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LXVII. 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 UYiilaria. It is originally a 



Pig. LXyU.— Convall^ria majalis : 2, eection 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, porhaps for want of the special insect by. which its flowers 



