PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.-BULBS. 



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LILIES. 



Lilies are matchless amongst hardy plants for beauty of form and variety of color. 



They commence flowering iu May, and with the various species maintain a continuous 



and unbroken succession of bloom until autumn. Very valuable for associating in 



beds with Bhododendrons, Pseonies and herbaceous plants. 



Orders for Lilies cannot be filled before November, excepting for Candidum, Harrisii and 



Longiflorum, which are ready August 1. 



Auratum. (The Golden Kayed Lily of Japan.) 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 abun- 

 dantly from June to October and possess a most delicious fragrance. 3 to 5 feet. 

 (,See cut.) Price, 7 to 9 inch bulbs, 16c. each, $1.50 doz. Postage, extra, 2c. per bulb. 

 Extra-large bulbs, 25c. each, $2.60 doz. Postage, extra, 3c.per bulb. 



Auratum Vittatum Kubrum. Probably the grandest Lily in cultivation. Mag- 

 nificent flowers 10 to 12 inches across ; clear waxy white, with a burnished crimson 

 ■stripe half an inch wide through the centre of each petal, and the rest of the flower 

 beautifully spotted crimson. Highly perfumed. Each $1.00, $10.00 dozen. 



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. $1.25 each, $12.00 dozen. 



Auratum Macranthum. A grand variety of remarkable strength and vigor; the 

 immense flowers are pure ivory white with a golden band through each petal and 

 golden spots. A beauty, and entirely unlike any other variety. $1.00 each, $10.00 

 dozen. 



Auratum Virginale Alba. A magnificent Lily, immense flowers widely expanded, 

 color purest white with a wide yellow stripe through the centre of each petal, often 

 grows 6 feet high, very free-blooming, frequently bearing from 30 to 40 flowers on a 

 stem. $1.50 each, $15.00 doz. 



Batemannise. A Japanese Lily, growing from 3 to i feet high and producing bright 

 apricot tinted flowers. Flowers in July. Each 20c, $2.00 doz. 



T.TT.TniVT AUBATUM. 



Candidum. (Annunciation, Madonna or St. Joseph Lily.) The well- 

 known Garden Lily ; snow-white fragrant blossoms ; it is also one of 

 the best forcing lilies for florists; 3 to i feet, blooms in the open ground 

 about June. luc. each, $1.00 doz., $5.00 HO. Postage, extra, 2c. per bulb. 



Canadense. Our beautiful native " Canadian Lily." Bright yellow 

 marked with copious spots of red ; blooms June and July. 2 to 3 feet 

 high. 10c. each, $1.00 doz. 



Canadense Tlavum, A variety of above ; color, pure yellow. 15c. 

 each, $1.50 doz. 



Canadense Eubrum. Bright crimson with darker spots. 15c. each, 

 $1.50 doz. 



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

 golden, slightly tinted scarlet ; 3 to 6 feet ; July. 10c. each, $1.00 

 doz. Postage, 2c. per bulb extra. 



Colcnicum, (Monodelphum or Szovitsianum.) Bich citron color, 

 spotted with black ; one of the best Lilies. 2 feet ; blooms in July. 

 75c. each, $7.50 doz. 



Columbianum. Splendid reddish-orange, dotted with purple. 1% 

 to 2 feet. 15c. each. $1.60 doz. 



Chalcedonicum. (Scarlet Martagon.) Bright scarlet recurved flowers ; 

 blooms in June. 3 feet. 50c. each, $5.00 doz. 



Eleg'ans Erectum. (Thunbergianum or Umbellatum.) Very hardy, 

 and succeeds anywhere ; flowers erect and borne in clusters, orange, 

 spotted scarlet. 1}£ feet. Blooms in June and July. 15c. each, 

 $1.50 doz. 



MADONNA LILT. (LILIUM CANDIDUM.) 



6 famished at dozen rates, 25 at 100 rate3. Postage free, except where noted. 



