J. M. Thorburx & Co.— Catalogue of Bulbs. 



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LILIUM HARRISII 



(BERMUDA EASTER LILY.) 



Bulbs ready now. 



The Beiiuudu Easter Lily is perhaps the tiiicst 

 and most popular of winter-blooming plants, 

 riie large, handsome, pure white, trumpet- 

 shaped flowers are very sweet-scented and oj 

 great substance, and last a long time after cut- 

 ting. Its stately and graceful habit renders it a 

 perfect pot-plant for tible or window decora- 

 tions. It gets its popular name from the fact 

 that it is so largely use.l 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. 



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

 tage, according to .size. Each Per doz. 100 



$0 10 $1 00 $6 00 



5 to 7 inches in circumference 

 7 to 

 !) to 11 



11 inches and up in circumference 



20 2 00 

 :{5 3 50 

 50 5 00 



12 00 



CHINESE SACRED LILY. 



(THE WATER-FAIRY FLOWER.) 



Ready in September. 



If ordered bij mail, add 5 

 cents each or 80 cents prr 

 dozen for postage. 



A variety of the Polyanthus 

 Narcissus, imported from 

 China. The Chinese have the 

 following 

 interes ting 

 fable con- 

 nected \\i!" 

 this flower 



Lilium Harrisii. 



" O u c e 

 upon a time 



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

 standiug that it should be equally divided; but the elder s( ii 

 seized all the tillable land and left the younger nothing biit 

 an acre covered v irh rocks and water. The younger so 

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

 his misfortune. A benevolent fairy a])peared. and. giving 

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

 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 then) — at so heavy a price that he 

 was obliged to mortgage his propeity to procure funds for the 

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

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

 was ruined, while his bi-other, who had houtrht 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 every 

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

 window in a cool room. 



Each Perdoz. 



Kegular size .$0 10 $1 00 



Mammoth size 15 1 50 



Extra choice selected -0 2 00 



t'Ju)iese Sacred Lilij. 



