Show sacred chinese lily may be of egyptian family it Is difficult to ascribe the origin of the sacred illy to one particular country the dictionary defines it as the sacred chinese lily says the irv ir diana dlana polls news the eg egyptian gy atla lotus originally was either of tw two water lilies held sacred by the E egyptians tang in horticulture this Is the indian lotus 9 the sacred bean or lotus of 0 asia and especially of india and japan has large leaves and pink blossoms surmount surmounting ln tall stems ly the white illy was fabled to have sprung from the milk ot of hera As the plant of purity it was contrasted with the rose ot of aphrodite the classification included also red and purple lilies the red illy best known in syria and judana being perhaps what Is known as a the red illy of Constantin constantinople the illy of the old testament may be conjectured to be a red illy from the simile in canti cles unless the allusion Is to the lie fragrance rather than the color or of the lips la in which case the white illy roust must be thought of the lilies of the field matthew and the comparison of their beauty with royal robes suggests their identification with the red syrian illy of pliny lilies are not a conspicuous feature in the flora of palestine and the red anemone with which all the hillsides hill sides of galilee are dotted in the spring Is perhaps moree more likely to have hare suggested the figure |