j:elsey^ hardy American plants 
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LILIES 
Note— All other commercial varieties are supplied at low prices. 
lilLIUM SUPERBUM. TURK'S Cap Lily. No aescription will do justice to this magnificent Ameri- 
can Lily. Golden recurved petals, the flowers in perfect pyramids, often 40 on a single stalk. 
A clump of them is literally a blaze of scarlet and gold. For years we have made the growing of 
this Lily a specialty, and send out thousands of bulbs every season. Our stock this season is 
very fine, and we are offering it at a low price 
for the benefit of those wishing to make mass 
plantings. Of special use for planting in rho- 
dodendron beds. 
GRAYI. Introduced by me in 1888, it has 
proven the leader in the bell-shaped type of 
hardy Lilies. Dark red-brown petals beautifully 
spotted. An exquisite species and very rare. 
Our stock is exclusive and very fine. The 
bulbs are never very large. 
CAROLINIANUM. A beautiful new and but 
little-known species, of the recurved type, with 
orange and very fragrant flowers. Usually 
from one to three flowers on a stem. 
CANADENSE. Wild Yellow Lily. 2 to 
5 tt. Yellow or orange, usually spotted with 
brown. July. Fine to plant among shrubbery, 
catesbael. .Southf.kx Red Lii.Y. 1 to 2 ft. Scur- 
let, with (lark purple and yellow spots. Erect. 
Early spring;. 
columblanum. Columbia Lilv. IK to 3 tt. A 
rare species from Oregon with reddish yellow 
Jlowers. 
pardalinum. 2 to 4 ft. Orange-red flowers. A 
tall western species, 
parvum. 1 to 2 ft. Yellow species from C^alifornia. 
philadelphioum. Wood Lit.r. 1 to 3 ft. Another 
erect species, very hardj'. May and June. Reddish 
orange-purple spots, 
puberulum. Hiwiboi.dt's Lit.y. 3 to 5 ft. A rare 
Californian species with reddish orange dowers, 
washingtonianum. 2 to G ft. A rare C'alifoniian 
species with fragrant wiiile flowers tinged with 
purple. 
TRILLIUMS 
TRILLIUM cernuum. Nodding Wake Robin. 8 
to 10 in. l*('lals wavy, re<Mirved. Large broad 
leaves. April. White or pink, 
erectum. Eke^'T Wake Kouin. 8 to 16 in. Large 
red fruit, very ornamental. Brown-purple, often 
greenish. .Ai>ril and .May, 
GRANDIFLORUM. Large-Flowered Wake 
Robin. 8 to 18 in. The finest and largest 
species. Flowers 2 to 3 inches across, in 
April and May. One of our best early spring 
flowers. White, turning rose-color or marked 
with green. 
ovatum. \ rare I*acific coast species. Flowers 
mticli like T. f/r<niiliftori(in . Large ovate leaves. 
STYLOSUM. NODDING Trillium. 1 to 1^ 
ft. Our rarest mountain species. April and 
May. Large wavy petals of beautiful pink. 
sessile californicum. While. A beautiful Cali- 
l"nriliall species, 
undulatum. I'aisted Wake Robin. 8 in. Ear- 
liest, blooming in .\pril. Showy flowers and fruit. 
White, with ptirple stripes. 
The Sweet-scentea Carolina Lily (Lilium caroHnianitm) 
One of tlie newest introductions 
Phutoffraplied al tlitiliUimls .Nursery 
OTHER BULBOUS PLANTS 
ALLIUM cernuum. Noddinh Wild Onion. 1 to 2 ft. Clusters of rose-colored flowers. June. 
tricoccum. Wild Leek. 4 to l.'j in. CJreenish white. 
ARISAEMA triphyllum. Jack-in-the-Pclpit. 10 in. to .') ft. Curious flowers in .May. Green, often with 
purple and white stripes or spot.s. 
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