Easter Lily

EASTER LILY - A name originally applied to Lilium longiflorum, a tender, white-flowered Asiatic species and especially to the variety developed and grown commercially in Bermuda. Today it is applied to any of the many forms of tender white-flowered lilies forced for Easter bloom.

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