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R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. 



LILIES. 



Lilies are indispensable for planting in borders, formal gardens or amongst shrubbery. 



LILIUM REGALE. (The Regal Lily.) 



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This grand new species is acknowledged to be the finest lily in cultivation. The 

 flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink, with a beautiful shade of canary- 

 yellow at the centre of the trumpet. It is delightfully fragrant, reminding one 

 of the Jasmine and lacking the heavy oppressive odor of most lilies. In this section 

 it blooms early in July. It is absolutely hardy and when established increases 

 rapidly. Plant the bulbs 5 or 6 inches deep, and after the ground is frozen, cover 

 over with leaves or other litter to prevent alternate freezing and thawing. (Octo- 

 ber and November delivery.) Large Bulbs, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; $75.00 

 per 100. 



LILIUM CANDIDUM. (The Madonna Lily.) 



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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 just at the time 

 when the hardy blue Larkspur is at its best. The two may be interplanted, pro- 

 ducing a contrast in blue and white of unrivalled beauty. Plantings in the hardy 

 border and amongst shrubbery is equally effective. The bulbs should be set in a 

 handful of sand, slightly tilted on their sides, to ensure perfect drainage. Set them 

 about 5 or 6 inches deep, and protect during winter with a mulch of leaves and 

 other coarse litter. The bulbs we offer are grown for us in France and are the large 

 variety, producing pure white, deliciously fragrant flowers. (September and Octo- 

 ber delivery.) 



Mammoth Bulbs, 40 cts. each; $4.50 per doz.; $35.00 per 100. 

 Extra Large Bulbs, 30 cts. each; $3.25 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



The Regal Lily. 



LILIES FOK FORCING 



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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 eight inches or more. They should be 

 transferred then to larger pots in which to bloom, exercising 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 pre- 

 vents 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 HARRIS1I. (The Bermuda Easter Lily.) 

 August and September delivery. 



"Fairy Isle." Choice, thoroughly ripened bulbs, from the finest stock 

 in Bermuda. 



Extra Large Bulbs. 7 to 9 in. circ, 60 cts. each; $6.00 per doz.; 

 $48.00 per 100. 



Mammoth Bulbs. 9 to 11 in. circ, $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz.; 

 $80.00 per 100. 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM. (Japan Grown.) 



Giganteum. (October and November delivery.) The flowers of this 

 type are of a large size, perfect in form and of superior substance ; stems 

 marked black. 9 to 10 in. circ, $6.00 per doz. ; $45.00 per 100. 



Formosum. (September to November delivery.) An early flowering 

 type, blooming as early as the Harrisii. 9 to 10 in. circ, $6 50 per 

 doz.; $50.00 per 100. 



Lilium Candidum. (Madonna Lily.) 



