19! 
ELELES 
THINK most of you know by sight at least one 
of the three following flowers. 
I have asked for pictures of three 
different kinds of lilies, so A 
that the city and country 
children alike may 
recognize an old 
pacng: for évery 
spring the white Easter 
lily (Fig. 162) stands outside 
the flower shops, and deco- 
rates the churches, and trav- 
els through the streets in the peddler’s cart; while in 
summer time the country is bright with the wood 
and meadow lilies (Figs. 163, 164). 
And I hope that even now one of 
the living blossoms is before you, for 
FIG. 162 
I want you to see for yourselves what 
plan these lilies use in flower building. 
The building plan of the cherry, 
you remember, began with a green 
cup or calyx. . 
Do you find in the lily any green 
cup? 
No, there is nothing of the sort in 
the lilies. You see only a circle of 
flower leaves. In the last chapter you learned to call 
such a circle the corolla. But the wise men say that 
FIG. 163 
