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	Lily Info
		Evolutionally, the lily family is probably the basic monocotyledonous stock, its ancestors having given rise to the majority of contemporary monocots, e.g., the orchids, the palms, the iris and amaryllis families, and possibly also the grasses.
		The relationships between plants of the modern lily family are not always clear, and some botanists subdivide the Liliaceae into several families or, if they take a broader view of the family, include some groups such as the Agave and Amaryllis families.
		Calochortus, mariposa or mariposa lily, is a genus of the lily family found in North America.
	www.josephsmithlilygarden.org /html/lily_info.html (499 words)

	lily. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Evolutionally, the lily family is probably the basic monocotyledonous stock, its ancestors having given rise to the majority of contemporary monocots, e.g., the orchids, the palms, the iris and amaryllis families, and possibly also the grasses.
		The name lily is used chiefly for plants of the genus Lilium and related species but is applied also to plants of other families, e.g., the water lily, the calla lily, and especially the numerous species of the amaryllis family (often included in the Liliaceae) whose blossoms closely resemble the true lilies in appearance.
		In religion and art the lily symbolizes purity, and as the flower of the Resurrection and of the Virgin it is widely used at Easter.
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	Lily - MSN Encarta
		Lily, common name for a family comprising more than 250 genera and about 4000 species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, many with showy flowers.
		The order that lilies belong to is distinguished by having all perianth parts (sepals and petals) relatively undifferentiated and petaloid, a three-chambered gynoecium with nectaries generally present between the chambers (sepal nectaries), and larger seeds with well-developed storage tissue (endosperm) and embryos.
		The yam family is a medium-size tropical and subtropical group with 8 genera and about 630 species.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761566601/Lily.html (0 words)

	Lily Family - Calochortus
		The six-pointed star is a symbol of the Lily form, representing two interpenetrating triangles, Heavenly and Earthly, alchemical symbols of fire and water.
		Lily plants grow from a watery bulb and are lightly rooted.
		The delicate cup of the Mariposa Lily blossom.
	www.flowersociety.org /calochortus.htm (795 words)

	Olympus MIC-D: Brightfield Gallery - Lily Flower Bud
		Lilies, the aristocrats of the flower garden, are herbaceous flowering plants native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
		The bulb of the Madonna lily was cultivated as a source of an ointment by inhabitants of Asia Minor as early as 2,000 BC.
		Most members of the lily family are herb-like and are characterized by bulbs, or enlarged underground storage organs, which give rise to fleshy stems and erect narrow grass-like leaves.
	www.olympusmicro.com /micd/galleries/brightfield/lilyflowerbudlow.html (0 words)

	Fortnight Lily - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Fortnight Lily, common name for several evergreen perennial plants of the lily family, also sometimes called African iris.
		Lily, common name for a family comprising more than 250 genera and about 4000 species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, many with showy...
		Onion, common name for any of a genus of biennial herbs, of the lily family, native to Asia but cultivated in temperate and subtropical regions for...
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	Lily Isaacs
		Lily’s Mother even appeared on one of the Gaither telecasts, when Bill called her from the audience to express his respect and love for her.
		Lily describes the excitement of working with Gospel legends such as Jake Hess, Howard and Vestal Goodman and others as one of the most energizing things she has ever done.
		And, for a Lily Isaacs, it marks yet another phase of her life story…a story so rich that it has to be real life, because otherwise no one could believe it if they only read it because it is just so varied and powerful.
	todaysseniorsnetwork.com /lily_isaacs.htm (0 words)

	CBS Daytime \| As the World Turns
		Lily and Holden were no longer able to deny their immense attraction to each other and they finally reconciled and made plans to marry.
		Lily and Holden continued to be at odds over his friendship with old flame, Molly, and her support of former brother-in-law, Craig.
		Lily, afraid that her son would be arrested for breaking and entering, snuck into Julia's home and attempted to clean up the mess, only to come face to face with a livid Julia, herself.
	www.cbs.com /daytime/atwt/behind/specials/lily_holden (0 words)

	Lily Family (Liliaceae)
		Lilies are a diverse group and recent taxonomists have tended to split the group into four main families: Liliaceae, the lilies proper; Convallariaceae, lily-ofthe-valley and Solomon's seals; Melanthaceae, or bunch-flowers; and Smilaceae, the catbriers or greenbriers.
		Lilies are highly prized as house and garden ornamentals, and many of the most beautiful of these belong to the genus Lilium, the namesake of the family.
		During the Renaissance, European painters used white lilies to symbolize the Annunciation of the Virgin, that is, the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive a Son.
	science.jrank.org /pages/3933/Lily-Family-Liliaceae.html (1506 words)

