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Rily of the Valley, 
Convallaria majalis, Narurat Orver: Liliacee—Lily Family. 
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«HEN wandering through the woods and sweetly-sleeping 
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vales, in early May, we find this beautiful plant peering up 
K@8its head, crowned with umbels of white, odoriferous, and 
emodest flowers. It should be a frequent denizen of our 
gardens, for its own modest beauty, as well as for its classic 
association, having been the theme of poets of all ages. Clumps 
of the roots can be obtained of almost any seedsman, and once set will 
too many. In the vicinity of Matlock, England, there are many acres 
“covered with this plant, which, when in bloom, attract many visitors, 
and the spot is known in that section of the country as the Via Gellia. 
Return of Happiness. 
Y sated senses seem afloat upon a waveless sea; 
For all around me, all above, is beauteous harmony! 
—Sallie A. Brock. 
BREEZY noise, which is not breeze, A rain of dew, till, wetted so, 
And white-clad children by degrees The child who held the branch let go, 
Steal out in troops among the trees. And it swang backward with a flow 
Fair little children, morning-bright, Of faster drippings. Then I knew 
With faces grave, yet soft to sight, The children laughed—but the laugh flew 
Expressive of restrained delight. . From its own chirrup, as might do 
Some plucked the palm boughs within reach, A frightened song-bird; and a child 
And others leaped up high to catch Who seemed the chief, said, very mild, 
The upper boughs, and shake from each “Hush! keep this morning undefiled.” 
—Mrs. Browning. 
AIR flower, that, lapt in lowly glade, 
Dost hide beneath the greenwood shade, 
Than whom the vernal gale 
None fairer wakes, on bank, or spray, 
Our England's lily of the May, 
\ Our lily of the vale! _avane, 
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