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HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR 





LILY BULBS 



Lilies are stately and' most beautiful bulbous plants — producing large 

 flowers of exquisite outline and varied coloring. They deserve to be 

 more extensively grown in our gardens — being hardy even in cold loca- 

 tions with protection, and usually surviving for many years. The 

 plants and roots ripen and die off every year, leaving the bulb in a 

 dormant condition during the Winter. Ideal locations are in the shrub- 

 bery or herbaceous border, where the roots are sheltered from the hot sun. 

 Groups of 6 or more lilies of a kind, here and there, in such situations 

 are most effective. Large isolated clumps or beds of the varieties 

 Auratum, Henryi, Speciosum, Tigrinum, etc., are also very beautiful. 

 The lilies marked * are "stem rooting," that is they throw out a mass of 

 roots from the base of the stem above the bulb, and in consequence 

 should be planted deep, 6 to 8 inches below the surface in light soils, 01 

 4 to 5 inches below in heavy soils, in the latter case the bulbs shoulo 

 be surrounded by sand to facilitate drainage. Lilies not marked with 

 a * produce few or no stem roots and need not be planted deeper than 

 2 to 3 inches below the soil level. 



"Lilies, by Adams," is the title of the best American book on the sub- 

 ject. Price, SI. 10 postpaid. 



// by Parcel Post add postage (5 Zone Rates. The weight 

 per doz. is given to each variety. Single bulbs mailed free. 



Each 



•Auratum. (The Golden Rayed Lily of Japan.) One of 

 the finest and most popular of the hardy garden lilies. 

 Groups of 6 to 12 of these lilies produce a stately and 

 magnificent effect. The flowers are pure white, thickly- 

 studded with crimson spots, while through the centre 

 of each petal runs a clear golden band. 3 to 5 feet. 

 $18.00 per 100. (Weight: 3 lbs. per doz.) 



Canadense. Our beautiful nati-ve Canadian Lily. Bright 

 yellow marked with copious spots of red; blooms in June 

 and July. 2 to 3 feet high. (Weight: }i lb. per doz.) . . 



*Elegans Erectum Robustum. Succeeds anywhere; flowers 

 very large, erect and borne in clusters; orange, spotted 

 maroon; \ l -> feet; blooms in June and July. (■;> lb. doz.) . 



♦Elegans Sanguineum. The richest red known in Lilies, 

 a deep oxblood crimson, slightly spotted with black, 

 very free and easily grown. (Weight: }i lb. per doz.). 



*Elegans Leonard Joerg. Rich apricot spotted. (Weight: 

 }4 lb. per doz.) 



♦Elegans Aurora. Deep rich orange suffused scarlet. 

 (Weight: $ lb. per doz.) 



♦Henryi. (The Yellow Speciosum.) One of the best Lilies 

 for garden culture and most effective for massing. The 

 flower stalks, 3 to 5 feet high, carry 5 to 8 large flowers 

 each, the color, a rich apricot-yellow, lightly spotted with 

 brown. (Weight: 2 lbs. per doz.) 



*Longiflorum. Well-known, beautiful, snow-white, fra- 

 grant, hardy garden Lily; flowers trumpet-shaped, 6 to 

 8 inches long; height. i}i to 3 feet. S12.00 per 100. 

 ( Weight: 2 lbs. per doz.) 



♦Philadelphicum. Native variety; bright orange-red 

 spotted with purple. Height, 1 to 3 feet. Midsummer. 

 (Weight: Y 2 lb. per doz.) 



♦Speciosum or Lancifolium. The varieties of L. Speciosum 

 or Lancifolium are perhaps the most popular Lilies 

 grown, being easy of cultivation, and produce large 

 flowers of delicate beauty on strong stems; height, from 

 2 to 4 feet; blooming in August. The varieties are: 



♦Speciosum Album. White. (Weight: 3 lbs. per doz.). 



♦Speciosum Rubrum (Roseumj. White, shaded and 

 spotted with rose and red. (Weight: 3 lbs. per doz.). 



♦Speciosum Magnificum. A beautiful variety; flowers 

 nearly double the size of other Speciosum varieties and 

 of taller sturdy growth. Red rich heavily spotted. 

 {Weight: 4 lbs. per doz.) 



Superbum. (Turk's Cap Lily.) One of our native species. 

 When established in good, rich soil, it will produce up- 

 wards of 50 beautiful orange, tipped red, spotted flowers 

 in a pyramidal cluster. 3 to 5 feet high. Blooms in July. 

 (Weight: y 2 lb. per doz.) 



♦Tenuifolium. A miniature Lily having slender stems, 

 18 inches high, bearing 12 to 20 fiery-scarlet flowers. A 

 gem for cutting, and easily grown in pots or in warm, 

 dry border; early. Mailed free 



♦Tigrinum Splendens. (Improved Tiger Lily.) The 

 grandest of the Tigers, black polished stem, sometimes 

 6 feet high. Very large pyramids of flowers, orange red. 

 spotted with black, 3 to 5 feet high. Blooms in August. 

 (Weight: 1 lb. per doz.) $10.00 per 100 



♦Tigrinum Flora Plena. (Double Tiger Lily.) This is a 

 plant of stately habit, growing from 4 to 6 feet high, 

 bearing an immense number of double bright orange- 

 red flowers spotted with black. Blooms in August. 

 (Weight: 1 lb. per doz.) $10.00 per 100 



♦TJmbellatum. (Davuricum.) Large showy flowers held 

 upright in clusters, flowering in June and July. The 

 colors range through all shades of red from rose to 

 blackish-crimson, yellow, buff, apricot, orange, etc., 

 many being spotted. 2 to 3 feet high. Mixed colors. 

 (Weight: 1 lb. per doz.) 



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"/ send you Herewith a photograpil of an Auratum Lily Plant {see engraving 

 above). Three years ago I bought the bulbs from you and planted them. The photo 

 shows the Lily as it was this year. It grew to be seven feet high, and bore seventy- 

 two flowers.'' 

 Sett. 6, 1917 " HEXRY LAW, Morristown 



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