BULBS, PLANTS, SEEDS AND SUNDRIES 



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LILIES FOR THE OPEN GROUND. 



The increased produc- 

 tion of many varieties of 

 these in Japan has greatly 

 reduced their cost, and in 

 consequence their use has 

 now become very general. 

 It is our opinion that 

 ^SgL':.-" \ ""%'> we should plant the bulbs 



/ ^- '" .%*='. Jp" much deeper than we have 



^^%MI} /' &M fflfL lej^SJB^W/i^WV ^-. V" --" tt M'"- done heretofore. While 



; .>-C^Z./ ^^ BWL'' '*a2j0%W-- J I'd I >-V"- ■ ^f4jll§P travelling in Japan re- 



v v^/ lfI4fZs ! ^9k b«S^l '" i Sfl}\\ '"*%■-, fcBllll y cently, we found that the 



h^^J^Z/mh} bulbs of the wild Lilies 



were usually twelve to 



eighteen inches below the 



^ilfc surface, and we gathered 



^"'^^HeS: ijkP^^ l ' le hm-st flowers from 



■- V'''v w-,i\' !'.■■ " ^Qfr ■ ' SraBPv'' specimens growing on 



~~"^MF- ' ~^Br ' ' "" ' alllP- mountains of decaying 



^ i '.H<\' -■ BmJ %, ' ava where they had 



.' //*"'>■■ ,<; 'i ii'i V M^ ^f|^ abundant rainfall and 



(^^^^#^-" /'f> ^V,^>-v7t, - fills' ' ample drainage. We be- 



///i X \\ C-- /.L. " \ ■' ^Cx'/y t ■>*« '.■„ ' . WHl^ '' eve that varieties like 



''~y/Mvi'-^^ m __ mtl ^^^^^^^ ',^'%y-r t :,'" V^ ' W^^-- Atiratum and Speciosum 



,-v. -w%^>/j\\k> ^BBBIP THI j*-»'-^Q^ '/"r^V 1^^"^ ' .£ *"-"'• .^P^s would be favored by being 



/ _^;;_r^^^^^ flK^ 'JSit^^i ^K y ^BL/'r.'\~ J^--- - ^=S^ *' : " - ^V; set ten or twelve inches 



t x "' ~ ^ ^^"^^811% ^ i~J"i ^^^^^^"'■''-^y^m " """% "**.> ^ deep and would be less 



^ "^^^7^^^8(f ''N'f'f •/'«^i"f; ~^€^sS:i\ affected by frost and 



"7 i ; 'jmrKlm:' ~' % { drought. The beds 



' '% / <;' i Jffll'WvN? "^ ^ should be thoroughly 



1 ^># covered with leaves or 



litter during winter. 



IjfN Many of the late-flow- 



■ ■;■. j gfej% ering sorts cannot be 



g /AW ' :>> V -. t i$$ir^?f|SlS>A shipped from Japan until 



/.\\\j ■^•©»- ■;,/;; ^ V 1 October; persons desir- 



'"fd?^ ^a^gB» c ____^=^''- .• ■■-- (g^V ing to plant in the autumn 



.,-^y f/MWif'^i' -~ .^fflljjV V Bgp6*Se l ^5|'=g^ -^g^kz should therefore prepaid 



P.5,i f ) ' V V - , - gji | Pjfcfc»-' -g^m ^?~- , ""- ■ -^^" the beds and cover them 



'{<*<*" '!! ■^^tlfegifl^'^BfcgjI „ with leaves to prevent the 



N \ x \ <0" '-;;.•' ground freezing until the 



^SMML*'A-L1^SRE[' I : ^' bulbs arrive. 



JL 



Oil' If ' 111 x "V 



JrJ^ The following Lilies sent by mail at the price of single bulbs. 



Each. Per Doz. 

 Auratum {Golden-raved Japanese Lily,) flowers 6 to 8 inches in width, pure 



white with a wide band of gold running through the centre of each petal 



and numerous crimson spots $0.20 $2.00 



Auratum, extra large bulbs 30 3.00 



Auratum Pictum, a broad yellow or red band extends from the base to the 



tip of each petal 40 4.00 



Auratum Vittatum Rubrum, flowers pure white with broad crimson band 



in the centre of each petal; numerous crimson spots 75 7.50 



Batemanni, a Japanese variety, growing 3 feet high, with six to eight apricot 



colored flowers on astern; blooms in July and August 25 2.50 



Browni, large trumpet-shaped flowers, interior pure white, exterior purplish 



brown; Very beautiful 40 4.00 



Canadense, {Canadian Bell-Flower Lily,) one of our most beautiful native 



lilies, flowers bright yellow, with black spots 10 1.00 



Canadense Rubrum, crimson spotted with black, 2 to 3 feet, flowers June 



and July 15 1.50 



Candidum. {See Lilies for Forcing.) 



Chalcedonicum {Scarlet Turk's Cap,) brilliant scarlet recurved flowers, 



height 3 feet, blooms in June 50 o.OO 



Colchicum {Monodelphum or Scovitzianum,) beautiful golden yellow, spotted 



with black, height 2 feet, superb sort • (1 9 6 -°9 



Concolor, brilliant scarlet with black spots, 2 feet 2.) 2.50 



