Lily

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Birthday Lilies

2018: Stargazer Oriental Lily (Lilium Orientalis 'Stargazer') & Tiny Shadow Dwarf Asiatic (Lilium Auratum ‘Tiny Shadow’)
[Neither survived transplant to new house in late 2019]

2019: Nosferatu Day Lily (Hemerocallis 'Nosferatu')
[Died in 2021 due to overwatering of too-shallow root system]

2020: Elodie Double Asiatic (Lilium Auratum 'Elodie')
2021: Tiny Shadow Dwarf Asiatic (Lilium Auratum ‘Tiny Shadow’) [Replacement] + Tiny Rocket Dwarf Asiatic (Lilium Auratum ‘Tiny Rocket’) & Landini Asiatic (Lilium Auratum 'Landini’)
[All Lilies were unfortunately lost to severe uncharacteristic deep freezes of -25f and below during the 2022 - 2023 winter season]

2024: Stargazer Oriental Lily (Lilium Orientalis 'Stargazer') [Replacement] + Landini Asiatic (Lilium Auratum 'Landini’) [Replacement] + Tiny Diamond (Lilium Auratum ‘Tiny Diamond’) + Tiny Pearl (Lilium Auratum ‘Tiny Pearl’)

*Does not include Calla Lilies, which have never been gifted for birthdays.

Lily (Chaldees: Ango; Greeks: Amala; Latin: Lilium). If you gather this hern, the Sun being in Leo, and mix it with the juice of the Laurel, or Bay Tree, and afterwards put it under the dung of Cattle, it shall be turned into worms. If powder is made and put about the neck of any man, or in his clothes, he shall never sleep until it is put away; if it is put under the dung of cattle and a man anointed with the worms breeding from it, he shall be brought to fever. And if it is put into any vessel where there is Cow's milk, and covered with the skin of a cow of one color, all the Cows shall lose their milk.

* It is possible that Convallaria Majalis, Lily of the Valley, is intended here; extracts of the flowers have long been used as heart stimulants. Lilium Candidum, the Madonna Lily, is also another candidate, as it's been in cultivation since Roman Times, but has never been regarded as Officinal.

'The Book Of Secrets of Albertus Magnus: Of the Virtues of Herbs, Stones, and Certain Beasts; Also A Book of the Marvels of the World' by Michael Best and Frank Brightman