Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-04

tatoes, and in swamps the Gala grows
so thickly that the yield of a single
flooded acre is enormous.
Rotanically speaking, however, the
Gala is not a lily. Tulips are true lilies,
and so likewise are the leek, the garlic
and the asparagus. But the Gala is an
arum," and is related to the jack in the
pulpit as well as to the elephants ear"
plant, commonly grown as an ornamen-
tai.
Lilies have always had sacred associa-
tons. Away back in the dim ages of
The past, when the pyramids were build
ing, the Egyptian priests chose the lotus,
a member OF the lily family as the SYM
boic flower of their religion. Ii was re-
garded as an emblem Of the Nile. SYM
boliZing the creation of the world from
the waters. In India Buddha is tabled
TO have made his entrance into the world
! on lotus blossom.
In Catholic countries the lily is sacred
to the Virgin Mary, because it is sym
Dol of purity. The angels painted by the
old masters frequently carry lilies in
their hands And legend tells that when
the disciples looked into the tomb of
Jesus after the resurrection they said
that it was filed with lilies.
The lilies that appear in the paintings
af ,i,,iI,, .,,,, o.har ola ,,,,.t.... Va.
calais. They are of the familiar Easter
lily type, and are easily recognizable as
the Madonna or annuneiation lily-the
latter name being given to them because
81 the belief that the angel of the an
nunciation appeared To tie Virgin Mary
With these lilies in his hands
rhfs hind of nv. aar,.,,i,,o., oa1,oI G,
.Jn,s.nh.. hl,- u.as widely. ,5ltiva+ad IN
E1rone in carly hfsforf. ,imes I, seem,
to have originated in Palestine ar some
where about thai region. and So may
we'll have been TIC flower "a ,.bic,, I.su.
referred l-nder fuitivatiou il crows i'm
fields which AT INC time of b,ossonin,,
arc .. ,,eritable -, IF hiao,
This. hayevrr i not exactt, tho mod
or, t,as,.,. ,il,. ,,ba l,,t.,. tto,,,,,, ,,a.,,
II. related Ia il 10 "a diff.ren, ,,a,.ia,,.
hro,.h, o,ioi,.,lI,. ero,,, Ia,,an ,o IN
nuda a,, I,,, a.. H. i,.,ie,,.,,,,, -,
"tr,mnat Iil,.r Tn t2,,,p,,da th,ouet ,
rorticoltural ,oc;dart VS. d.ralouad a,
what Gardeners cau !, smart" s,,b-
variety remarkable for early blooming
hardness height and tho siza ana large
numbers Of its fan.ars also fo, tba case
with n.bi.t, - NAV, no .foroea., IN hot
bouses
In ~ = woman of pbiladaInhi. ra-
TURNING from, parmud, hrouebt ,tth ber
+uo r1ants of mi. i,,nro,.od stoa,. ona
,,a,.a 49,, t1 eo,;s, 90 IT, o,,o,.o,. IT.,
nar,,, w L Harris VII ,,arooi,.;,s,
the praat ,.a,t,a If tho ,.oriet,. rraona,ed
IN ,,,,itin,,. m, h,,1hs Lie INTRODUCED tho
ILL, :, nnbli,. noti,n se,.n vear. ,a+er
eiyin. q small .xbjldtio, of tba ,la,ts
OHIO. bortic,,lturist. ,..ra ,,ioL 70 no
onra sne..iman. fo, ,r,naqation .,a to-
da,. tba ! illiu,, ti.rrisi, &c :. 70 oa11ad
lid ~. ,,,.,,.l.... [,.l.I,,,;,.a,,.
parr,,.7a T.. .1,a s,,iTf,,a, 49,, .to
III. $50, = -, 80,
-. 20 -
C,bor,.ston - ,fstr, h;.r,, oa,,e,,,
fra,,, H., a., - H., .,,a ,,,,oi,a. ~
of The ,.,ts,. ,t,a tota, aras of rho isia,as
haing ~ e,,,,,a ,,,i,as While !. i lin
winter in the northern states fields of
onions and potatoes are carpeting the
Rermudas with a green and luxuriant
promise of coming wealth for the farmer.
while here and there even during March.
fields of blooming lilies spread a feast
In June the Easter lily bulbs are dug in
for the eye. But to the grower of the
little archipelago the easter lily is merely
an incidental crop, experimenting the
potato and onion. Culture of it is wholly
by hand, in pockets of rich soil among
the rocks.
Bermuda and shipped in wooden boxes
To the United States, packed in sawdust
or excelsior They are planted by our
florists in potS and at the DroDer time
many months later. are brought into the
hothouses to he forced for the Easter
market Hitherto we have been obliged to
depend entirely upon Bermuda for our
Easter lilies but there is reason to believe
that before long plentiful supplies of
them will he grown in southern Florida
and southern California. Incidental to
experiments in this direction a number
of valuable new varieties have recently
been created by the government plant
bureau.
The liI,. of tho yalu. is regarded as an
emblem of nurirv and modestv. It is n
native Of temperate latudes in Europe
and Asia, and in the garden is one of the
earliest of spring flowers. Nearly all of
the lilies of this kind grown in this coun-