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LILIES* — ContijiLicd. 



Longiflorum Eximium. Well-known, beautiful, snow-white, fragrant, hardy garden Lily; 

 flowers trumpet-shaped, 6 to 8 inches long. This is also a splendid variety for torcing for 

 winter flowers, and is also known as the " Easter or St. Joseph Lily." Height, IJ to 3 

 feet. In the open ground it blooms in June and July. 



5 to 7 inch bulbs If buyer pays transit, @ S2.50 per 100, S20.00 per 1000 



6 to 7 inch bulbs @ 3.50 " ICO. 30.00 " 1000 



7 to 9 inch bulbs @ 5,00 " 100, 45.00 " 1000 



9 to 10 inch bulbs @ 8.00 " 100. 75.00 " 1000 



Longiflorum IVlultifloruni. This type blooms in Japan about ten days earlier than Eximium. 

 The stem is tall, leaves narrow and the plant a little more slender. 



6 to 8 inch bulbs If buyer pays transit, @ S4.00 per 100, S36.00 per 1000 



7 to 9 inch bulbs @ 6.00 " 100, 55.00 " 1000 



9 to 10 inch bulbs @ 9.00 " 100, 80.00 " 1000 



Longiflorum Giganteum. This type flowers in Japan about a week later than L. E.ximium, 

 but the flowers are of larger size, perfect form and of superior substance; stems marked 

 black. 



6 to 8 inch bulbs If buyer pays transit, @ S6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000 



7 to 9 inch bulbs • ' @ 9.00 " 100, 80,00 " 1000 



Silver-Leaved Longiflorum. Healthy green foliage, boadly striped with silvery-white on 



the margins, a very unique and beautiful plant; the flowers are trumpet -shaped, 6 to 8 

 inches long, fragrant, beautiful, snow-white. This is a splendid variety for forcing for 

 winter flowers 



JVlartagon. Purplish-red, spotted with dark purple. Prolific bloomer. 2 to 3 feet high. 

 Blooms in midsummer 



Pardalinum. Scarlet, shading to rich yellow, freely spotted with purple-brown. 3 feet. 

 July and August 



Paryii. One of the finest California Lilies; long, trumpet-shaped flowers of pure lemon- 

 yellow and fragrant. Height, 3 feet 



Philadelphicum. Native variety; bright orange-red, spotted with purple. Height, 1 to 3 

 feet. JMidsumiTier 



Pomponicum Rubrum. (.Scarlet Turban Lily.) This is very early flowering, growing about 



3 feet, bearing numbers of fiery-scarlet flowers. It grows freely 



Rubelium. Of small, compact habit, about 1 foot high, bearing several beautiful rose-pink 



flowers, about 3 inches long; very early flowering and e.\ceedingly jjretty grown 3 bulbs 



in a 5-inch pot. It thrives best in sandy loam, with plenty of drainage 



Speciosum, or Lancifolium. These varieties are perhaps the most popu'ar Lilies grown, 



being easy of cultivation, and produce large flowers of delicate beauty and strong stems; 



height, from 2 to 4 feet; blooms in August. The varieties are; 

 Speciosum Album. White. 



8 to 9 inch bulbs If buyer pays transit, @ .SI. 75 per doz., $12.00 per 100 



9 to 10 inch bulbs @ 2.00 " doz., 15.00 " 100 



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



8 to 9 inch bulbs If buyer pays transit, @ $1.25 per doz., $11.00 per 100 



9 to 11 inch bulbs "^ " " @ 1.75 " doz., 13.00 " 100 



Speciosum Melpomone. Rich blood-crimson, heavily spotted. 



8 to 9 inch bulbs If buyer pays transit, @ $1.25 per doz., $11.00 per 100 



9 to 11 inch bulbs " " " @ 1.75 " doz., 13.00 " 100 



Superbum. (Turk's Cap Lily.) One of our native species. When established in good. 



rich soil it will produce upwards of 50 beautiful orange, tipped red, spotted flowers in a 

 pyramidal cluster. 3 to 5 feet. Blooms in July 



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 a warm, dry border; 

 early 



Thunbergianum. (See Elcgans.) 



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. Blooms in August 



rigrinum Flora Plena. (Double Tiscr 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 



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 up- 

 right and in clusters at the summit. They are of easy culture, thriving under ordinary 

 garden conditions, flowering in June and July. The colors range through all shades oi 

 reds from rose to blackish crimson, yellow, buff, apricot, orange, etc., many being beau- 

 tifully spotted. Mixed Colors 



Wallace!. Flower rich red-orange, spotted with raised maroon dots, autumn-flowering, 

 thrifty grower 



Washingtonianum. A beautiful variety from Oregon, growing stiff and erect; flowers 



white, tinted with purple and lilac; 8 to 9 inches across when fully expanded, 3 to 5 feet 



high Blooms in the summer 



LILIUM PARDALINim. 



Dr. Wallace's Book, " Lilies and Their Culture," '' *''^ ''***'"*' PHce/po^tiljd.^LTs?" *''°* *"''''*^* 



