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preferred, being grown under con- 

 ditions tending to promote vigorous 

 and early blooming. Twelve to 

 eighteen pips may be planted in a 

 6-inch pot, with all the fibrous roots 

 carefully preserved, and keeping 

 the crowns above the soil. Place 

 them in a temperature of about 80 

 degrees, cover the crowns with 

 loose moss, and keep them con- 

 stantly moist with tepid water. 

 Best Berlin Pips. Finest selected 

 ^ pips for forcing. 30 cts. per doz., 

 * $2 per 100, $18 per 1,000. 



; Hamburg. Strongest pips for late 

 winter and spring forcing. 25 cts. 

 ^ per doz., Si. 75 per 100, $15 per 

 \ 1,000. 



f Large Dutch Clumps. Each contains 

 \ many flowering pips; best for 

 planting in the open ground. 

 30 cts. each, $3 per doz., S25 

 per ICQ. 



Cold-Storage Berlin Pips. $2.25 

 per 100, S20 per 1,000. 



Lilies 



The Lily is a favorite flower 

 everywhere. Lilium candidum does 

 best when planted in August or 

 September. This variety is valuable 

 for forcing, and is used extensively 

 for this purpose. The method is to 

 plant the bulbs in 6-inch pots, 

 barely covering them with soil, then 

 plunge them in the garden in a 

 warm, sheltered place, and let them 

 LILIUM HARRisii remain there until the pots are well 



filled with roots, after which they 

 may be removed to the house or conservatory, where they will flower in eight or ten weeks. 

 In forcing /,. Harrisii or L. longi/Ioruiii,' plant them in 6-inch pots half-filled with 

 rich soil, sink the bulbs, leaving just the lips exposed. After the bulb has thrown its 

 stem above the top of the pot, fill the pot with rich soil, composed mostly of well-rotted 

 cow-manure, as these bulbs throw out rootlets from the stem of the bulb. 

 LILIUM HARRISII. The Bermuda Easter Lily is perhaps the finest and most popular 

 of winler-blooming plants. The large, handsome, pure white trumpet-shaped 

 flowers are very sweet-scented and of great substance, and last a long time after 

 cutting. Its stately and graceful habit renders it a perfect pot-plant for table or 

 winter decoration. Each Doz. 100 



First-size bulbs, 5 to 7 inches in circumference So 12 Si 25 SS 00 



Large-size bulbs, 7 to g inches in circumference 25 2 50 15 00 



Extra-large liulbs, 9 to 1 1 inches in circumference 50 4 00 30 00 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM MULTIFLORUM. The well-known, beautiful, snow-white, 

 fragrant Lily; line for forcing and handsome in the garden Each Doz. 100 



Large-size bulbs, 7 to g inches in circumference So 15 Si 50 Sg 00 



Extra-largc-size Lnilbs, 9 to 10 inches in circumference 20 2 00 13 00 



LILIUM LONGIFLORUM GIGANTEUM. This dark-stemmed variety flowers somewhat 

 later than Multiflorum, but the flowers arc of larger size, of great substance and 

 perfect form. In great demand. , Knch Do?,. 100 



First-size bulbs, 6 to 8 inches in circumference So to $1 00 S7 00 



Large-size bulbs, 7 to g inches in circumference 15 i 50 1 1 00 



Extra-large-sizc bulbs, 9 to 10 inches in circumference 20 2 00 16 00 



