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... NATURE NOTES. A BLACK LILY. In the Wand of Lumen. one of the Philip. pities, a or tulip with a black dower, eight or nine inclics across, has, been dui. covered. It before the leaves appear, nnd has an odour of tainted flesh, which attracts insects to ...

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