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LILIES. — Continued. 



If by Parcel Post add postage fe Zone Kates. The weight 

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



Golden Gleam. This new yellow sport of L. Tennifolium resembles its 

 parent in habit of growth, freedom of bloom, hardiness and ease of 

 culture — excepting that the flowers are of pure golden yellow and very 

 beautiful; height 18 inches. (Weight: lj lbs per doz.) 



Hansoni. (The True Japanese Yellow Martagan.) This is one of the best 

 of the Martagan group, unsurpassed in vigor of growth and beauty by 

 any other Lily. The flowers are large, of a bright yellow, tinged orange 

 and spotted maroon, with thick wax-like petals. Very robust and free. 

 (Weight: 2\ lbs. per doz.) 



Harrisii. (See page 40.) 



Henryi. (The Yellow Speciosum.) A new rare and very beautiful Lily 

 from China. It is very hardy, a strong, healthy grower, and without 

 doubt 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, 

 and the shape and size of the flowers and the habit of growth has sug- 

 gested the name " Yellow Speciosum," which class it resembles 

 (Weight: 3 lbs. per doz.) 



Krameri. Distinct from all other Lilies, large flowers of a soft, beautiful 

 rose color; of dwarf growth. (Weight: 2 lbs. per doz.) 



Lancifolium. (See Speciosum.) 



Longiflorum. (See page 40.) 



Martagon. Purplish-red, spotted with dark purple. Prolific bloomer, 2 to 

 3 feet high. Blooms in midsummer. (Weight: 2 lbs. per doz.) 



Myrophyllum. A new lily from China and one of the finest of all lilies. It 

 is absolutely hardy, a good " doer," and is excellent for forcing. It has 

 been predicted that this will become the Easter Lily of the future. The 

 flowers are white, slightly suffused with pink and with a beautiful shade 

 of canary yellow at the throat, and extending part way up the trumpet 

 It is delightfully perfumed. Blooms out-of-doors early in July. 2 to 3 

 ft. high, 4 to 7 flowers to a stem . (Weight: 2 j lbs. per doz.) 



Pardalinum. Scarlet, shading to rich yellow, freely spotted with purple- 

 brown. 3 feet high. July and August. (Weight: 1% lbs. per doz.) .... 



Philadelphicum. Native variety ; bright orange-red spotted with purple. 

 Height 1 to 3 feet. Midsummer. (Weight: 2 lbs. per doz.) 



Rubellum. Of small, compact habit, about 1 foot high, bearing several 

 beautiful rose-pink flowers, about 3 inches long; very early flowering and 

 exceedingly pretty grown 3 bulbs in a 5-inch pot. It thrives best in 

 sandy loam, with plenty of drainage. (Weight: 1{ lbs. per doz.) 



Sargentiae. Another new lily from China and one of the strongest growing 

 lilies — frequently attaining a height of six to eight feet. The flowers 

 vary in number from five to ten on a stalk, and in size and shape resemb' 

 ling Lilium Harrisii, greenish-white shaded purple on the outside, and of 

 the purest white within, with a tint of citron in the centre. The flowers 

 have a pleasing fragrance. This lily will undoubtedly be largely used for 

 outdoor planting as well as for forcing. It flowers somewhat later than 

 Lilium myriophyllum, and being of larger growth, has a distinct place 

 ( Weight: 2 lbs. 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: 4 lbs. per doz.); largest bulbs 

 Speciosum Rubrum (Roseum). White, shaded and spotted with rose and 



red. (Weight: 4 lbs. per doz.) ; largest bulbs 



Speciosum Melpomone. Rich blood-crimson, heavily spotted. (Weight 



4 bs. per doz.) ; largest bulbs 



Speciosum Magnificum. New; a beautiful variety; flowers nearly 

 double the size of other Speciosum varieties and of taller sturdy growth. 

 It is a close ally of Melpomone but of much larger size and richer coloring 

 rich red heavily spotted. (Weight: 6 lbs. per doz.) 



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

 lished in good, rich soil, it will produce upwards of 50 beautiful orange 

 tipped red, spotted flowers in a pyramidal cluster. 3 to 5 feet high. 

 Blooms in July. (Weight: lj lbs. per doz.) 



Tenuifolium. A miniature Lily having slender stems, 18 inches high, bear- 

 ing 12 to 20 fiery-scarlet flowers. A gem for cutting, and easily grown 

 in pots or in warm, dry border; early. (Weight: 1^ lbs per doz.) 



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: lj lbs. per doz.) S8.00 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 

 August. (Weight: li lbs. per doz.) $8.00-per 100 



Umbellatum. (Davuricum.) One of the very best classes of the hardy 

 garden Lilies; strong sturdy habit, growing from 2 to 3 feet high, having 

 large showy flowers held upright and in clusters of the summit. They 

 are of easy culture, thriving under ordinary garden conditions, 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. Mixed colors. (Weight: 2 lbs. per doz.) 



Wallaeei. Flower rich red-orange, spotted with raised maroon dots 

 autumn-flowering. ( Weight: 3 /6s. per doz.) 



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