COtfVALLARIA. 



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LXVIL LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



Description. In May seek also, in the gardens, the 

 Lily of the Valley, exquisite in delicacy and sweetness, and 

 analyze in connection with Uvularia. It is originally a 



PIG. LXV1I. Convallaria majalis : 2, section of a flower ; 3, the ripe berry. 



mountain plant of Europe and grows wild on the high Alle- 

 ghanies of Virginia and Carolina. It is propagated by its 

 rhizomes. In the cultivated state it bears no fruit, or but lit- 

 tle, perhaps for want of the special insect by which its flowers 



