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BULBS FOR AUTUMIM PLANTIIMG-^ 



LILIES 



Lilies are matchless among hardy garden plants for stately habit, beauty 

 of form and variety of color. They commence flowering in May. and with 

 the various species maintain a continuous and unbroken succession of bloom 

 until autumn. They are also excellent subjects for the shrubbery border. 



Most Lily Bulbs, being of late maturity, are not ready before October and 

 November (the best time to plant tliem). L. Harrisii and Candidutn are ready 

 in August. All lily bulbs are delivered free in the V. S. 



Auratum. (The Golden Rayed Lily of Japan.) One of the finest and most 

 popular ot the hardy garden lilies. The flowers are pure white, thickly 

 studded with crimson spots, while through the centre of each petal runs 

 a clear golden band. Fully expanded, the flowers measure nearly a foot 

 across, are produced abundantly from June to October and possess a 

 most deKcious fragrance. 3 to 5 feet. {See cut.) Prices: 



First size bulbs, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., SIO.OO per 100. 



Extra " bulbs, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., S15.00 



Mammoth bulbs, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz., S20.00 



Auratum Platyphyllum. This is without a question one of the most won- 

 derful LiUes in cultivation. The leaves are very long and broad, and 

 the stems attain a height varying from 7 to 10 feet. The flowers are 

 similar in color to Aiu-atum, heavily spotted, but are much larger, the 

 petals more overlapping, and of greater substance. Immense bulbs. 

 50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Auratum Wittei. A magnificent Lily, immense flowers widely expanded, 

 color purest white with a wide yellow stripe through the center of each 

 petal, often grows 6 feet high, very free-blooming, frequently bearing 

 from 30 to 40 flowers on a stem. 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Auratum Vittatum Rubrum. Probably the grandest Lily in cultivation. 

 Magnificent flowers 10 to 12 inches across, clear waxy white with a bur- 

 nished crimson stripe, half an inch wide through the centre of each 

 petal, and the rest of the flower beautiful spotted crimson. Highly per- 

 fumed. 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Auratum Pictum. A very choice variety, pure white, with a band through 

 each petal, one half of which is red and the other half yellow, entire 

 flower beautifully spotted crimson. 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. 



Bermuda Easter Lilies. {See page 36.) 



Brownii. One of the most beautiful Lilies, immense trumpet-shaped flow- 

 ers, 10 inches in length; interior pure white with chocolate-colored an- 

 thers; exterior brownish purple. 75c. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Candidum, Henderson's Superior Northern Grown. (Ready in 

 August.) This is the ever popular, fragrant, snow-white, hardy 

 garden Lily, which is also known as " Annunciation Lily," and 

 " Madonna Lily." It grows 3 to 4 feet high, and blooms in the 

 open ground in June. When grown in bold masses or in rows 

 these lilies are especially effective, the purity of their snow 

 white flowers against surrounding greenery of shrubs, grass 

 and trees is very telling. This lily dislikes being coddled, 

 thriving best when it can remain undisturbed for years in 

 good garden soil. Price. large bulbs. 1.5c. each; $1.50 per 

 doz.; SIO.OO per 100. Extra large bulbs, 20c. each; $2.00 

 doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Canadense. Our beautiful native Canadian Lily." Bright 

 yellow marked with copious spots of red; blooms in June and 

 July. 2 to 3 feet high. 12c. each; $1.25 per doz. 



Canadense Flavum. A pure yellow. 

 15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Selection of the above. 



Crimson with dark spots. ISc. each; 



Canadense Rubrum. 



$1.50 per doz. 



Colchicum. (Monodelphuni, or Szovitsianum.) Rich citron 

 color, spotted with black; one of the best Lilies; 2 feet; blooms 

 in July. 35c. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Croceum. (Bulbiferum.) Broad funnel-shaped flowers of beau- 

 tiful golden, slightly tinted scarlet; 3 to 6 feet; blooms in 

 July. 12c. each; $1.25 per doz. 



Elegans Erectum Robustum. Succeeds anywhere; flowers very 

 large, erect and borne in clusters; orange, spotted maroon; Ij 

 feet; blooms in June and July. 15c. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Elegans Incomparable. The richest red known in Lilies; a deep 

 ox-blood crimson, sHghtly spotted with black, very free and 

 easily grown. 20c. each; $2.00 per doz. 



Excelsum. (Isabellinum or Testaceum.) A great favorite wher- 

 ever known. It grows from 4 to 6 feet high, and produces 

 from 6 to 12 nodding lilies of delicate light buff color; blooms 

 in June and July. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



Giganteum. A splendid species of gigantic growth and very dis- 

 tinct. The stems grow 6 to 10 feet high, and frequently bear 

 12 to 20 large flowers, 5 to 6 inches long. Color, creamy- 

 white with a purple throat. The bulbs are very large; blooms 

 in the summer. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



Dr. Wallace's Book "LILIES AND THEIR CULTURE," |f„ *tt!s ^^b^SI^'l?."/*! p'^sTp^Lt sYT*"! 



