AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1913. 



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LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



(Convallaria.) 



Ready in November. 



COR open ground planting we offer large clumps, each containing many flowering crowns. These may be set from six inches to a foot apart 

 and covered three inches. They succeed best in ground which is rather moist and partially shaded. 



For forcing the Pips are to be preferred, being grown under conditions tending to promote vigorous and early blooming. Twelve to 

 eighteen pips may be planted in a 6-inch pot, with all the fibrous roots carefully preserved, and keeping the crowns above the soil. Place them in 

 a temperature of about 80 degrees, cover the crowns with loose moss, and keep them constantly moist with tepid water. They should flower 

 in about five weeks. 



0\ir Exhibit of Lily of the Valley at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Spring Exhibition. 



Selected Dresden. The earliest, largest and best for forcing. Strong 



pips with extra long roots. Per doz., 35 cents; per 100, $2.50; per 



i.ooo, S20.00; per case of 2,500 pips, $42.50. 

 Large Dutch Clumps. Each contains many flowering pips; best 



for planting in the open ground. Each 30 cents; per doz., $3.00; 



per 100, $20.00. By express only. 



Best Berlin. First-class selected pips for forcing. Per doz., 30 cents 

 per 100, S2.25; per 1,000, $20.00; per case of 2,500 pips, S42.00. 



Fortin's Giant. A very large growing variety adapted to latf' 

 forcing and out-of-door cultivation. The pure white bells are 

 much larger than the ordinary variety, and borne upon taller stems. 

 Pips, per doz., 50 cents; per 100, S3. 50; per i,ckx), S30.00. 



Mr. Alexander McLeod, Superintendent for A. R. Shattuck, Esq., Lenox, Mass., July 9th, 1913 writes: "In regard to Lily of the 



Valley, I have been growing cold storage pips for the last 12 years and must say that yours is the finest I have ever had." 



COLD-STORAGE LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



(Now Ready.> 



500. 



We have a fine stock of cold-storage Lily of the \'alley of our best grades for early and late forcing. 

 Price $3.50 per case of 100; $6.50 per case of 250; $12.00 per case of 500. 



Put up in cases of loo, 250 and 



