Jj^EAUTlFUL as our lilies of 

 the garden are, it is the 

 Easter lilies, those white wonders 

 of purity and fragrance, opening 

 while yet the world is cold and 

 bleak, which excite the most 

 general and genuine admiration. 

 No church adornment is com- 

 plete without its chancel setting of the pure flowers; and no home without 

 an Easter Lily shining in its window seems to have received its Easter 

 blessing. 



How to Force Lilies. The work is not so diflicult as most amateurs 

 imagine. Plant the bulb as early in autumn as they can be procured, in 

 well drained pots of rich soil made light and porous with sand and leaf mold 

 or peat. Water them thoroughly after potting, and set them away in some 

 cool, dark place to form their roots, with a mulch over and about them to 

 keep them moist. The cellar is not so good a place for them as the cold 

 frame or open yard. When, upon examination, the earth in the pots is 

 found matted with roots, bring the lilies into a room of moderate, equable 

 temperature, and after a few days set them in a warm, sunny window, where 

 the temperature will range between 60° and 70°. Give them plenty of water 

 and expose them to gas and gas light as little as possible. Water them 

 moderately, and after the buds begin to form, an occasional application of 

 liquid stimulants will make the flowers larger. 



SELECT HIGH GRADE BULBS. 



PRICES. 



5x7 inches circumference, 5c each; per doz., 50c; by mail, 65c; per 100 by express, $2, 

 7x9 " " IOC " " |r; " |i.2o; " " $7 



9x11 " " 20C " " $2; " I2.30; " " $15 



12x15 " 25c " " I2.50; per doz. by express, $7^. 



