. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ffl? ^^=^ g«g 0f the IJalkB' QloiUiallaria majdis. Natural Order: Liliacca:âLily Family. TEN wandering through the woods and sweetly-sleeping «\ales, in early May, we Hnd this beautiful plant peering up 'its head, crowned with umbels of white, odoriferous, and â modest flowers. It should be a frequent denizen of our [^gardens, for its own modest beauty, as well as for its classic ' association, having been the theme of poets of all ages. Clumps loots can be obtained of almost any seedsman, and once set will '(.ontinue to
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. ffl? ^^=^ g«g 0f the IJalkB' QloiUiallaria majdis. Natural Order: Liliacca:âLily Family. TEN wandering through the woods and sweetly-sleeping «\ales, in early May, we Hnd this beautiful plant peering up 'its head, crowned with umbels of white, odoriferous, and â modest flowers. It should be a frequent denizen of our [^gardens, for its own modest beauty, as well as for its classic ' association, having been the theme of poets of all ages. Clumps loots can be obtained of almost any seedsman, and once set will '(.ontinue to increase, and give you bloom of which one can never have too man^. In the vicinity of Madock, England, there are many acres 'covered with this plant, which, when in bloom, attract many visitors, ' and the spot is known in that section of the country as the Via .1 tht M l|clurn cl| llnjipiiiESS* Y sated senses seem afloat upon a waveless sea; For all around me, all above, is beauteous harmony! âSallie A. Brock. A BREEZY noise, which is not breeze. And white-clad children b_v degrees Steal out in troops among the trees. Fair little cliildren, morning-bright. With faces grave, yet soft to sight, Expressive of resti-ained delight. A rain of dew, till, wetted so. The child who held the branch let go. And it swang backward witli a flow Of faster drippings. Then I knew The children laughed âbut the laugh flev From its own chirrup, as might do Some plucked the palm boughs within i And others leaped up high to catch The upper boughs, and shake from eacl: A frightened song-bird; and a child Wlio seemed the chief, said, very mild, "Hush! keep this morning ; pAIR flower, that, !apt in lowly glade. Dost hide beneath the greenwood shade. Than whom the vernal gale None fairer wakes, on bank, or spray, Our England's lily of the May, Our lily of the vale! âMaui. 190 I\. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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