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D, M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 







T TI Y flF TflF VAT T FY ^^^^^ known and universally admired Spring flow- 

 MulLf I \Jl lllL, T /ll^Lyl^ 1 eringplants, equally well adapted to Winter flower- 

 ing, in the parlor or conservatory. The flowers are pure white, bell-shaped, freely pro- 

 duced and powerfully fragrant. 



For pot culture use the buds or pips, which can be sent out safely as late as Decem- 

 ber. Pot them in well-drained pots or flats, covering the bottoms with a layer of fibrous 

 moss, and filling them with sandy soil slightly mixed wath moss. This will hold the 

 moisture, which is essential to success. Cover the buds to the depth of half an inch, set 

 away in a dark, warm room 70° 

 at least (and many successful 

 growers maintain a temperature 

 of 90 to 100°) for a week or two, 

 and keep well watered, always 

 using lukewarm water so 

 as not to chill the roots. 

 Then bring into the 

 light, and set in a 

 warm moist place. In 

 four or five weeks 

 the flowers will ap- 

 pear. By repeating 

 this process at inter- 

 vals, a constant suc- 

 cession of bloom 

 may be maintained 

 through the whole 

 Winter. Care should 

 be taken to keep the 

 pips cool and moist 

 until they are potted. 

 Water should never 

 be syringed upon the 

 flowers when in 

 bloom, as it will spoil 

 them. 



It frequently oc- 

 curs that some of the 

 plants are not nearly 

 so forward as others 

 in the same box or 

 pot. In such case, 

 when all the best 

 flowering plants have 

 been removed or had 

 their flowers c«t, the 

 backward ones of 

 several pots should 

 again be planted in a 

 fresh pot. Transfer- 

 ring them thus will 

 in no way retard or 

 injure them. Lily of 

 the Valley, when in 

 full flower, can be 

 taken out of the for- 

 cing box and planted in pots without the slightest check to growth or flowering. To 

 grow them in open ground, select a partly shaded situation. Prepare the soil with a 

 mixture of leaf mould, sand and plenty of well-rotted manure, which should be thor- 

 oughly incorporated with the soil two feet deep, and set the roots or clumps about 

 two inches below the surface. No further attention is required. They are perfectly 

 hardy and are not injured by frost. Lily of the Valley cannot be shipped before the 

 middle of October. 



Best Berlin Pips, for forcing or pot culture. 30 cents dozen; ^1.75 per 100^ post- 

 paid. By express at piirchascr\<! expense^ ^12.00 per 1,000. 



I^arge Clumps, for outdoor planting. S5 cents each; $3.70 per dozen, postpaid. By 

 express at purchaser's expense, $2.50 per dozen. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



