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LILIUMS 



(Read Carefully before Ordering) 



SPECIAL NOTICE. Lily bulbs will be forwarded as they mature. Please 

 note time of delivery for each variety. Unless prepared to care for those received 

 in December, please defer ordering until you receive our Garden Book for 193 j, 

 in which these will be offered for Spring delivery. These bulbs are so perishable 

 that we cannot accept their return. It is advisable to prepare your Lily bed early 

 in the autumn and cover with 3 or 4 inches of litter. This will keep the ground 

 from freezing and permit the planting of the late maturing kinds, 

 ■which frequently do not arrive until after hard frost. 



In planting, cover the bulbs at least three times their own depth, 

 no animal manure should be used as fertilizer unless thoroughly 

 rotted and worked into the soil beneath the bulbs, setting the latter 

 in pockets of clean soil or sand. When hard frost sets in, 4 to 6 

 inches of leaves or litter should be placed over them; this should be 

 removed in the spring when danger from hard frost is past. When 

 grown in pots it is advisable to begin with the smallest pot in 

 which the bulbs can be placed, and to shift into larger pots as the 

 plant progresses. Our book, "Dreer's 

 Hints on the Growing of Bulbs," con- 

 tains very full directions on the Grow- 

 ing of Hardy Lilies. Price, 25 cts. 

 Copies free to customers who ask for 

 it when ordering. 



Auratum {Gold-banded Japan Lily). 

 Undoubtedly one of the finest. Its 

 large, graceful, fragrant flowers are 

 composed of six petals of a delicate 

 ivory-white color, thickly studded 

 with chocolate-crimson spots, and 

 striped through the centre a golden- 

 yellow; 3 to 5 feet. July-Septem- 

 ber. (Delivery in December.) Extra 

 large bulbs, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per 

 doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



LrLruM Harrisii (Bermuda Easter Lily) 

 (Offered on page 20) 



Canadense {Meadow 

 Lily). Pretty nodding 

 bell - shaped flowers; 

 bright yellow, spotted 

 black; 2 to 3 feet; June 

 and July. (Delivery in 

 October.) 30 cts. each; 



00 per doz.; $20.00 

 per 100. 



Lilium Auratum (Golden-banded Japanese Lily) 



Candidum or Madonna Lily 



Candidum or Madonna Lily. The flowers are pure snow-white and 

 very fragrant, borne on long stems (see illustration). It should be planted 

 before severe cold weather; and do not cover with more than 2 inches of soil; 

 3 to 4 feet; May and June. Can also be grown indoors. The bulbs we offer 

 are heavy, solid stock grown for us in Northern France. (Delivery in 

 September.) 



Each Doz. 100 



Large bulbs, 8 to 9 inches circ $0 30 $2 75 $18 00 



Extra large bulbs, 9 to 10 inches circ 40 3 50 25 00 



Mammoth bulbs, 10 to 11 inches circ 50 5 00 35 00 



Elegans Aurantiacum Vernum. Very light yellow or pale salmon. 



(Delivery in October.) 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 Elegans Leonard Joerg. Color light orange-red, shaded apricot in centre. 



(Delivery in October.) 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 Elegans Quilp. Vermilion with few black spots overspread with bright 



lustre. (Delivery in October.) 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 

 Elegans Mixed. For general use either in the garden or indoors this is one 



of the most satisfactory, bearing in June brilliant cup-shaped flowers in 



upright umbels; 2 feet. (Delivery in October.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 



$16.00 per 100. 



Our Lilium Candidum are true North of France grown stock, and unexcelled for quality and size 



