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LILIUM SARGENTIAE 



No picture, however good, can do full justice to this superb lily collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson in Western China 

 and now being introduced to Amer can garden lovers and the horticultural trade by R. & J. Farquhar & Co., of 

 Boston, Mass. The flower is pure white with a bronzy flush on the outside, of enormous size and as here shown 

 the plant is of remarkably sturdy growth and bears its blooms in great profusion. The plants form little bulbils 

 in the axils of the leaves as with Liliuni tigrinum. For large decorative effect in florists' work no lily can ex- 

 cel this newcomer and it has the advantage of a pleasant odor not oppressive in the least. It is absolutely 

 hardy in New England gardens and coming as it does, after the elegans group, myriophyllum, etc., and before 

 the speciosums and cither late bloomers, it bridges over the summer gap in a manner that makes lilies in the 

 garden a continuous possibility from July till fall. 



