LIMA 



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LIMA 



SOME MEMBERS OF 

 THE LILY FAMILY 



bears two large leaves. It is a perennial plant, 

 flowering naturally in late spring, but blooming 

 in hothouses at all 

 seasons. It thrives 

 in slight shade in 

 .a deeply-dug, rich 

 soil containing 

 leaf mold. The 

 lily of the valley, 

 which is the May- 

 flower of the Ger- 

 mans, grows in 

 the woods of Eu- 

 rope and North- 

 ern Asia, and in 

 the southern Alle- 

 ghany region of 

 North America. 

 A French toilet LILY OF THE VALLEY 



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d'or is distilled A white so perfect, spotless, 

 , clear, 



Irom tne flowers. AS in this flower doth ap- 



LIMA, le'ma, P ear? 



the capital of Peru, is famous in history as the 

 former capital of all Spanish South America, 

 and its name is known even to the uneducated 



of a great part of the world through the famil- 

 iar Lima bean, first grown here and named for 

 the city. It is called, poetically, the City of 

 the Kings though it was never the home of 

 any king being dedicated to the memory of 

 the three "Wise Men of the East" who visited 

 the infant Saviour. The population was said to 

 be 143,500 in 1916. 



Lima was founded by Pizarro, the Spanish 

 conqueror, in 1535, whose remains now lie in 

 the magnificent cathedral (see PIZARRO). The 

 city is near the coast, in an almost rainless 

 region, where the air nevertheless is moist with 

 dews and with vapor from the sea. The cli- 

 mate is delightful except in the winter season, 

 June to September. 



The city has suffered periodically since 1683 

 from destructive earthquakes, that of 1746 be- 

 ing especially memorable. As a consequence 

 of the destruction of the Cathedral of San 

 Francisco in that year, the present edifice is a 

 rebuilt and comparatively-mod.era structure. 

 The architecture of the city is generally of 

 Andalusian type, with Moorish features. There 

 are scores of churches, rich in costly decoration. 

 The Palace, or government building, progres- 





