March 12, 191(i 



HORTICULTURE 



389 



HeadquaHers for Hardy 



Japanese Lilies 



FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



The Hardy Lilies are planted by many florists now. 

 bloom outdoors in July and August and are extremely 

 for decorative purposes. The Auratum. Album and R 

 are excellent for forcing. 



Per 



doz. 

 $0 90 



Liliuui Auratum (Golden Banded Lily) 



.S to i ncbes 



9 to 11 inches 1 25 



11 to 13 inches 2 25 



Liliuin Auratum Platyphyllum. A great 

 improvement on tlJe old Auratum. 

 otherwise similar except that the 

 flowers are very much larger. 



8 to 9 inches 1 50 



Lilium .Album (Praecox). Pure white. 



S to 9 inches 1 10 



9 to 11 inches 1 60 



IJIium .\Ibum Kraetzeri. Pure white; 



an improvement on Lilium Album. 



9 to 11 inches 2 25 



IJIium JIagniflcum (Rich pink). 



S to 9 inches 1 



9 to 11 inches 



11 to 1.3 inches 



Lilium Melpomene (Pink). 



S to 9 inches 



Per 



100 

 $6 00 



9 00 

 15 00 



10 00 



7 50 

 12 50 



They 

 useful 

 ubrum 



Per 

 1000 



$50 00 

 80 GO 



140 00 



90 00 



72 50 

 115 00 



15 00 135 00 



00 

 1 25 



1 00 



L,ilium Rubrum or Boseum. Beautiful 

 pink, iipotted crimson. 



•S to 9 inclies 



9 to 11 indies 



I.ilium Tigrinum Splendens. Single 

 Tiwr Lilv. Orange, spotted brown. 



We offer large imported bulbs 



Lilium Tisrinum Flore Plena. Double 

 Tiger Lily. Large imported bulbs.. 



85 

 25 



80 



6 00 



8 50 



16 00 



6 50 



00 

 50 



6 00 



55 00 



82 50 



150 00 



60 00 



47 50 

 72 50 



52 50 

 60 00 



Write for our wholesale catalogue 



HENRY F. MICHELL COMPANY 



LILIUM AURATTJM 

 Cold Storage during June, July and August 



518-1018 Market Street 



Philadelphia, Pa 



ture to mention, however, and that is 

 what is called "silk stripping." This 

 is made of raw silk, and is mostly 

 about one inch in width. It makes up 

 equally as well as regular ribbon 

 costing twice the price. In fact, it is 

 glossier and holds its shape far nicer 

 than anything else, no matter what 

 the cost. This "silk stripping" comes 

 in all shades called for in the flower 

 business. 



day — which find a ready market. 

 There is a green twig flower basket 

 with a mildew effect that especially 

 illustrates this. 



Of course, we have to take note of 

 the flying machine baskets, and aero- 

 planes and automobiles, and sleighs! 

 There is more demand for these things 

 than one might think. Not only in 

 the effete East but in the virile West, 



the imported carry the day. In the work 

 rooms on the third floor, basket mak- 

 ing, wheat sheaves, wedding outfits — 

 and goodness knows what all — are in 

 brisk operation all the time. This is 

 where the Rice trade mark, "origi- 

 nators," conies in, and also where in 

 most cases they are able to hold their 

 ground in the face of all competition 

 when it comes to a question of price. 



m7\iV£. 



Natural Willow Plant Basket. 



Ascending to another floor we come 

 on more baskets. The Etruscan chip 

 — simple, effective and cheap — no won- 

 der it has had a great run. The merit 

 of this lies more in the ingeneous 

 working of the bronze green exterior 

 than in anything else. There is a 

 bronze garland draped around in per- 

 manent, yet inexpensive style. And, 

 hy that same token, this dull bronze 

 and green is carried out in numberless 

 other patterns of baskets seen on this 

 floor and is one of the hits of the 



Crepe Adjustable Pot Cover. 



the desire to be up-to-the-minute 

 seems strong. One enterprising flor- 

 ist down South sends in a recent or- 

 der explaining that he is to have a 

 rooster for pilot with lots of little 

 Easter chicks down below which he 

 is to sell at a quarter. This for a 

 flying machine. 



The trade as a rule, says Mr. Esch- 

 ner, is partial to natural willow and 

 most of the designs in that connection 

 especially in the larger sizes are 

 home-made; but in the smaller sizes 



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