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Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis, L.) 
Confined to woods more or less, Lily-of-the-Valley is found in the 
N. Temperate Zone in Europe, but not in Greece and Northern Asia. 
In Great Britain it grows in the Peninsula province only in Somerset; 
in the Channel pro- 
vince, not in the Isle 
o Wight or N. 
Hants; in the Chan 
nel, Thames, and 
Anglia provinces, not 
fee... ouftolk:. or 
Hunts; in the Severn 
province, not in W. 
Gloucs; in S. Wales 
in Brecon, in N. Wales 
in Carnarvon, Den- 
bigh, Flint; in the 
Trent province, not 
in S. Lincs; in the 
Mersey province, only 
in Chester; in the 
Humber and Tyne 
provinces, except in 
Cheviotland; in the 
Lakes province, ex- 
cept in the Isle ot 
Man; in Scotland in 
W. Midand E. Perth, 
Forfar, Easterness. 
. H. Irving 
From Caithness it LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Convallaria mayjalis, L.) 
ranges elsewhere to 
Kent and Devon, but is not common. In Cumberland it is found up 
to 1000 ft. It is naturalized in Scotland and Ireland. 
The Lily-of-the-Valley is familiar enough in the gardens, where it 
luxuriates in the shady corners, but few know it in its natural habitat, 
which is entirely woodland. It grows in the dark parts of woods and 
copses, under trees covering quite a large area and forming extensive 
beds. 
The leaves are all radical leaves and the aerial stem merely a 
