422 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



Fig. 198. — LiLiuM TiGMNUM, One of our 



many beautiful native Lilies, hardy over a 



great part of the United States 



Cold Storage Lilies 

 Cold storage giganteums 

 are being made a paying 

 crop, not only by the special- 

 ist, but also by the florist, 

 who has use for only a single 

 case of bulbs at one time. 

 To bring them into flowering 

 condition is a comparatively 

 easy matter and should be 

 practiced more during the 

 Summer and Fall months when 

 there is no trouble about tem- 

 perature ; when, in fact, if any- 

 thing, there is too much heat. 

 Start the bulbs in a cool, 

 dark place and later on let 

 the plants have a sunny 

 bench. As they start to 

 open, use a shaded house 

 and with a little care you 

 can prolong the flowering 

 period quite materially. You 

 certainly will experience no 



such trouble as is often encountered in the case of plants intended 

 for Easter blooming. 



LILIES— HARDY SORTS 



Under hardy Lihes the florist classes those varieties which, 

 during the Summer and Fall months, flower outdoors. Of these, 

 Lilium candidum, L. speciosum rubrum and L. s. album, and L. 

 auratum are the most valuable to him; and of these iom L. speciosum 

 rubrum really should head the list as the most important, particularly 

 from the retail grower's standpoint. Plants of this variety in flower 

 can be had from late June on up to after New Year's — that is, with 

 the help of cold storage bulbs. There is use for the flowers every 

 day whether they are to be used with long stems for decorative 

 purposes or as single flowers to take the place of an orchid in a 

 corsage bouquet or in a floral design arrangement. If you want a 

 beautiful wreath make it out of rubrum Lilies, Gypsophila elegans 

 and Asparagus plumosus. You cannot beat this combination during 

 the Summer and Fall months and the best of it is that even the smaU- 

 est of florists can and should have all three items growing in his own 

 establishment. 



