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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
sprinkled his standard with lilies. St. Louis wore » 
ring representing, in enamel and relief, a wreath of lilies 
and daisies, and pn the stone was graven a crucifix with 
these words : “ Hors cet annel pourrions-nous trouver 
amour ? ” because, indeed, this ring combined for the 
pious king the emblems of all he held dear — his reli¬ 
gion, his country, and his wife. 
“ Crowned with a wreath of lilies, breathing cool 
Their fragrance o’er his throbbing temples, comes 
July, with languid step.” 
“ Long alleys, falling down to twilight grots, 
Or opening upon level plots 
Of crowned lilies, standing near 
Purple-spiked lavender.” Tennyson. 
“ Nor snow-white lily, called so proudly fair. 
Though by the poor man’s cot she loves to dwell. 
Nor finds his little garden scant of room 
To bid her stately buds in beauty bloom.” 
Mrs. Norton. 
GARDEN GILLYFLOWER (Cheirantlius annum). 
Lasting Beauty. 
The gillyflower, less graceful than the rose, less 
majestic than the lily, keeps its freshness longer than 
either. The old English poets loved the gillyflower, 
and made frequent allusions to it. In Germany, surpris¬ 
ingly fine effects are produced with this flower. Mme. 
de la Tour says, “At an old chateau near Luxemburg 
were arranged, along an immense terrace, four rows of 
vases, of coarse ware, but well shaped, and of the 
purest white; these were all filled with the finest red 
