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DREER'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS. 



The Liliutn auratum is tke 

 new great Lily, from Japan, 

 and called the '• Golden Lily." 

 This is the king of lilies, and, 

 as Dr.Lindley truly remarked, 

 " If ever a flower merited the 

 title of 'glorious' it is this, 

 whether we regard its size, 

 sweetness, or exquisite ar- 

 rangement of color." The 

 flower is from eight to twelve 

 inches across, composed of six 

 delicate white ivory petals, 

 each being thickly studded 

 with rich chocolate crimson 

 spots, and having a bright 

 golden band through the cen- 

 ^ tre of each petal, with an ex- 

 x quisite vanilla-like perfume. 

 As the bulbs acquire age and 

 strength, the flowers obtain 

 their maximum size and 

 number. Upwards of twelve 

 flowers have been produced 

 on a single stem. It is per- 

 fectly hardy in dry soils, and 



also admirably adapted for 

 pot culture. 



Strong Flowering Bulbs, 

 $1 to $2 each. 



2d Size Flowering Bulbs, 

 50 cents to $5 per dozen. 



tltlUM. 



The Lily has always been 

 a favorite flower. Some of 

 the varieties are truly magnificent. The Japan Lilies, Liliiim lancifolium, are among the most 

 beautiful, and are delightfully fragrant; imparting a vanilla perfume, and are suited for either 

 pot culture or the garden; their period of blooming is during the months of July and August. 

 They are all hardy, and the bulbs can be planted either in the Autumn or Spring. 



50 



50 



Bulbiferum Aurantiacum, orange red.. $0.30 



Candidum, FI., PI., double white 50 



Candidum Simplex, single white 20 



Candidum, Flore Alba SpECiosuM,white, 



crimson spotted 



Candidum, Flore Alba STRiATUM,white, 



purple spotted 



Chalcedonicum, brilliant scarlet; very 



effective for bedding 1.00 



Excelsum (Isabellinum), a delicate light 



buff color 80 



Humboltii, golden j'ellow, spotted with 



scarlet brown; flowers drooping on 



long peduncles 1.50 



Lancifolium Album, splendid white 50 



Lancifolium Roseum, white spotted with 



rose 25 



Lancifolium RuBRUM,white,spotted with 



crimson; superb . 25 



Lancifolium Punctatum, white, spotted 



with delicate salmon, fine broad petals. 75 

 Lancifolium Monstrosum Rubrum, red 



spotted; large clusters of flowers 75 



Lancifolium Monstrosum Album, pure 

 white; large clusters of flowers 



Longiflora Japonica, large and beauti- 

 ful, snow white, trumpet shaped blos- 

 soms 



Superbum, a beautiful red spotted droop- 

 ing Lily 



Thunbergianum Atrosanguineum Ma- 

 culatum, orange red, blotched 



Thunbergianum Aureum Maculatum, 

 orange spotted 



Tigrinum, orange salmon (Tiger Lily).... 



Tigrinum, Flore Pleno, double flower- 

 ing (Tiger Lily) 



Umbellatum Erectum, yellow, with 

 brown and dark orange : very showy.. 



Umbellatum Grandiflorum, orange- 

 scarlet, very fine, free flowering 



Umbellatum Incomparable, orange- 

 scarlet, finest and most showy variety. 



Washingtonianum, flowers erect, white, 

 shaded and spotted with pink and 

 crimson 



EACH 



$1.00 



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