Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers

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General Books, 2013 - 44 pàgines
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... The Washington Lily The.literature of the ages knew nothing of the Washington Lily of California. Today it ranks among the most beautiful of the world's lilies. No other flower has so many religious associations as the Lily. It stands for purity and majesty. Almost every poet from Homer to Tennyson has sung its praises; none more so than Julia Ward Howe, in her "Battle Hymn of the Republic." "In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea, With the glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on." The Washington Lily By Bertha M. Rice Our beautiful, fragrant mountain lily, Lilium washing tonianum; must be, I think, the most beautiful of all our Western lilies. It is said to be the only pure white American lily. In all this world there could hardly be a sweeter, fairer flower. There is something singularly impressive about the tall, straight plant, with its handsome whorls of polished, wavy-margined, dark green leaves and its smooth, stout, purple stem, crowned with a radiance of glistening white blossoms. The whole attitude of the plant is one of quiet dignity and grace. A feeling of reverence must fill the heart when one is permitted to gaze upon its perfect flowers. Never shall I forget the sudden joy which took possession of my soul when my first Easter Lilies unfurled their fragrant chalices of light. They furnished the subject, I believe, of almost my only accepted and published poem; and the thoughts of those sweet blossoms have remained with me throughout my whole life, a sacred, and fragrant memory. Since then, I have found this white moun-j tain lily even more impressively beautiful. In our heavenly Father's gardens are blossoms...

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