LILY FAMILY 



perianth whose segments finally spread or twist and become 

 distinctly revolute; they are usually papillose within, and the 

 stamens diverge from a curved style. 



The fourth group is well defined by our native Turk's Cap, 

 LUium superbum, with its strongly nodding flowers, its very 

 revolute perianth segments, and the stamens diverging from a 

 curved style. The beautiful Meadow Lily, LUium canadense, 

 which in midsummer lights up our northern lowland meadows 

 with its nodding bells, is our best exa,mple of the fifth group. 



There are many species and more variants; yet, notwithstand- 

 ing all the variations of size, color, inflorescence, leaves, and stems, 

 the lily type of flower remains unchanged. A Lily is a Lily all the 

 world over. 



WHITE LILY. MADONNA LILY. 



LUium cdndidum. 



Native of southern Europe and western A.sia; long in cultivation. 



Bulb.— Ovo'iA, large, 



Slem. — ^Two to four feet high, erect, stiff. 



Stem-leaves. — Scattered, segsile, acute, bract-like above. 



Flowers. — Six to twenty-five in a raceme; pure-white, fragrant. 



In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea. 



— Jtjxia Ward Howe. 



The great white lily with his chalice of silver, the old lord of the garden, 

 the only authentic prince whose nobility dates back to that of the gods 

 themselves — the immemorial lily! — Maeteriinck. 



Perhaps it is safe to say that this is the oldest and loveliest . 

 lily in cultivation; certainly for more than a thousand years it 

 has wrought upon the imagination of the people of Europe as the 

 flower of the Madonna. Its exquisite shape, its snowy petals, 

 its delicate fragrance, have made it the symbol of beauty, purity, 

 and love. In sacred pictures, Gabriel kneeling before the Virgin 

 bears it in his hand; smiling angels chant in heavenly choirs 



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