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from three to four feet in height, it is better cal- 

 culated to plant amongst shrubs than in the small 

 quarters of the flower garden, and when mixed 

 with clumps of Roses, the effect is as agreeable 

 to the eye as appropriate to the emblematical 

 combination of Purity and Beauty. It gives a 

 great relief and cheerfulness to heavy clumps of 

 Evergreens, and is a charming embellishment to 

 the borders of woods, or wilderness scenery. 

 The Lily continues in flower from about the mid- 

 dle of June to the middle of August, and as its 

 fragrance is of an agreeable kind in the open air, 

 no garden should be without this noble and highly 

 ornamental flower. 



The loyal subjects of France evince their at- 

 tachment to the Bourbons by a display of these 

 flowers in the saloons of the noblesse, and on the 

 counters of their petites marchandes. 



We have eighteen varieties of the Liliiim Can- 

 didum, and sixteen distinct species of this genus 

 of plants, all of which deserve the attention of 

 the curious florist from their grandeur and beauty. 



