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Are of the easiest possible culture, sure to grow and bloom In lavish 



abundance, producing flowers of the richest colors and quaintest forms ; their popularity 



Is rapidly widening. The bulbs are easily kept In paper bags In any cool closet until 



planting-out season In May. In the autumn when the bulbs are thoroughly ripe, which 



is indicated by the foliage dying down, the bulbs can be lifted and kept for the next sea* 



son's planting. 



LILY BULBS. MM />rpo*ta0e 3c per 6ufl>.) 



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Auratum. (Set cut.) (The Golden Rayed 

 Lily of Japan.) This peerless variety is, 

 beyond question, the grandest of all the 

 Lily family. The flowers are pure white, 

 thickly studded with crimson spots, while 

 through the centre of each petal runs a clear 

 golden band. Flowers measure nearly a foot 

 across, produced abundantly; deliciously fra- 

 grant. 2 to 6 feet. First size bulbs, 25c each, 

 $2.60 per doz. 

 Auratum Rubrum Vittatum. Magnificent 

 flowers lZinches across. Waxy white, beau- 

 tiful spotted crimson with a crimson stripe 

 through each petals fragrant $1.25 each, 

 $12.00 per doz. 

 Humboldti. (Bloomeriamm.) A •emarkably fine va- 

 riety, attaining the height of from 3 to 6 feet, and 

 producing freely large flowers of golden yellow color, 

 sotted with purple. A native of California ; July. 

 60c each. $5.00 per doz. 

 Lancifolium or Speciosnm. These varieties are 

 perhaps the most popular Liles grown, being easy of 



cultivation, and produce large flowers of delicat* 

 beauty on strong stems ; grows from ? to 4 feet bigbj 

 and blooms in August. Tne varieties are : 



Album. Purest white, 30c each. $3.00 per doz. 



Bosetun. White shaded and spotted with rose. 



20c each. $2.00 per doz. \ 



— Bvibrom. White shaded with deep rose ana 

 spotted red. 20c. each. $2.00 per doz. J 



Tigrinum Splendens. (Improved Tiger Lily.) Very 

 large flowers; orange-salmon spotted black. 250. 

 each, $2.60 per doz. 



Tigrinum Flore Pleno. (Double Tiger Lily.) Ira. 

 dense double bright orange-red flowers, spotted with 

 black. 3 to 6 feet 15c each. $ 1 .50 per doz. 



Fardalixium. Scarlet, shading to rich yellow, freely 

 spotted with purple-brown ; 3 feet ; July and August. 

 25c each, $2.50 per doz. 



Waahingtonianum. A beautiful California variety, 

 growing stiff and erect ; flowers white, tinted wlttt 

 purple and lilac ; 8 to 9 inches across when fully ex* 

 panded. 3 to 6 feet high ; blooms in the summer^ 

 30c. each. $3.00 per doz. 



AMORPHOPHALLUS RIVIERI. 



A very remarkable and 6bowy plant with enormous 

 palm-like foliage spreadingin the shape of an umbrella. 

 The stem of deep green is marbled with brown and 

 white ; adesirable plant for specimens or groups on a 

 lawn. The flowers are very large, of deep red, and are 

 produced before the leaves appear. It is chiefly grown, 

 however, for the luxuriant tropical effect of the foliage. 

 It should be planted out in May. Price, extra large 

 bulbs, 50c each, $6.00 per doz. Pottage, Be. extra per bulb. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 



(Elephant's Ear.) Grand tropical-looking plant, pro- 

 ducing enormous leaves 3 to 4 ft long. A favorite 

 for specimens on the lawn. Height 4 to 6 It 



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Extra size bulb. 10 to 12 inches- $1.00 $1.25 



First - •• 8 to 9 •• 50 65 



Second size " 6 to 7 •■ 25 35 



Thirdsize " 4 to 5« " . 15 20 



Cooperia Drummondi. (Ecenina Star Flower.) 

 Planted out in the garden in the spring, a clump of 

 12 to 25 or more 4 to 6 inches apart will bloom 

 successively from May to September: the flowers are 

 star-shaped, with long tubes. ,pure white and 

 exquisitely fragrant with theodor of primroses. 10c 

 each. 76c per doz., $5.00 per 100. 



THE CHINESE SACRED LILY. 



Known also as Joss Flower, or Flower of the Gods, 

 and the " Shui Sin Far," or "Water Fairy Flower," as 

 it is sometimes called by theCelestials, is abulb, bearing 

 in the greatest abundance silvery white flowers with a 

 bright golden yellow cup in the centre of each. They 

 are of entrancing beauty and emit a delicious perfume. 

 It is grown by the Chinese to herald the coming of their 

 New Year and as a symbol of good luck. While the 

 bulb can be grown in a pot the most novel and beauti- 

 ful way Is to grow it in a shallow bowl of water with 

 enough pebbles to prevent it from toppling over when 

 the immense spikes of flowers are developed. The 

 short time required to bring the bulbs into full bloom 

 — 4 to 6 weeks after planting— and the fact that it can 

 be grown everywhere and by anybody, is certain to se- 

 cure a permanent popularity for the " Sacred Lily." A 

 dozen bulbs, planted one a week, will give a supply of 

 flowers from February to May. {See cut.) 



Large bulbs of the true sort, direct to us from China, 

 we offer for 25c each. $2.50 per doz. Free by mail. 



Cinnamon Vine. (Dioscorea batatas.) Beautiful sunw 

 mer climber ; glossy foliage and fragrant flowers j 

 stem dies down in winter, but the root Is hardy. 

 Large selected roots. 10c each, $1.00 per doa. 



THE CHINESE SACRED LILT. 



