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is called “ Dutchman’s pipe,” or Aristolochia 
sipho. It is very strong growing, and soon 
covers a large space. 
Then there is the deliciously-scented white 
jasmine, and all the many honeysuckles, some 
of them evergreen, and some with scarlet 
trumpet flowers, and a Japanese kind called 
flexuosa, with pink and yellow flowers; and 
all the various clematis, with large purple, 
mauve, white, or small red flowers, besides 
the wild “ travellers’ joy.” 
Most of the bulbous plants, you will notice, 
come in the spring, and mention has already 
been made of them, but there is one family 
which belongs essentially to the summer, and far 
outshines all others—I mean lilies. Tall and 
stately, pure white or crowned with gold, they 
seem the very essence of balmy summer-time. 
Lilies have always held a special place among 
flowers. The lilies of the field, whose beautiful 
array surpassed Solomon in all his glory, 1 were 
called upon to teach a lesson of trust and 
humility, and since then lilies have been used 
by writers, poets, and painters of all ages to 
typify all that is pure and beautiful— 
And the stately lilies stand, 
Fair in the silvery light, 
1 The flower was probably really an anemone, as lilies do not grow 
wild in Palestine. 
