D. M. FERRY & CO 



DETROIT, MICH 



95 



Lilies 



Lilium Auratum 



Lilies have always been regarded as among 

 the most beautiful of garden plants. Or 

 queenly beauty, faultless purity and stately 

 form, too much cannot be said in their praise 

 and we are glad to notice their increasing 

 popularity from year to year. Nearly every variety will, with a 

 little care, endure the severity of our winters and many are 

 among the most hardy of our garden flowers. 



Bulbs should be planted as soon as the frost is out of the 

 ground; the earlier the better. Select a well drained spot, dig the 

 soil deep and make it fine, enriching it abundantly with well rotted 

 cow manure, adding a liberal mixture of sand. Set the bulbs from 

 three to five inches deep according to size. During the winter it 

 is advisable to cover the surface of the bed with a thin layer of 

 manure which will afford a slight protection to the bulbs and 

 also materially enrich the soil. In spring the manure may 

 be removed or dug in between the rows. Care should be taken 

 that thev have proper drainage, no water being allowed to stand 

 around the roots. Once firmly established, they should not be 

 disturbed oftener than once in five years. To produce extra 

 fine specimens, plant bulbs in pots early in spring and grow 

 them in the house or under glass. 



The glorious, gold-banded lily of Japan 

 and one of the most superb plants 

 in cultivation. Its immense ivory-white flowers are thickly 

 studded with yellow and crimson spots, while in the center of each 



petal is a gold- 

 en band, fading 



at its edges into 



the white. Such 



choice bulbs as 



we offer, if well 



cared for, will 



give from five 



to ten magnifi- 

 cent flowers 



the first year 



and under good 



cultivation will, 



after becoming 



well established 



give from ten to 



fifty. 20c. each; 



$2.00 per doz. 



Lilium Speciosum Album ^e e nSn e an fl d S U gh ml 



center of each petal. They are of great substance and very fragrant. 

 One of the best for general culture. 25c. each; $2.00 per doz. 



Lilium Speciosum Rubrum &° ^LSTtSS?^ 



these famous Japanese Lilies. The six broad, white or pink petals 

 are thickly dotted with rose or crimson spots and the graceful form 

 and brilliant color make them very effective and desirable. Especi- 

 ally thrifty and hardy. One of the best for garden culture. 20c. each; 

 $2.00 per doz. 



Ja/^nk/i<in I iltr (Amaryllis formosissima) Each of the five 

 aCODean L,Iiy nar row petals of this flower is three to four 

 inches long, and a very intense, rich scarlet color of unequalled bril- 

 liancy, vividness and 'purity. The plants are readily grown and al- 

 though the bulbs are not hardy, they can be easily preserved during 

 the winter in a dry cellar and planted in the open ground in the 

 spring. They may be grown in winter like hyacinths. 10c. each; 

 $1.00 per doz. 



Lilium Tigrinum Splendens g^lf^S^' 



flowers of excellent form ; color, orange-salmon with dark spots. 

 12c. each; $1.25 per doz. 



(Double Tiger Lily) 



This magnificent lily 



is of stately habit, bearing clusters of very large, double flowers 



on tall, strong stems: color, bright orange-red spotted with black. 



12c. each; $1.25 per doz. 



A very uniform and exceptionally 

 neat plant. Comes readily into 

 bloom for Memorial Day, being a little later forcing variety than 

 Liliurn Harrisii and preferred by some to that, since the flowers are 

 of better substance. Extensively used by florists for cut flowers. 

 When grown in the open ground it blooms in June or July. The 

 pure white flowers resemble the well-known Bermuda Easter Lily. 

 12c. each; $1.25 per doz. 



The flowers of this popular plant are waxy- white, double and exceedingly fragrant. They 

 are useful in buttonhole bouquets, in large bo„>quets, or as single specimens. A good way 

 to grow Tuberoses is to fill five-inch pots half full of well rotted cow manure and the 

 remainder with good, rich, sandy soil. Plant the bulbs in this in April, water moderately 



and hasten growth by putting in a warm, light place. "When weather has become warm, plunge the pots in the earth 



out of doors. They will usually flower before cold weather; if they do not, the pots can be brought in and bulbs will 



bloom in the house. 

 Double Dwarf Pearl, extra large bulbs, 4c. each; 40c. per doz.; $2.00 per 100. We will supply second size bulbs 3 for 



10 cents, 25 cents per dozen. The 100 rates are by express at purchaser's expense. 



Lilium Tigrinum Flore Pleno 



Lilium Longiflorum 



Tuberose 



Tuberose 



About September First next we will issue our Annual Catalogue of CHOICE DUTCH BULBS 

 AND SEEDS FOR FALL PLANTING. It will be sent free to all customers without ordering it, 

 and to others who apply for it. 



