Day Lily
Artist
T. Merrill Prentice
(1898 - 1985)
Date1969
MediumWatercolor
Dimensions24 x 18 1/8 in.
ClassificationsWatercolor
Credit LineGift of the Artist
Terms
Object number1977.77.54
DescriptionPrentice painted "Day Lily" for the reference book "Weeds and Wildflowers of Eastern North America". His illustrations are accompanied by the writing of Elizabeth O. Sergeant. The text explains a little bit about the plants and sometimes even how they can be consumed. The Museum holds 114 of the original illustrations Prentice painted for the book. The accompanying text to "Day Lily" is as follows:More completely edible than many
cultivated vegetables,
this lily shuns solitude, grows in massed colonies
undeterred by knife and spade.
Slice young tubers, stalks, or buds for a crisp salad
Boil them; fry them (batter-coated) in deep fat.
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