The Lovely Lily of Easter 復活節(jié)百合

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小編語：　在復活節(jié)這一天，人們都喜愛在春季、復活節(jié)左右的時候尋找那盛開的百合花來代表心中耶穌基督的圣潔。而形狀十分像喇叭的百合花，也正像是在大聲宣揚著我們心中耶穌基督復活了的好消息。特別是白色的鐵炮百合花在基督教中是被視為他們的“復活之花”，代表著心中的純潔與神圣，絕對是是復活節(jié)中不可缺少的花卉，所以它的英文名字也就叫做EasterLily。鐵炮百合的香味十分濃郁，形狀極其迷人，所以世人又稱它為麝香百合。

Who doesn't love to have the nice white lily as part of the Easter gift? In fact, the lovely white trumpet lily has been enjoying a great favor in being included as a principal item for church decoration for quite some time. A perfect gift of nature to beautify our Easter. Isn't it?

But its acceptance in America, as such, dates back around the 1800s. It came in with the rise in the Easter observances by the Protestants in America. And, strange, it took some more time to find a widespread acceptance. For, the early Americans those days were not used to seeing a lily waiting to be picked up for the Easter decor.

The native American lilies, for example, the garden or, Madonna lily, bloom in the early summer. Though it could be forced to bloom earlier using the hothouse conditions, the hassles associated did not allow it to be accepted widely. And custom did not find a widespread growth until a lily was imported.

In the 1880s, while in Bermuda, Ms Thomas P Sargent became familiar with a beautiful lily that blooms naturally in springtime. She just fell for this lovely white 'Bermuda' lily. She brought its bulbs in back home in Philadelphia.

There, a nursery man, called William Harris, fostered its popularity among other florists. Following this it did not take long for the flower to win the hearts of million to be the main flower of the Easter floral arrangements.