FLORA HISTORICA, 



LILY. Lilium, 



Natural Order Coronaria, Lilian Juss : a Genus of 

 the Hexandria Monogynia Class. 



" Ye loftier Lilies, bath'd in morning's dew. 



Of purity and innocence renew 



Each lovely thought; " 



Barton. 



*• The Lily's height bespake command, 

 A fair imperial flower ; 

 She seemed designed for Flora's hand. 

 The sceptre of her power." 



The beauty and delicacy of the Lily has been 

 celebrated by the writers of all ages, from the 

 time of Solomon to the present day. It was 

 regarded by Christ himself as being more splen- 

 did than the great King of Jerusalem in all his 

 gorgeous apparel; and on this account we cannot 

 behold the Lily without feeling a kind of reverence 

 for the flower, mixed with our admiration for its 

 elegance of form and purity of colour. 



'• Observe the rising Lily's snowy grace 

 Observe the various vegetable race ; 



