GENERAL CATALOGUE. 129 
BULBOUS FLOWERING ROOTS. 
HARDY. 
The following should be planted in the fall. They can be planted in the spring, but are not so certain to bloom. 
LILIUM. Lily. 
_ These require a good mellow soil. Inthe open ground they should be planted five inches deep, in as warm a situ- 
‘ation as possible. Nothing can exceed the beauty of this well-known flower. The following are choice sorts which 
will improve from year to year. They should be planted in clumps of six to eight, and thus become very effective. 
L. atrosanguineum. Orangered. 50c. 
LL. auratum. GOLDEN-RAYED QUEEN OF LILIES. The magnificent Japan Lily. 30c. 
L. Canadense. Our native lily, drooping, yellow and red flowers, stem 2 to 5 feet. 25c. 
L. ecandidum. The well-known white garden lily. 25c. 
L. excelsum. Light buff, fragrant and beautiful, grows from 5 to 6 feet high. 
$1.00. 
L. Harrisii. BERMUDA EASTER LILY. Flowers large, trumpet shaped; in gen- 
. eral appearance resembling L. longiflorum and possessing a delightful 
ae a / ge? py fragrance. Itis a remarkably free bloomer, and is valuable either for 
ii z=, iN forcing or for out-door planting. 30c. : 
; yia\ L. Japonicum longiflorum. EAstTER LiLy. Trumpet shaped, snow white, 
fragrant. 26c. 
Tao VGA 
L. AURATUM. L. LANCIFOLIUM ALBUM. 
L. lancifolium album. White spotted, fragrant. (See cut). 50c. 
L. lancifolium rubrum. Rose, spotted with crimson. 25c. 
L. superbum. Our native lily, and one of the finest of them all. 25c. 
LL. tenuifolium. Flowers medium size, vermilion scarlet, foliage narrow, growth slender and graceful. 40c. 
L. tigrinum. TIGER Lity. Orangesalmon. 20c. 
L. tigrinum flore pleno. Double Tiger Lily. 25c. 
LL. Thunbergianum grandiflorum. Dark red flowers. 20c. 
MISCELLANHOUS BULBS. 
FOR FALL PLANTING. 
CROCUS. 
Named varieties, 30 cents per dozen, $2.50 per 100. 
Unnamed, but colors separate, blue, white, striped and yellow, 15 cents per dozen, $1.00 per 100. 
FRITILLARIA. Crown-Imperial. 
F. imperialis. Four fine varieties, 60 cents to $1.25 each. 
¥F. imperialis. Mixed, 50: cents each. 
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