BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS 21 



HARDY LILIES, continued 



•SPECIOSUM MELPOMENE. Large, rich Each 

 carmine flower*, licaviU spotted blood- 



Doz. 



100 



1 1-in. 

 Mammoth Bulbs 



red. 9- x 

 U-x 13-in. 



SPECIOSUM RUBRUM or ROSEUM. 



While, shaded with deep rose, and spot- 

 ted red. Magnificent; free-hlooining. 



9- x 1 1-in. circumference 



1 1- \ 13-in., Mammoth Bulbs 



*BATEMANNI/£. Blooms in August ami 

 September; very handsome glowing 

 apricot-red flower 



*CANADENSE. Lovely, nodding, bell-shaped 

 flowers, yellow, spotted black 



^DAVURICUM. Attains a height of 2 to 3 

 feet. Umbels of three to five upright scar- 

 let flowers 



HANSONII. Flowers bright golden yellow, 

 spotted purple, borne in clusters 



*HENRYI. Large panicles of orange-yellow 

 flowers, banded with green; robust and 

 long-lived 



KRAMERI. Pure blush-pink, fragrant and 

 beautiful trumpet-shaped flowers; 3 feet; 

 blooms in August 



*PARDALINUM (Leopard Lily). Scarlet, 

 shading to yellow, spotted purple 



"SUPERBUM. An elegant native variety. 

 Brilliant orange-red, with claret-colored 

 spots, six to twenty flowers on a stem 



'TIGRINUM FL.-PL. Double orange 

 flowers, spotted black. Mammoth Bulbs.. 



*TIGRINUM SPLENDENS. Rich scarlet with 



dark spots. Mammoth Bulbs 



REGALE The Regal Lily). Introduced from China. 



45 



S4 



so 



SSS 00 



60 



6 



00 



45 



00 



45 



4 



50 



35 



00 



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6 



00 



45 



00 



25 



2 



50 







20 



2 



00 



15 



00 



20 



2 



00 



15 



00 



75 



7 



50 







75 



7 



50 







25 



2 



50 







3U 



3 



00 



20 



00 



25 



2 



50 



17 



00 



25 



2 



50 



17 



00 



25 



2 



50 



17 



00 



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Lilium Regale, the Regal Lily 



Plant very vigorous. Stems attain a height of 2 to 4 feet, Each Doz. 100 

 bearing from three to nine or more large trumpet-shaped 

 white flowers, flushed with yellow internally, and extern- 

 ally shaded with deep brown-pink, which, shining through 

 the petals, gives them a soft, pearly pink gleam. Entirely 

 hardy, easily forced, and is perfect as a pot plant. The 



most beautiful of all the Lilies $0 75 $7 50 $60 00 



Lily Bulbs for Indoor Growing 



For Greenhouse Forcing 



HARRISII (Bermuda Easter Lily). Ready in August. 



Large, pure white, trumpet-shaped flowers. Each Doz. 100 



7-x 9-in. circumference $0 50 $5 00 $40 00 



9- x 1 1-in. circumference 90 9 00 75 00 



JAPANESE LILIES 



We offer two varieties of Japanese Lilies which are largely grown for January 

 to Easter flowering: L. longiflorum jormosum, which usually arrives in this country 

 late in August, and L. longiflorum giganteum, which usually arrives in October or 

 November. 



LONGIFLORUM FORMOSUM. Black stems; blooms 

 early. Often used instead of the Bermuda as an 

 Easter Lily. Ready in September. Each 

 7- x 9-in. circumference $0 50 



Lilium longiflorum 



9- x 10-in. circumference 



10- x 12-in. circumference 



LONGIFLORUM GIGANTEUM. Stems black; later 

 than the preceding; flowers of more substance. Ready 

 in September. 



7-x 9-in. circumference 



9- x 10-in. circumference 



10- x 12-in. circumference 



75 

 90 



40 

 60 

 75 



Doz. 

 $5 00 

 7 50 

 9 00 



100 

 $40 00 

 60 00 

 75 00 



00 

 00 

 50 



30 00 

 45 00 

 60 00 



LILY- OF-THE - VALLEY 



For forcing, plant twelve pips in a 6-inch pot, keeping the crowns above the soil; place in a temperature of about 80 degrees, covering 

 the pots with moss; keep them moist continually. They should flower in three to four weeks from time of planting. Ready in November. 



Mailing weight, bundle of 25 pips, 20 ounces 



Perfection Brand Pips. New Crop, November delivery. SI. 50 for 



25, S5.00 per 100, S45.00 per 1,000. 

 Cold-Storage Pips. SI 5.00 for 250, S27.50 for 500, S50.00 per 1,000. 



Large, Strong Clumps. (Mailing Weight, 2 lbs. per clump.) For 

 planting outdoors. Perfectly hardy; produce a profusion of flowers 

 in spring. Partial shade is necessary. 50 cts. each, S5.00 per doz. 



