Note 51 — CHAP. XXVIII.
Reading edition
Asphodels were planted by the ancients near burying-places, in order to supply the manes of the dead with nourishment.
“By those happy souls that dwell In yellow meads of Asphodel.”—Pope.
The plant lilio asphodelus belongs to the liliaceous tribe. It flourishes also in Italy, Sicily, Crete, and Africa, some varieties bearing white flowers.