LILY OF THE VALLEY. J59 



v\v strongly recommend the potting of these plants 

 abundantly for the town, which at any reasonable 

 price will never return unsold from the market, for 

 it is a flower worthy of Paradise, and 



Whoever a true epicure would 1><\ 



May there iind cheap and virtuous luxury. 



Cowley. 



These plants are so numerous in the woods of 



Eileriede, in the neighbourhood of Hanover, that 



the ground in many places is completely covered 



with them, and the air scented for a considerable 



distance by their agreeable perfume. These woods 



are regularly visited on Whit-Monday by numerous 



parties from Hanover, who go to gather these 



May-flowers, and the forest on that day is a scene 



of rural festivity and mirth. Cottages are erected 



for the sale of coffee, and other refreshments, and 



neither the pleasures of tobacco nor the twirling 



waltz are omitted on that occasion. The roads 



leading to the forest are thronged by persons of all 



ages, from the earliest dawn to the closing of the 



day, and few are the houses in the city of Hanover 



that are not furnished with the Whitsuntide Bouquet 



of Lilies of the Valley. 



And ye whose lowlier pride 



In sweet seclusion seems to shrink from view,— 

 You of the Valley nam'd, no longer hide 



Your blossoms meet to twine the brow of purest bride. 



Barton 



