R. & J. FARQUHAR & COLS SEED CATALOGUE. | 65 
LILIES. 
No class of plants possesses more charms than the Lily; rich and varied in color, stately in habit, and of delicious fragrance, they 
stand prominently out from all other hardy plants. 
_ They serait be planted in good, loamy soil, abundantly mixed with decomposed cow manure. Set about six inches deep, and 
durigg the winter it is advisable to cover with a thin layer of manure. 
The cut flowers are most excellent for vases, the flowers opening full to the last bud in water. Each. 
Auratum. (Golden-Rayed Japan Lily.) The most hardy flowering bulb in cultivation . Doz., $2.00$0.20 
Auratum, Extra Large Bulbs... . 3-00.30 
Auratum Rubrum. Large, wide flowers; petals white, suffused with crimson and yellow . as 9.00 .80 
Batemanni. Upright flower, deep apricot tint, self color. Height, fourfeet . . . . . . {Gi} cl2a50. «2 
Canadense. (Canadian Bell-Flower Lily.) Yellow, with black spots. Three feet . . Cah ETIOg?!'. KO 
Candidum. (Easter Lily.) Pure white. Twotothreefeet. .. ........ Pa TL OOr :hG 
Chalcedonicum. Intense scarlet; beautiful. Threefeet . . . . «2 2.06 eo ee eos TOO. i350 
Concolor. Fiery scarlet with small black spots. Twofeet . ........ 448: ph F nls olives 
Elegans Atrosanguineum. Crimson with black spots. One-and-a-half feet . . . . . a at Oa 
PleeanseyV enustinmececlear, bull, spotted. wo feety....<...%, .6 0 benice. issues ce) ene « 21 ol0), le 
Excelsum. Delicate buff, finely scented; beautiful. Threefeet . . ........ hebreereise( 10 Ae 
Hansoni. Flowers yellow, streaked with white; magnificent Lily. Threefeet . . . . . arate 00) t-00 
Krameri. Pink, spotless, very fragrant; splendid sort. Three feet . . ........ Me ehe3 SOI gO 
Leichtlini. Beautiful golden-yellow; extremely fine. . . . 1... 1 ee ee ee Oni linear 
Longiflorum. Snow-white, trumpet-shaped; hardy. One-and-a-half to two feet . . . . ee E00. sho 
Longiflorum Takesima. White with purplish tinge outside; extrafine . . . . .. . seg) USO peels 
' Longiflorum Japonicum Giganteum. Distinct and very fine 
form of Lzlium Longiflorum, the best type of the lovely 7rumpet 
Lz Bach, D5 59doz-) ase. 
Longiflorum Przcox. A fine form of the Z7wmpet Lily. Flowers 
large, fragrant, exceedingly ornamental. Each, .15; doz., 1.50. 
Speciosum (Lancifolium) Album. (Japan Lily.) Pure white, 
fragrant; very hardy. Each, .25; doz., 2.75. 
— Album Kratzeri. White, very fine. Each, .30; doz., 3.50. 
— Macranthum. Crimson and white; extra. Each, .25; doz., 2.75. 
‘— Melpomene. White, heavily suffused and spotted with dark 
crimson. Each, .40; doz., 4.00. 2 
— Roseum. White, spotted rose; splendid bulbs. Each, .15; doz., 1.50. 
— Rubrum. White, spotted crimson; splendid Each, .15; doz., 1.50. 
Superbum. Yellowish red. Three feet. Each, .10; doz., 1.00. 
Tenuifolium. Bright, fiery scarlet, early; very free and charming. 
One to two feet Each, .20; doz., 2.00. 
Thunbergianum. Dwarf; buff, or orange. Each, .15; doz., 1.50. 
Tigrinum. (Tiger Lily.) Orange, black spotted. Each, .10; doz., 1.00. 
Tigrinum flore pleno. Double, very fine. Each, .15; doz., 1.50. 
Umbellatum. Dark, blood-red orange; extra fine and showy. 
Three feet, _Each,,.15; dozaut 563 
Wallachianum Superbum. The most beautiful of all the Trumpet 
Lilies. The flowers are purest white, shaded with yellow at the 
base, trumpet-shaped, and about ten inches long. It is massive, 
wax-like, and keeps long when cut. A magnificent introduction. 
Each 1.00. 
Wallacei. Very distinct, splendid, with clear buff flowers spotted 
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MADEIRA VINE. 
The Madeira Vine is a popular and favorite tuberous-rooted climbing plant with dense and 
beautiful shining foliage and of very rapid growth, twining on strings to a great height or form- 
ing garlands in any fanciful form. It will grow anywhere, but, does best in a warm, sheltered, 
sunny location. . It is also a very pretty plant for training around the windows in the house. 
Tubers. Each, .05; doz., .5o. 
MILLA BIFLORA. 
_ One of the loveliest flowers of recent introduction; most desirable on account of its 
immense pure waxy-white flowers, which are borne in clusters of two to three, on a flower-stalk 
twelve to eighteen inches high. The petals are very thick and firm and the flowers will keep 
for a week after cutting. A single bulb will produce as many as six flower-stalks. 
Bulbs. Each, .10; doz., .75. 
MONTBRETIAS. (Fire Lily.) 
Most graceful, showy plants of rich and striking colors, with small Gladioli-like flowers 
freely produced on branched spikes about two-and-a-half feet high. Worthy of a prominent 
place in any garden. 
Pottsii. Bright orange-red. Each, .10; doz., 1.00. 
Crocosmizflora. Intense orange-scarlet, splendid. Each, .10; doz., 1.00. 
Fine Seedlings. Mixed colors ; carefully hybridized and of great promise. 
Each, .15; doz., 1.50. 
MONTBRETIA, NEW SEEDLING. 
