BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS 



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HARDY LILIES, continued 



*SPECIOSUM MELPOMENE. Large, rich E 

 carmine flowers, heavily spotted blood- 



red. l >- \ 1 1-in. circumference SO 



11- x 13-in., Mammoth Bulbs 



RUBRUM or ROSEUM. 



ided with deep lose, and spot- 



SPECIOSUM 



White, si 



ted re<l. Magnificent; free-blooming. 



9- X 1 1-in. circumference 



11- x 13-in., Mammoth Bulbs 



*BATEMANNIj<E. Blooms in August and 

 September; vers handsome glowing 

 apricot-red flower 



*CANADENSE. Lovely, nodding, bell-shaped 

 flowers, yellow, spotted black 



*DAVURICUM. Attain- a height of 2 to 3 

 feet. Umbels of three to five upright scar- 

 let flowers 



HANSONII. Flowers bright golden yellow, 

 •-potted purple, borne in clusters 



*HENRYI. Large panicles of orange-yellow 

 Bowers, 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 



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3Z. 



100 



45 



S4 



50 



S35 00 



60 



6 



00 



45 00 



45 



4 



50 



35 00 



60 



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 





30 



3 



00 



20 00 



25 



2 



50 



16 00 



20 



2 



00 



15 00 



20 



2 



00 



15 00 



Liliura Regale, the Regal Lily 



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

 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 



Doz. 



100 



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. 



7- x 9-in. circumference 



9- x 11-in. circumference 



Each Doz. 100 

 50 $5 00 $40 00 

 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 

 50 

 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. $1.50 for 



25. $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1,000. 

 Cold-Storage Pips. $15.00 for 250, $27.50 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, $5.00 per doz. 



