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••• LIL-IES. ••• 



Lilies should be planted six inches deep and about twelve inches apart ; 

 cover at the approach of winter with dry leaves or manure, three or four inches 

 deep. Plant as early in the season as possible and put them in earth as soon 

 as received. 



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The Golden-Banded Lily of Japan. This queen of Lilies has immense 

 blooms, measuring nearly a foot across. The large white petals are thickly 

 spotted with rich, chocolate crimson and have a bright golden-yello^v banil 

 through the centre of each. (See cut.) Price, '25c. each; 6 for $1.35; S2.50 per 

 doz.. post-paid. 



Liliuni Harrisl. The well-known Bermuda Easter Lily. Pure white. 2oc. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



Liliuiu Long^iflor um . Snow white, trumpet-shaped flowers. 20c. each; 

 S2.0O per doz. 



Liliuni Batenianil. Flowers rich apricot color. 2oc. each; S2.-50 per doz. 



Liliuiu Candiduui [Lily of Ihe Anrntiicialiou). Pure white petals, with 

 lemon-yellow anthers. Perfectly hardy, l-ic. each; SI. 25 i)er doz. 



Liliuni Martagon {Turk's i'ap\. ioc. each : S1.5U i>erdoz. 



Liliuui Superbuin. A native lily growing six to eight feet high ; flowers 

 orange red. 12e. each; SI. 25 per doz. 



Liliuni Tenuifoliuni. The Coral Lily of Siberia. Scarlet; a perfect little 

 gem. 2rtc. each; 5 for SI.(K1. 



Lilium Tigrinum. The old Tiger Lily. lOe. each; SI .00 per doz. 



Liliuin Tigrinum. Flore Pleno. Double Tiger Lily. 15c each; SI. 25 per doz. 



Liliuni Wallace!. A magniticent Japanese variety ; flowers clear buflT. 

 spoiled maroon, loc each; Sl.i'> per doz. 



Liliuiu Speciosum Album Prsecox. Pure white, with a slight rose 

 tint at end of petals ; one of the most beautiful of the entire list. 30c. each; 4 for 

 Sl.OO. 



Liliuiu Riibrum. Rose spotted crimson. 15c. each: SI. .50 per doz 



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Our well-known White Spider Lily has been so popular (see below), that we 

 know a pink variety will create a sensation among flower lovers. As shown 

 in our illustration, "a clump of bulbs produces a large number of spikes uf 

 the most delicate flowers, varying in their colors from pinkish salmon 

 to pink, vermilion and scarlet, the petals being beautifully undulated, 

 and by artificial light .-sparkling like jewels; an ornament indeed for the 

 finest parlor. Bulbs, .3oc. each ; 3 for Sl.OO. 



WHITE SPIDER LILT {Pancraliutn Ckiribbxum). 

 A native blooming bulb, bearing pure white fragrant flowers, of easy 

 culture and sure to please. Price, 25c. each ; S2.50 per doz. 

 THE CHINESE SACKED LILY. 



The.se bulbs are very large, and each one sends up from five to eight 

 spikes, which bear clusters of large, perfect, waxy white blossoms, with a 

 yellow centre, as shown in our illustration. They have a powerful and 

 delicious fragrance, which is not excelled bj- any flower, and grow well in 

 pots of soil,buttlie most popular way of blooming them is the Chinese 

 method, as follows: Fill a bowl or .some similar vessel with pebbles, in 



which place the bulb, setting 

 it about one-half its depth, 

 so that it will be held firmly, 

 then fill \vith water to the 

 top of the pebbles and place 

 in a warm sunny window. 

 The bulb will at once com- 

 mence a rapid growth and 

 bloom in four to five weeks. 

 Price bv mail, 25c. each, or 5 

 for Sl.OO. post-paid. 



PUfK SPIDER LILY. 3oC. 



]SEW BLACK CALLA. 



(Aritm Sanctum.) 

 Arum Sanctum is a most 

 remarkable plant from the 

 Holy Land, bearing enor- 

 mous sweet-scented flowers 

 in the shape of a Calla, but 

 fourteen to eighteen inches 



long and four inches broad, of a brilliant, dark purple color, the 

 jet black and ten inches long. Each, SI. 25. 



SPOTTED LEAP CALLA {Eichardia Alba Macuiala). 

 This Calla resembles the White Calla, but is of a somewhat smaller habit. 

 Tlie leaves are of a glossy deep green, with numerous -wliite spots, making it 

 very ornamental at all times, even when not in bloom. It makes a splendid 

 plant for borders or beds. Price, first size, dry roots, each, 15c.; doz., SI. 50. 



CALLA ETHIOPICA. The old favorite pure white Calla. Let the 

 plants rest during the summer by turning the pots on their sides. Re-pot in 

 September in fresh soil. Thus treated the plants will bloom two or three times 

 each year. First size, each, 25c.; doz., S2..50; one root each of the CaUas, first 

 size, for 35c. 



LILT OF THE T.4^LLET. No garden is complete without a few clumps 

 of these fragrant flowers whit'h are such universal favorites as to need no 

 description. Pips, per doz., 40c.; per 100, S2.50. 



