On a cross suspended from a chain 

 were the words, "He exalteth the 

 humble." Long has the lily been 

 used in heraldry, and it became the 

 peculiar flower of the royal House of 

 Bourbon. 



To do the lily justice, we must turn 

 back the pages of history a while and 

 return to those far-away times when the 

 victorious Romans crossed the Alps and 

 built their villas by the waters of the 

 Loire and the Moselle, and even in 

 England. With their love of beauty 

 and luxury their gardens were not 

 neglected, and many trees, flowers, and 

 shrubs were brought by them from 

 their southern land and cultivated. 



Who would think that war, defeat, 

 and dispersion would have an effect 

 on such simple things as flowers? 

 Yet they did : the Roman Empire fell, 

 and the Teutonic invasion swept away 

 villa and garden and laid waste many 

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