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The Lily 
The Iris 
The Rose 
_ hrough song and story, down the ages innu¬ 
merable, has come the fame of the Lily, the Iris, and 
the Rose. This immortal trio continues to hold chief 
place in the hearts and minds of men. 
Lilies are the Aristocrats of the Garden, and so 
they should be treated. The exquisite beauty of a 
single stalk, against soft green (the most comple¬ 
mentary of backgrounds for a Lily’s delicacy) gives 
one that thrill of subtle pleasure which is never at¬ 
tained through mass-effect. 
Symbols that antedate written history picture the 
Lily in intimate association with Royalty, a silent 
testimony to the fact that these early rulers of men 
were capable of appreciation of the most exquisite 
of all of Nature’s offerings; and, appropriating it for 
their individual use, expressed to the world their 
haughty belief in their own and Nature’s attainment 
to perfection. 
The majesty of the Iris has long been immortal-' 
ized, and its pictorial images have been used as sym¬ 
bols of man’s religion and emotions. To the people 
of France, their Fleur de Lis symbolizes the 
Christian religion, and under that conventional¬ 
ized form, Iris was chosen the royal emblem 
of the ancient monarchs of the realm. 
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