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HORTICULTUEE August 23, 1913 



TWO RARE LILIES 



FROM CHINA 



Hardy, Beautiful, Fragrant 

 The Finest Novelties Elxtant 



LILIUM MYRIOPHYLLUM 



Mr. K. H. Wilson, the famous plant collector, collected for us the bulbs now offered. In North- 

 western China. He considers this the finest of all lilies. It is absolutely hardy, and Is excellent for 

 forcing. It has been predicted that this will become the Easter Lily of the future, and being so hardy, 

 may be grown at home. The flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink and with a beautiful 

 shade of canary yellow at the centre, and extending part way up the trumpet. It is delightfully per- 

 fumed, reminding one of the jasmine, and lacking the heavy oppressive odor of most lilies. Blooms out- 

 of-doors early in July. Awarded the Gold Medal at the S. A. F. & O. H. International Flower Show, New 

 York, 1913, as the Finest New Plant on exhibition; Gold Medal by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 and a first-class certificate by the Royal International Exhibition, London, 1912. Bulbs, ready in October, 

 each, $1.50; dozen, $15.00. 



LILIUM SARGENTIAE 



This noble variety was also collected by Mr. Wilson. This Is one of the strongest growing lilies 

 —frequently attaining a height of six to eight feet. The flowers vary in number from five to ten on 

 a stalk, and in size and shape resembling Lilium Harrisil, greenish white, shaded purple on the out- 

 side, and of the purest white within, with a tint of citron in the centre. The flowers have a pleas- 

 ing fragrance. This lily will undoubtedly be largely used for outdoor planting as well as for forc- 

 ing. Many consider it the finest of all tubular-flowered lilies. It flowers somewhat later than Lilium 

 myriophyllum and being of larger growth, has a distinct place. Awarded a Silver Medal by the Massa- 

 chusetts Horti<ultural Society, 1912, and a Gold Medal August, 1913. Bulbs, ready in October, each $1.50; 

 dozon, $1.''),nO. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



Nurserymen and Seedsmen 



6 and 7 South Market St., BOSTON, MASS. 



