THE 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Botanical Name, Convallaria majalis. —Class, Jlexan- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white, variegated 
with green .—Native 'place, Britain. 
Sentiment. 
KETURN OE HAPPINESS. 
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ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
There is a tradition that the Lily of the 
Valley was wedded to the Nightingale, and 
that this is the reason that the sweet bird of 
night frequents not the woods until the ap¬ 
pearance of his spouse ; certain it is that, at 
the approach of May, the lover of nature will 
find the Lily opening its simple bloom at the 
foot of many a moss-grown oak, if, indeed, 
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