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HARDY LILIES (LiliumVars) 



Majestic and Charming in the 

 Hardy Garden 



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

 flowers of exquisite outline and varied coloring. They are hardy even in cold 

 locations with protection, usually surviving for many years. Ideal locations 

 are in the shrubbery 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, Regale, Speciosum, Tigrinum, etc., are also very beau- 

 tiful. They should be planted just as soon as the ground can be worked 6 to 

 8 inches below the surface in light soils, or 4 to 5 inches below in heavy soils; in 

 the latter case the bulbs should be surrounded by sand to facilitate drainage. 



Lilium Auratum. (The Golden Rayed Lily of Japan.) The flowers are pure 

 white, thickly studded with crimson spots, while through the center of each petal 

 runs a clear golden band. FuUy expanded, the flowers measure nearly a foot across 

 and possess a most delicious fragrance. Season of bloom from July to October. 

 3 to 5 feet. (See illustration.) 



Extra size bulbs, 45c each; $4.50 doz.; $35.00 per 100. 



Lilium Elegans Mixed Varieties. A fine drawf Japanese variety of easy cul- 

 ture. Colors shading from yellow to deep blood red. Flowers June-July. 

 20c each; $2.00 doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



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

 from China. It is very hardy, and without doubt one of the best Lilies for garden 

 culture. The flower stalks, 3 to 5 feet high, carry 5 to 8 large flowers each, rich 

 apricot-yellow, lightly spotted with brown. The shape and size of the flowers 

 has suggested the name "Yellow Speciosum." 



60c each; $6.00 doz.; $45.00 per 100. 



Lilium Longiflorum Giganteum. The well-known, beautiful snow white 

 fragrant, hardy garden Lily. Flowers trumpet-shaped, 6 to 8 inches long; height 

 1 J^ to 3 feet. 



Extra size bulbs, 35c each; $3.50 doz.; $27.50 per 100. 



Lilium Regale ("A Royal Beauty"). The flowers are white, slightly suffused 

 with pink, with a beautiful shade of canary yellow at the center; blending out part 

 way up the trumpet. The fragrance is fascinating. A splendid hardy Lily for the 

 garden, flowering about July 1st. Well-grown bulbs often produce five to eight 

 blooms. (See illustration.) 



50c each; $5.00 doz.; $37.50 per 100. 



"I am sending to you a photograph (which we print cm this page) of my Regale 

 lilies raised from bulbs I purchased from you. 



"Three of the stalks measure five-feet eight inches in height, each of them carries 

 more than thirty lilies and buds. This is the third year they have bloomed." 



Mrs. W. C. Sumpter, 

 Bowling Green, Ky. 



LILIUM SPECIOSUM, or Lancifolium. The varieties of L. Speciosum or 

 Lancifolium are perhaps the most popular Lilies grown. They are easy of culti- 

 vation, and produce large flowers of delicate beauty on strong stems; height, from 

 2 to 4 feet; blooming in August. The varieties are: (See illustration.) 



L. Album. White. 



Extra size bulbs, 50c each; $5.00 doz.; $37.50 per 100. 



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

 Extra size bulbs, SO each; $5.00 doz.; $37.50 per 100. 



L. Melpomone. Rich blood-crimson, heavily spotted. 

 Extra size bulbs, 50c each; $5.00 doz.; $37.50 per 100. 



TIGRINUM Splendens. (Improved Tiger Lily.) The grandest of the Tigers, 

 black polished stem. Very large pyramids of flowers, orange red, spotted with 

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



2Sc each; $2.50 doz.; $18.00 i)er 100. 



L. Flora Plens. (Double Tiger Lily.) Double bright orange-red flowers spotted 

 with black. Blooms in August. 



30c each; $3.00 doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Lilium Umbellatum. Of strong, sturdy habit, growing from 2 to 3 feet high, 

 having large showy flowers in clusters at the summit, flowering in June and July. 

 The colors range through all shades of red from rose to blackish-crimson, yellow, 

 buff, orange, etc., many being spotted. Mixed colors. 



25c each; $2.50 doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



All Lily bulbs listed on this pag.e are delivered transportation paid in the U. S. and Possessions. 



