LILY OF THE 

 VALLEY. 



ConvattariaMdjalis. Nat. Ord.,LHiace<e. 



of our readers probably 

 will be much more familiar 

 with the lily of the valley as a 

 garden flower than as a wild 

 plant ; but it is a true native, 

 nevertheless, and may in many 

 places be found in abundance. 

 Our readers will bear in mind 

 that it is a plant of the woods, 

 so that it is only there or in 

 sheltered coppices that there 

 is any reasonable hope of find- 

 ing it. 



We may here, however, ad- 

 vantageously point out that 

 the foliage and general effect 

 of the broad-leaved garlic is 



very similar to that of the lily of the valley, and as both 

 are found in the same situations at the same period of the 

 year, more than one of our friends have been grievously 

 disappointed by confounding the two. This perhaps is 

 somewhat hard on the garlic, for if our readers will 

 take the trouble to turn to the illustration of it in our 



