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1. Along Aptos Creek Additional Information
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Tiger Lilies... A Symbol of Friendship?Tiger Lilies (Lilium pardalinum), one of our prettiest native flowers, blooms in Marcel's Forest around the middle of June. These lilies were already growing in the area, now called the Pourroy Garden, when Mr. Pourroy bought the land. At one time, Mr. Pourroy surrounded his tiger lilies with a wire fence to keep out foraging deer that love to eat the stems and orange-with-purple-spotted blossoms of the plant. The Pourroy family apparently loved wildflowers, including Mr. Pourroy's sisters. Occasionally, Mr. Pourroy would drive his sisters in a golf cart down the hill from their home on the ridge just so they could see the lilies and other garden flowers. What's the legend behind the tiger lily?Botanists Kathleen Lyons and Mary Beth Cooney-Lazaneo, in their book, Plants of the Coast Redwood Region, tell us the legend of the tiger lily: "The tiger lily was created by a Korean hermit who removed an arrow from a tiger. They became friends, and when the tiger died, the hermit transformed his body into a tiger lily to preserve their friendship. Later, when the hermit drowned, the tiger lily spread down the streams looking for his lost friend."
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