^OF DREAMS cmcun g more than two thousand widely dis- 

 tributed species." 



It is a very old family, and like many other 

 old families, its fortunes have been varied. Its 

 members have come to exhibit marked differ- 

 ences in appearance and differences in point 

 of social position. This family includes as 

 different flowers as our superb garden lily, the 

 tulip, the hyacinth, the trillium, the lily-of- 

 the-valley, the star of Bethlehem, Solomon's- 

 seal, and many others. 



Most of these retain the great family beauty, 

 although some of them live out in the wild. 

 Some of their brothers are found among the 

 common people of the vegetable garden, where 

 they are known as the onion, garlic, and aspar- 

 agus. I am not sure that the proud lily would 

 own these relations and give them welcome in 

 her home among the flowers who acknowledge 

 her as queen. And yet, great as are the differ- 

 ences, there is still a family likeness, easily 

 traced in spite of the differences of raiment and 

 the finer beauty of face and figure of some. 



The family has been widely scattered — 

 indeed, almost world-wide — and divided into 



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