rose colored flowers.

Illustrated is a form of lily. It belongs to the turban or Turk's cap group, lilium superbum.

Lilium Superbum

Illustrated is a form of lily. It belongs to the turban or Turk's cap group, lilium superbum.

The common names of lilium superbum are American Turk's Cap lily and swamp lily. The flowers are brilliant orange-scarlet, shaded yellow, and spotted purplish brown at the base. The flowers bloom late July to early September.

Lilium Superbum

The common names of lilium superbum are American Turk's Cap lily and swamp lily. The flowers are brilliant…

Lilium testaceum flowers are yellow tinged with dull red. The flowers are two and a half to three inches deep.

Flower Stem of Lilium Testaceum

Lilium testaceum flowers are yellow tinged with dull red. The flowers are two and a half to three inches…

Lilium tigrinum splendens sometimes has twenty five flowers to a stem.

Inflorescence of Lilium Tigrinum Splendens

Lilium tigrinum splendens sometimes has twenty five flowers to a stem.

Lilium washingtonianum flowers are white tinged with purple or lilac. The stem grows between three and five feet tall.

Flower Stem and Detached Flower of Lilium Washingtonianum

Lilium washingtonianum flowers are white tinged with purple or lilac. The stem grows between three and…

A lily and a honey bee.

Lily

A lily and a honey bee.

This illustration shows the scaly bulb of a Lily. Lilies are showy and large flowered plants that are very important as garden plants, and in literature.

Lily

This illustration shows the scaly bulb of a Lily. Lilies are showy and large flowered plants that are…

Lily of the valley look like little bells hanging from the stem.

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the valley look like little bells hanging from the stem.

A genus of plants of the family liliaceae, native to the bushy places of America and Eurasia. It has oblong leaves, and cup-shaped flowers noted for their agreeable odor.

Lily of the Valley

A genus of plants of the family liliaceae, native to the bushy places of America and Eurasia. It has…

A leaf of the Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

A leaf of the Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis or lily of the valley.

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis or lily of the valley.

Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the Lily of the Valley or Lily-of-the-Valley, is the only species in the genus Convallaria in the flowering plant family Ruscaceae, formerly placed in the lily family Liliaceae or in its own family called Convallariaceae. This woodland plant is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and a limited native population in Eastern USA.

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the Lily of the Valley or Lily-of-the-Valley, is the only species…

Also known as Convallaria majalis. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. The flowers are white tepals, bell-shaped, and sweetly scented.

Lily of the Valley

Also known as Convallaria majalis. It is native throughout the Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe.…

A type of flower.

Lily of the Valley

A type of flower.

The three sizes of crowns represent the crowns aged at one, two, and three years.

Crowns of the Lily of the Valley

The three sizes of crowns represent the crowns aged at one, two, and three years.

Size and good quality in the flowers of the Lily of the Valley depend upon the cultivation and attention given to the preparation of the crowns.

Flowering Stem of the Lily of the Valley

Size and good quality in the flowers of the Lily of the Valley depend upon the cultivation and attention…

The method for propagating the lily of the valley is by the numerous crowns which form at the points of creeping roots or underground stems.

Young Crown of the Lily of the Valley

The method for propagating the lily of the valley is by the numerous crowns which form at the points…

The female reproductive organ of a Lily.

Lily Pistil

The female reproductive organ of a Lily.

Pictured is a lily scale producing bulblets.

Lily Scale

Pictured is a lily scale producing bulblets.

Also known as Richardia africana. A large, white flower with a rolled round at the edge.

Arum Lily

Also known as Richardia africana. A large, white flower with a rolled round at the edge.

Lily bulbs are composed of a number of fleshy scales. The fleshy scales contract and become withered under the drying influence of the open air.

Bulb of Lily

Lily bulbs are composed of a number of fleshy scales. The fleshy scales contract and become withered…

Of the lily family (Liliaceae), the devil's bit or Chamaelirium luteum.

C. Luteum

Of the lily family (Liliaceae), the devil's bit or Chamaelirium luteum.

African plant known for a white spathe and yellow spad.

Calla Lily

African plant known for a white spathe and yellow spad.

The Chinese lily.

Chinese Lily

The Chinese lily.

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): right, yellow adder's tongue (Erythronium Americanum); left, white adder's tongue (Erythronium albidum).

E. Americanum and E. Albidum

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): right, yellow adder's tongue (Erythronium Americanum); left,…

Also known as Lilium longiflorum. They are native to Japan and Taiwan, and bears a number of trumpet-shaped, white, fragrant, outward-facing flowers

Easter Lily

Also known as Lilium longiflorum. They are native to Japan and Taiwan, and bears a number of trumpet-shaped,…

"Nymphaea coerulea. 1. a perpendicular section of a seed of N. alba; 2. half an embryo, showing the great plumule lying in the cavity of one cotyledon." -Lindley, 1853

Egyptian Blue Lily

"Nymphaea coerulea. 1. a perpendicular section of a seed of N. alba; 2. half an embryo, showing the…

"Lotus is a name given to various flowers, including several beautiful species of water lily, especially the blue water lily, and the Egyptian water lily which grow in stagnant and slowly running water in the S. of Asia and N. of Africa. The latter grows in the Nile and adjacent rivulets and has a large white flower. The root is eaten by the people who live near the lake Manzaleh. It was the rose of ancient Egypt, the favorite flower of the country, and was often made into wreaths or garlands."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Egyptian Water Lily

"Lotus is a name given to various flowers, including several beautiful species of water lily, especially…

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): left, Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense); right, lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

M. Canadense and C. Majalis

Two species of the lily family (Liliaceae): left, Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense); right, lily…

Of the lily family (Liliaceae), the Indian cucumber or Medeola Virginica.

M. Virginica

Of the lily family (Liliaceae), the Indian cucumber or Medeola Virginica.