BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS 



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Beckert's Hardy Lilies 



We especially recommend deep planting, say, from 6 to 8 

 inches deep; varieties like Speciosums require at least 8 inches 

 with an ample amount of sand beneath the bulb to insure proper 

 drainage. Cover the beds with granulated peat moss during 

 winter. Lilies thrive well in borders, formal gardens, or shrubbery 

 and usually flower at a time when the shrubbery has ceased 

 blooming. The following varieties have proved to be sorts that 

 may be planted in the fall or, with the exception of Lilium 

 candidum, in the spring with excellent results. 



Most Lily bulbs, being of late maturity, do not arrive in our 

 country until October and November, which is conceded to be 

 the best time to plant. Where the ground is liable to freeze be- 

 fore late Lilies arrive, it should be mulched with leaves or manure. 



If Lily bulbs are to be sent by parcel post, add postage at your 

 2one rate. Jumbo Bulbs weigh 8 ounces, and Mammoth Bulbs 

 6 ounces. ... _ , 



Lilium Candidum 



MADONNA LILY 

 Choice Northern-Grown. Arrive in August or September 



The favorite Lily of the old-fashioned garden, produces strong, 

 stiff stems, studded with pure, glistening white flowers, that en- 

 liven the perennial flower-garden and contrast beautifully with 

 the green shrubbery of June, frequently growing 4'/2 feet high. 



Our bulbs of this splendid Lily are grown in northern France, 

 and are of the true thick-petaled variety, which is much superior 

 in habit and flowering qualities to that of the cheap, loose, 

 SOUthern-grown bulbs. Each Dozen 



Mammoth Bulbs #0 50 # 5 00 



Jumbo Bulbs 75 



-AURATUM (Gold-banded Lily). Ivory-white 



with central band of yellow and numerous 

 purple spots. 



Mammoth Bulbs 50 



Jumbo Bulbs 80 



Monster Bulbs 1 50 



*AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM (macranthum). 



A giant Lily. Similar in color to Auratum, 



but much larger and with fewer spots 75 



: ' : HENRYI. Large panicles of orange-yellow flow- 

 ers, banded with green; robust and long-lived 

 KRAMERI. Pure blush-pink, fragrant, beautiful 

 trumpet-shaped flowers on 3 'ft. stems in 



August 75 



REGALE (Myriophyllum). Entirely hardy and 

 ideal for forcing; flowers white, suffused 

 with pink. Yellow throat, most beautiful of 



all lilies. Mammoth Bulbs 



*SPECIOSUM ALBUM. Pure white, with green 

 band in the center of each petal; exquisitely 



dainty and beautiful; very fragrant 65 



*SPECIOSUM MAGNIFICUM. Flowers larger 

 than any of the other Speciosums. Rose, 

 heavily spotted with rich crimson. 



Mammoth Bulbs 



Jumbo Bulbs 1 



-SPECIOSUM MELPOMENE. Large, rich car- 

 mine flowers, heavily spotted blood-red. 



Mammoth Bulbs 



Jumbo Bulbs - _ 



SPECIOSUM RUBRUM or ROSEUM. White, 

 shaded with deep rose, and spotted red. 

 Magnificent: free-blooming. 



Mammoth Bulbs 



Jumbo Bulbs 75 



*TIGRINUM FL.-PL. Double orange flowers, 



spotted black. Mammoth bulbs 35 



: TIGRINUM SPLENDENS. Rich scarlet with 



dark spots. Mammoth bulbs..... 30 



7 50 



5 50 

 8 00 

 15 00 



7 50 



75 7 50 



7 50 



1 00 10 00 



6 50 



90 

 25 



60 

 85 



55 



9 

 12 



00 

 50 



00 

 50 



3 50 



3 00 



Lilium Regale, the Regal Lily 



Japanese Lily Bulbs for Indoor Growing 



or Greenhouse Forcing 



We offer two varieties of Japanese Lilies which are largely 

 grown for January to Easter flowering: L. longiflorum formosum, 

 which usually arrives in this country late in August, and L. longi- 

 florum giganteum, which usually arrives in October or November. 



LILIUM FORMOSUM. Black stems: blooms 

 early. An ideal Easter Lily 



Mammoth Bulbs $ 6 



Jumbo Bulbs H 



Monster Bulbs - 13 



LILIUM GIGANTEUM. Stems black, later 

 than theprecedings, flowers of more sub- 

 stance. Ready in November. 

 Mammoth Bulbs 6 



Doz. 



00 

 00 

 00 



100 

 #40 00 



00 



Jumbo Bulbs 8 00 



LILIUM HARRISI (Bermuda Easter Lily). 

 Ready in August. Large, pure white, trum- 

 pet-shaped flowers. 



Mammoth Bulbs H 00 



Jumbo Bulbs 15 00 



75 

 100 



45 

 60 



00 

 00 



00 

 00 



80 00 

 95 00 



Easter in 1930 Comes on April 20th 



