AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1931 



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Lilium regale 



LILIES FOR FORCING 



If to be sent by Parcel Post, add postage at zone rates; 

 weight per dozen bulbs, 10 lbs. 



The bulbs may be potted from August onward in a compost of 

 equal parts turfy loam, leaf-mold, rotted cow-manure, and sand. It 

 is best to start them in pots not exceeding twice their own diameter, 

 in which they may remain until started 8 inches or more. They 

 should be transferred then to larger pots in which to bloom, exer- 

 cising great care not to disturb the roots or break away the soil from 

 about them, and setting them considerably deeper in the larger pots. 

 This method prevents the soil from becoming sour, and enables the 

 roots forming at the base of the stem to become feeders, greatly 

 increasing the number and size of the blossoms. 



LILIUM HARRISI (Bermuda Easter Lily) 



Fairy Isle. August and September delivery. Choice, ripened bulbs, 

 from the finest stock in Bermuda. Each Doz. lOO 



Extra-large Bulbs. 7 to 9 in. cir $0 60 $5 00 $40 00 



Mammoth Bulbs. 9 to 11 in. cir 75 8 00 60 00 



Jumbo Bulbs. 11 to 13 in. cir 1 00 11 00 90 00 



LILIUM LONCIFLORUM (Japan-grown) 



Giganteum. October and November delivery. Flowers large, per- 

 fect in form, and of superior substance; stems marked black. 

 Mammoth Bulbs, 9 to 10 in. cir., S6.00 per doz.; $45.00 per 100. 



Formosutn. September to November delivery. An early-flowering 

 type, blooming as early as the Harrisi. Mammoth Bulbs, 9 to 

 10 in. cir., $6.50 per doz.; $.50.00 per 100. Jumbo Bulbs, 11 to 

 13 in. cir., $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 per 100. 



HARDY LILIES FOR 

 THE GARDEN 



LILIUM CANDIDUM (The Madonna Lily) 



If to be sent by Parcel Post, add postage at zone rates; 

 weight per dozen bulbs, 10 lbs. 



This beautiful Lily of the purest satiny white, borne 

 majestically on tall, straight stems, is one of the first of all to 

 bloom, the flowers opening in June. The bulbs should be set 

 in a handful of sand, slightly tilted on their sides. September 

 and October delivery. ^ach Doz. 100 



Mammoth Bulbs $0 60 $6 00 $45 00 



Extra-large Bulbs 40 3 50 28 00 



First-size Bulbs 30 3 00 25 00 



LILIUM REGALE (The Regal Lily) 



If to be sent by Parcel Post, add postage at zone rates; 

 weight per dozen bulbs, 7 lbs. 



The flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, with a 

 beautiful shade of canary-yellow at the centre of the trumpet. 

 Blooms early in July. It is absolutely hardy and when estab- 

 hshed increases rapidly. October and November delivery. 



Each Doz. 100 



Mammoth Bulbs $1 00 $10 00 $80 00 



Extra-large Bulbs 75 7 50 60 00 



Lilium candidum 



Special Notice. Many of the late-flowering Lilies camwt be shipped from Japan until October and will be forwarded in 

 November, or as soon thereafter as they arrive. We advise the preparation of the Lily-beds or borders early in autumn, covering them with 

 4 to 6 inches of leaves or other litter, to prevent the ground freezing until the bulbs arrive. The late sorts comprise the following: Aura- 

 tum, BatemanniBe, Henryi, and Speciosum. Lilium candidum, however, will he shipped on arrival, as it is essential that they should 

 make an autumn growth to insure perfect blooms the next season. 



