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LILIES. 
A garden scarcely seems complete without lilies, and 
this large and beautiful family is so easy of cultivation, 
and so very ornamental in bloom, that there is no excuse for 
neglecting it. 
The old-fashioned white lily, lilium candidum , that 
seemed to bring a white stillness into the busy hum of the 
July noon, and stirred the unspoken thought in those who 
lacked the poet’s tongue— 
“ Oh, what are these lilies clipped 
As in the pale moonbeam, 
That quiver with unsteadfast light, 
And shine as through a dream?— 
still holds its place in many gardens, where 
“ In white, calm peace on high 
Each rears a blossom’d rod ” ; 
every blossom a censer wafting delicious fragrance. Each 
flower lasts a long time, whether growing on the plant or 
placed in water, the smallest bud opening fully after it has 
has been cut. This desirable characteristic is peculiar to 
the entire family. 
The flowers of the common white lily are very perfect¬ 
ly formed, turning gracefully down like large bells from 
tall, slender stalks that are crowned, sometimes with three 
blossoms, sometimes only one, and occasionally with seven. 
