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Show Onion Sold as a Lily Bulb Legally in New York City An onion Is a lily, not only bo-tanienlly bo-tanienlly but legally. A seed merchant tells that some time ago a bright young man loaded a pushcart with crimson bulbs, wheeled them to a New York ferry station, and did a lively business selling "allium cepa lilies" to home-going home-going commuters, relates the Milwaukee Mil-waukee Jornal. Somebody had him arrested; said he was peddling ordinary red onions. He admitted that but the Judge discharged dis-charged him. An nlllum cepa lily, declared the court, Is an onion. |