HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 

 LILIES. 



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Lilium auratum. 



To make it complete, every border of Hardy 

 Perennials should have a few hardy Lilies 

 dotted through it. They succeed better in the 

 hardy border than in any other situation and 

 the flowers are beautiful upon the plant and 

 delightful for cutting. 



Auratum. Golden-Banded Lily. — Immense 

 bell-shaped flowers, delicate ivory-white, 

 thickly marked with reddish chocolate dots, 

 with a stripe of bright yellow through the 

 center of each petal and almost overpowering 

 with rich fragrance. (See cut). 



Each 15c; doz. $1.50; 100, $10.00. 



Elegans, (Thumbergianum). Of dwarf habit, 

 very hardy and yielding large showy flowers 

 in great numbers. Unlike most other lilies, 

 the flowers open facing the sun, at the end of 

 the stem, in the manner of Tulips. Of the 

 easiest culture and very beautiful and valu- 

 able. (See cat.) Mixed colors, each, 12c; 

 doz. $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



Elegans Bicolor, — Bright red, flushed 

 orange, very large and showy. 



Elegans Painted Chief, — Bright flame color. 



Elegans Robusta. — Orange spotted black, 

 large grand flowers. 



Elegans Aurora, — Deep rich orange suffused 

 with scarlet. 



Elegans Leonard Goerg, — Rich apricot, spot- 

 ted with dark brown. 



Elegans Sanguinea. — Very rich dark red 

 with but few spots. 

 Each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Speciosum (lancifolium) album. — Large, with 

 waxy recurved petals, which are white with 

 faint dots and a light green band through 

 the center of each. Delightfully fragrant. 



Each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Speciosum Melpomene. — Words cannot de- 



L. Speciosum Melpomene- 

 scribe the beauty of this variety. Frosted 

 white, spotted, clouded and bordered with 

 pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved 

 and widely bordered. (See cut). 

 Each 20c; doz. $2.00. 



Speciosum roseum. (Rubrum). — The mo^t 

 popular of the Japanese Lilies and very val- 

 uable. Very like Album except the white 

 waxy recurved petals are shaded and spotted 

 with rose and carmine. Each 15c. doz. $1.50. 



Superbum. Leopard Lily. — Tall, stately and 

 graceful. Flowers small and very numerous, 

 bright orange thickly spotted with brown. 

 Very hardy; succeeds everywhere. 



Each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Tennuifolium. Coral Lily. — From Siberia, 

 and the brightest of all lilies. Grows but two 

 feet high, has finely 

 cut foliage, slender 

 stem and beautiful- 

 ly shaped flowers of 

 bright coral red, in 

 great profusion. 

 Blooms early and is 

 exquisite for cut- 

 ting. Should be 

 planted en masse- 

 Each 12 c; doz. 

 $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



Tigrinum splen- 

 dens. Tiger Lily. — . 

 Strong growing with 

 very large, orange 

 scarlet petals thick- 

 ly spotted with 

 black. 

 Each 12c; doz. $1.25. 



Tigrinum fl. pi. Double Tiger Lily. — Like 

 the preceding but with double flowers. 

 Each 12c; doz. $1.25. 



If Lily bulbs are to be sent by mail, add 5c each 

 for postage. 



Lilium Elegans 



