The Lily. 



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I would close in the words of The Botanical Gazette: 



"The resolution we would like to have each botanist make with 



the new year, is to do some good work and see to it that none 



goes unrecorded." 



Many new workers are needed in nature's boundless unlimited 



field, and nowhere more than on the Pacific Coast z^ 



C. R. Orcutt. 



THE LILY. 



The lily of the field is fair, 



Upon its graceful stem, 

 No royal robes with it compare, 



Nor sparkling diadem. 



The evening brings it precious dew, 



Refreshment without toil, 

 And morning crowns it all anew 



With hands that do not soil. 



And from the sun, and from the breeze, 



The lily draweth power ; 

 Its lovely mission is to please, 



And beauty is its dower. 



E. E. 