	Lily Turf - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lily Turf, genus of grasslike plants of the lily family.
		Lily turf has tough leaves that typically grow to a height of 46 cm (18 in) and a width of...
		Lily, common name for a family comprising more than 250 genera and about 4000 species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, many with showy...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Lily_Turf.html (114 words)

	Suzanne Strempek Shea - Lily of the Valley
		Here her heroine is Lily Wilk, an artist whose practical bent and absence of ambition have left her only vaguely dissatisfied with the life of sign painting and pet portraits to which she has resigned herself.
		She lovingly renders Lily's family and friends, among them a coupon-addicted uncle and his girlfriend whose hobby is writing to the survivors of famous dead people, with the same affectionate brushstrokes she employs to describe her protagonist's beloved art.
		By the time it becomes clear to Lily that family is as much created as it is inherited, readers may well count themselves lucky to have gained vicarious admission to her colorful circle.
	www.suzannestrempekshea.com /books_lily.shtml (784 words)

	Tiger Lily
		Also called "red lily" or erroneously the garden "tiger lily," this beautiful native plant sometimes blooms profusely during late June in the native grasslands of North Dakota.
		Lily is the classical Latin name for these plants and the specific name philadelphicum means "of Philadelphia" in botanical Latin.
		The TIGER LILY is often grown in the flower garden but in the Orient it is cultivated for its edible bulb.
	www.holoweb.com /cannon/tigerlil.htm (0 words)

	Lily of the valley is one of my favorite flowers
		lily of the valley is one of the most delicate and beautiful of the lily family (Liliaceoe).
		In fact it may be said that the family "abounds in a bitter, stimulant principle and also in mucilage." It is of interest that some of the species of this family were prized by the Greeks and Romans for their medicinal value.
		The lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis, L.) is a native of the mountainous regions of Virginia and southward through Georgia.
	www.angelfire.com /art2/oceandreams/lily.html (0 words)

	Lily,flowers,Lily,flower Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Date : 8/7/2007 Time : 9:37:25 PM The lily family, Liliaceae, is a member of the subclass Monocotyledonae (with one seed leaf), in the class Angiospermae (flowering plants).
		Members of this family are mostly perennial herbs with storage rootstock in the form of bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers.
		Among the popular ornamental plants that belong to the lily family are the aloe, Aloe, hyacinth, Hyacinthus, lily, Lilium, and tulip, Tulipa.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/flowersindex.asp?counter=82 (0 words)

	Lilium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lilies are native to the northern temperate regions.
		Lilies are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Dun-bar.
		The term "lily" (generally with a modifier, such as "water lily", "daylily", "arum lily" or "flberry lily") is also applied to a large number of other plants, which may resemble it to a greater or lesser extent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lily (882 words)

	Teachers@Random Catalog \| Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
		Lily writes an "I'm sorry" letter to her father, but we don't know what she says in it.
		Lily's imagination is wild; she tells Margaret that her Aunt Celia is a U.S. spy in Germany, and imagines that Mr.
		Lily feels close to her mother through the stars pasted on her bedroom ceiling.
	www.randomhouse.com /teachers/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0385321422&view=tg (0 words)

	Botanical Portrait of Mariposa Lily
		In fact, the geometry of the six-pointed flower form of the lilies is emblematic of water itself—when water crystallizes as ice or snow, it manifests as infinite variations of a hexagram (a six-sided figure).
		While the roots of lilies remain in the water element and are not so deeply attached in the earth, the flowers have ethereal qualities, and sweet and evocative fragrances that are more heavenly in orientation.
		Lilies are often depicted in art, in association with the feminine; and many traditional medicines feature liliaceae family plants for the female reproductive system.
	www.flowersociety.org /M-Lily-Botanical.htm (0 words)

	Past Spotlights
		Family NET Works is proud to be sponsoring "Celebrating All Of Us", a joint project created by an elementary special educator, a physical therapist and a parent of a child who has Down syndrome.
		Lily is currently included in her elementary school for most of the day in regular education classes.
		Lily and I intend for her to be included in regular education through Middle School, High School, and I predict Community College, and finally independent living.
	www.family-networks.org /spotlight.cfm (0 words)

	Water Lily
		Water lily is a common name for a small family of aquatic plants.
		The representative genus of the family is Nymphaea.
		The root of the lily is located in the mud at the bottom of a pond.
	www2.ic.edu /prairie/water_lily.htm (181 words)

	Lily Family
		The filament is commonly attached to the anther at the middle of the latter, a condition in which the attachment of the anther is said to be versatile.
		The great and striking differences apparent in different sorts of lilies are chiefly due to variations in the color of the blossom and the position in which it is attached to the stem.
		The Canada Lily is a widely distributed species, ranging from Nova Scotia and Minnesota in the north to Georgia and Missouri in the south.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles35/wildflowers-12.shtml (1389 words)

