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J. M. Thorburn & Co.— Catalogue op Bulbs. 



LILIUM HARRISII. 



(BERMUDA EASTER LILY.) 

 Bulbs ready now. 



The Bermuda Easter Lily is perhaps the finest 

 Jijy/l;- and most popular of winter-blooming plants. 

 ^IBLN The large, handsome, pure white, trumpet- 

 ^ shaped flowers are very sweet-scented and of 

 ' great substance, and last a longtime after cut- 



ting. Its stately and graceful habit renders it a 

 perfect pot-plant for table or window decora- 

 v;J> tions. It gets its popular name from the fact 



that it is so largely used for church decoration 

 at Easter. It is easily grown and can be forced into flower in a 

 remarkably short time. It is also well adapted to garden-culture, 

 but in this latitude the bulbs should have a good covering of 

 ashes or litter to protect them over winter. 



[f ordered by mail, add from 10 to 20 cents per dozen for pos- 

 tage., accordino to size. 



Each Perdoz. 100 



5 to 7 inches in circumference $0 10 $1 00 $6 50 



7 to 9 " " 25 2 50 15 00 



9 to 11 " " 40 4 00 



CHINESE SACRED LILY. 



(THE WATER-FAIRY FLOWER.) 



Ready in September. 



If ordered by mail, add 5 

 cents each or 30 cents per 

 dozen for postage. 



A variety of the Polyanthus 

 Narcissus, imported from 

 ' China. The Chinese have the 

 followin g 

 • interestin g 

 fable con- 

 nected with 

 this flower: 



Lilium Harrisii. 



« Once 

 upon a time 



a father left his property to his two sons, with the under- 

 standing that it should be equally divided; but the elder son 

 seized all the tillable land and left the younger nothing but 

 an acre covered ^vith rocks and water. The younger son, 

 failing to obtain justice, sat at the water's edge bemoaning 

 his misfortune. A benevolent fairy appeared, and, giving 

 him these Narcissus bulbs, told him to drop them into the 

 water. Shortly afterwards their flowers were developed, 

 and the neighbors crowded to see the fairy's gift. In the 

 course of a few years the badly treated brother accumulated 

 a fortune by the rapid increase and sale of his bulbs. Then 

 the elder brother, envious of the prosperity of the younger, 

 bought up great numbers of the bulbs — hoping to get a 

 monopoly by getting all of them — at so heavy a price that he 

 was obliged to mortgage his property to procure funds forlhe 

 purpose. He planted all his good land with bulbs, but they 

 soon begun to die, as they cannot live long out of water. He 

 was ruined, while his brother, who had bought the mortgage, 

 foreclosed it, and became possessed of the whole estate in 

 time to plant some of the dying bulbs in the watery acre." 



The bulbs should be placed from three to six in a bowl 

 or glass dish of water which has been partly filled with peb- 

 bles, some of which place over the bulb so as to prevent them 

 from floating. The water should be tepid and changed ever}' 

 two days. Submerge the bulb entirely, and place in a sunny 

 window in a cool room. 



Each Perdoz. 



Regular size $0 10 $1 00 



Mammoth size 15 1 50 



Extra choice selected 20 2 00 



Chinese Sacred Lily. 



