L I L I U M CANDID t M. 





Nat. Ohijiju— LILIACEiR,— LlKDLIT, 



Trie common white lily, a native of the Levant, has Ihtii cultivated in England 

 lime immemorial; when (*kkmu>k wrote his ft HerlKil (l">!>7), it graeed the 

 garden of the Cottage and I lit* Palace, ami is so well known ;ls scarcely 10 

 need a description. It has heeii copied by painters, and sung hy poets, 

 as a favorite flower of Juno, and according to ** Olympic Records/' sprung 

 from sonic drops of milk which trickled down upon the Ivanh when the Milky 



Way was formed in the Heavens; and as it* blossom* have lieen extolled sis 

 the emblems of a lovely complexion, so its juice* have Iweii said to possess 

 extra ordinary virtue* in conferring one ; an attribute which, limvcvrr fabulous, 

 may serve to shew the high favour in which this cousin of "Amaryllis the belle," 

 " Miss Lily the fair/* liiis been held in all tii**r\ anil annlo^i/e lor her intro- 

 duction here, amoii^ her rarer, bul scarcely more beautiful relations. The leaves 

 become gradually longer on the lower part of the stem, and the root-leaves are 

 broad, large, and shining, particularly from such of the roots as do not ^ml 

 Up rtower-*iems. 





