ABOUT LILIE 



OU feel, I think we all do, that there 

 is one fault the Madonna lilies 

 have — their passing saddens us. We 

 are almost reluctant to find them in 

 full bloom, because we know they 

 will soon be leaving us, they are so transitory. And 

 do we not regret their passing more than any of our 

 flower family? Their\eason of bloom is so short, 

 and their flowers so white, so chastely lovely, 

 have n't you thought, I have, that there is 

 nothing we may plant to follow them that could 

 ever hope to fill their place? 



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