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Various Japanese, European and American Garden Lilies 



FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING AND NATURALIZING 



Culture of Various Garden Lilies. A deep, moist, rich loam is necessary for Lilies. A stubborn clay may be improved for them by 

 deep digging, and incorporating with the staple plenty of decayed manure and leaf-mold. They all thrive in peat or rotted turf, or indeed 

 in any soil containing an abundance of decomposing vegetable matter. They should be planted deep for their size, never less than 6 inches. 

 When they have stood some years, they should be taken up and parted. The borders must be deeply dug and liberally manured before 



Humboldtii. Of a splendid reddish 

 orange color, segments copiously 



replanting. 



Batemanniae. An attractive, 



strong-growing Lily; height about 



4 feet, producing five to eight rich, 



apricot-colored flowers on a stem. 



August. 15 cts. each, J5i.50 per doz., 



$12 per 100. 

 CTandidum (Annunciation Lily). 



Pure white ; should be planted in 



the fail. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., 



S12 per 100. (See page 25.) 

 Canadense flavam. Our dainty, 



beautiful native Lily. Graceful and 



charming yellow. July, iscts. each, 



$1.50 per doz., $12 per 100. 

 Canadense rnbram. Red flowers. 



Jv'y. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., S15 



per 100. 



Canadense, Mixed. July. 10 cts. 

 each, $1 per doz. 



Colchicam (Monadelphum, or L. 

 Scovitzianuni). Bears twelve to 

 twenty bright golden yellow re- 

 flexed flowers. This is a grand 

 Lily, and considered the equal of 

 L. awalum. July. 3 to 5 ft. 25 cts. 

 each, S2.50 per doz., $20 per 100. 



Concolor (Sinicum). Bright scar- 

 let, with dark red spots. A dwarf 

 and lovely miniature Lily. In- 

 creases rapidly. July, itoi!^ ft. 

 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $8 per 100. 



Croceam. A beautiful orange Lily ; 

 grand and easily flowered. June, 

 July. 3 to 5 ft. 20 cts. each, $2 per 

 doz., $15 per 100. 



Elegans, Alice Wilson. One of the 

 most bealitiful and distinct Lilies ; 

 the flowers, of a bright lemon-yel- 

 low, are very large, borne erect and 

 in clusters; very hardy; succeeds 

 almost anywhere; height, 1% ft. 

 June. 60 cts. each, $6 per doz., $45 

 per 100. 



Elegans, Incomparable. The richest red Each 



known in Lilies; a deep ox-blood-crimson, 



slightly spotted with black ; very free and 



easily grown $0 10 



Elegans bicolor. Bright red, flushed orange. 

 Elegans, Painted Chief. Bright flame-color 

 Elegans robusta. Orange, spotted black... 

 Elegans, Aurora. Orange, suffused scarlet.. 



Elegans, Mixed 



All the Elegani Lilies are dwarf and early 

 June-ilowering. (See illustration.) 

 Exoelsnm (better known as L. iestaceuni) . A 



stately Lily, free flowering, bearing six to 



twelve flowers of beautiful nankeen-yellow. 



One of the grandest Lilies in cultivation. June, 



July. 4 to 5 ft 60 



Giganteam. The noble Himalayan Lily. When 

 established grows 10 to 14 ft., bearing numer- 

 ous long, tubular flowers of white, streaked in- 

 side with purple ; very handsome foliage. We 

 have secured an excellent lot of bulbs that will 

 flower the first year. July, August ... i 00 



Hansoni. A beautiful Lily, flowering in June. 

 Flowers rich golden yellow ; one of the pret- 

 tiest Lilies in cultivation. June and July 60 



Henryt. A new Japanese Lily that has made a 

 sensation in Europe. It has the same form and 

 general appearance as the Speciosum varieties, 

 but the flowers are bright orange-yellow. Au- 

 gust and Sept. (See illustration, page 110.) .. . 75 750 6000 



Lilium elegans (type) 



.Easily grown; comes in a number of varieties from red to 

 yellow ; perfectly hardy 



Doz. 



purple-veined. July. 25 cts. each, 

 S2.50 per doz., $20 per ico. 

 Japonicum Brownii. Large, 

 trumpet-shaped flowers, 10 inches 

 long; inside pure white, /with deli- 

 cately colored anthers, outside 

 brownish purple, tips of petals 

 slightly recurved. June and July. 

 65c. each, $6.50 per doz., $30 per 100. 

 Krameri. Distinct from all other 

 Lilies. Large bulbs. Flowers of a 

 soft, beautiful rose-color. July. 15 

 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $12 per 100. 

 Longiflornm. Hardy white Easter 

 Lily. 15 cts. each. Si. 25 per doz., 

 Sio per 100. 

 Martagon albnm (The White Mar- 

 tagon). A beautiful, chaste Lily, 

 carrying twenty to thirty waxy 

 flowers upon stems 4 to 5 ft. long, 

 75 cts. each, S7-50 per doz. 

 Martagon (Turk's Cap). Purple. 

 July. 15 cts. each. Si. 50 per doz., 

 S12 per 100. 

 Philadelphicnm. A very pretty 

 Lily, bearing two to five flowers, 

 cup-shaped ; base of petal yellow, 

 maroon-spotted, tips of petals 

 bright scarlet. July. \Vi ft. 20 cts. 

 each, $2 per doz., 515 per 100. 

 Rabellnm. This is a beautiful new 

 Lily, similar to Krameri. July. 15 

 cts. each, S1.50 per doz.. Si 2 per 100. 

 Superbnm. In a collection of best 

 plants of all countries, our native 

 Superbum Lily would deserve a 

 first place. In deep, rich soil it often 

 grows 8 feet high, with twenty to 

 thirty flowers. It is of the easiest 

 culture, and may be grown as a 

 wild flower in any swampy or rough 

 part of a place where the grass is 

 not mown. July and August. 15 



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 Tennifolium. A beautiful, graceful Lily, with Each 



crimson, reflexed flowers. Blooms in June S 



Thunbergianum( elegans ) atrosangninenm. 



Dark red. The Thuiibergianums are of easiest 



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Tigrinnm flore pleno. The Double Tiger Lily. 



August and September 



Tigrinnm splendens. Improved Single Tiger 

 Lily. August and September 



Umbellatum (Dahuricum). One of the very 

 best classes of the hardy garden Lilies ; strong, 

 growing from 2 to 3 feet high, having large, 

 showy flowers. The colors range through all 

 shades of red from ro.se to blackish crimson, 

 vellow, buff, apricot, orange, etc., many being 

 beautifully spotted. Mixed colors. June and 

 July • 



Wallacei. Very free, hardy and showy ; each 

 bulb sends up many stems, which bear several 

 lovely vermilion-orange flowers. June and 

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BODDING TON'S QUALITY LILIES 

 HAVE HELPED TO MAKE THE GARDENS 

 OF AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. 



