50 LILIES. 



CHAPTER IY. 



LILIES VICTORIA REGIA : ITS DISCOVERY LOTUS OF EGYPT- 

 LILIES MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE TULIPS CALLA LILY 

 JACOBEAN LILY. 



" Observe the rising lily's snowy grace, 

 Observe the various vegetable race ; 

 They neither toil, nor spin, but careless grow, 

 Yet see, how warm" they blush ! how bright they glow! 

 What regal vestments can with them compare ! 

 What king so shining ! or what queen so fair ! 

 If ceaseless thus the fowls of heaven He feeds, 

 If o'er the earth such lucid robes He spreads ; 

 Will He not care for you, ye faithless, say? 

 Is He unwise ? or, are ye less than they ? " 



OW many are the charms which 

 hang around this lovely and beau- 

 tiful flower, of which it has been 

 said by the great Redeemer, that 

 " Solomon, in all his glory, was 

 not arrayed like one of these ! " 



As an emblem of purity, some 

 species are peculiarly appropriate, their 

 snow-white petals being unsullied by a stain; 

 while others are decked in all the rich and 

 glowing colors of the rainbow. 