	White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
		White Trout Lily is one of the spring wildflowers that is threatened by the spread of Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) in wooded areas.
		Trout Lilies are occasionally eaten by White-Tailed Deer, but the damage is usually minor because of the low stature and ephemeral nature of the foliage.
		The flowers of Prairie Trout Lily are light blue-violet more often than those of White Trout Lily, and its basal leaves tend to be less broad and more strongly folded upward along their mid-veins.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /woodland/plants/wh_troutlily.htm (0 words)

	Lily Family
		The flowers of the Lily family are a variety of colors ranging from white, to orange, to pink, to violet.
		Most lily flowers have a long tubular corolla that splits into 6 or 3 different lobes making a bell or triangular shape.
		We unfortunately found only one flower that belongs to the lily family out of the 105 that grow in our area.
	www.bio.brandeis.edu /fieldbio/leeci_unet/lily.html (85 words)

	Book Report Now!
		Her father goes to war, her best friend moves, and Lily meets Albert, who is different from any friend she's ever known.
		One of Lily's worst problems is her tendency to lie.
		Both Lily and Albert have lost parents, but each still has the love of a family.
	www.randomhouse.com /kids/bookreportnow/books/lily.html (0 words)

	Lily Family Crest
		The name Lily is a metronymic surname, which is derived from the name of the mother.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Lily coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/lily-family-crest.htm?a=54323-224 (578 words)

	Nikon MicroscopyU: SMZ1500 Fluorescence Digital Image Gallery - Lily Flower Bud
		The lily family Liliaceae is comprised of more than 250 genera and about 4,000 species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, but the name lily is most frequently applied to the 80 - 100 species belonging to the genus Lilium.
		The most popular lilies, prized as ornamentals, are fragrant and grow showy flowers that have petals usually flecked with dark specks.
		Additionally, the bulb of the Madonna Lily was cultivated as early as the second millennium, B.C., for use as a medicinal ointment in Asia Minor.
	www.microscopyu.com /galleries/smz1500/lilyflowerbudyoungsmall.html (0 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Discussion Catesby’s Lily is a member of the lily family (family Liliaceae).
		Lilies are mostly perennial herbs from rhizomes, bulbs, or corms.
		The family is extremely complex, and botanists estimate 250 genera and 4,000-6,000 species.
	www.enature.com /fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=WF0644 (100 words)

	Birds and All Nature: The Lily of the Valley (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THE lily of the valley is one of the most delicate and beautiful of the lily family (Liliaceoe).
		In fact it may be said that the family "abounds in a bitter, stimulant principle and also in mucilage." It is of interest that some of the species of this family were prized by the Greeks and Romans for their medicinal value.
		The lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis, L.) is a native of the mountainous regions of Virginia and southward through Georgia.
	www.birdnature.com /jan1900/lily.html (505 words)

	Who's Who in Oakdale \| Lily Snyder \| As The World Turns @ soapcentral.com
		Lily and Rod's relationship made Iva very uncomfortable and when she saw the pair innocently horsing around in the pond, a panicked Iva warned him to stay away from Lily because she was his daughter!
		Lily recognized Simon as a good man upon meting him and asked him to renovate her house after learning he was an architect.
		Lily tried to convince Luke that she was ready to accept him, he didn't believe her and shoved her away from him.
	www.soapcentral.com /atwt/whoswho/lily.php (0 words)

	Floridata: Sprekelia formosissima
		Aztec lily is like other members of the amaryllis family: It is a bulb that produces a rosette of strap shaped leaves and a single, showy flower with six tepals.
		Named cultivars include a white flowered lily, one whose red tepals are edged in white and one that has a golden strip down the center of the upper tepal.
		Aztec lily is nearly frost-tender, but it can be grown in climates that receive only light frosts, as long as the bulb is protected in winter with some mulch.
	www.floridata.com /ref/s/spre_for.cfm (0 words)

	Amazon.com: Shakespeare's Christmas (The Third Lily Bard Mystery): Books: Charlaine Harris (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lily hides a traumatic past under a prickly exterior, but, in the series' third book (after Shakespeare's Champion, 1997), this karate expert lowers her defenses just long enough to reconcile with her family and help solve a series of grisly murders.
		Lily, physically and psychologically scarred by a horrifying sexual assault years before, still finds it hard to attend social events as she struggles with her wariness and distrust of all people.
		To add to her notoriety, Lily manages to nab a purse natcher within a few days of her arrival and then is the first to walk in on a brutal double homicide.
	www.amazon.com /Shakespeares-Christmas-Third-Lily-Mystery/dp/0440234999 (0 words)

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