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LILIES — continued. each— s. 
||oSpeciOSum (syu. lancifolium) (Japan), a remarkably beautiful section o( Lilies 
flowering in late summer and early autumn ; the flowers are large and hand- 
some with reflexing petals and last a long time in water when cut. 
,, album, handsome white flowers of firm texture, lit. 3 ft. August —September 
per doz. 10/6 I 
„ „ Kraetzeri, extremely beautiful large white flowers of great sub- 
stance, with dark orange-coloured anthers, ht. 3 ft. Sept. — Oct. 
,, „ ,, Strong flowering bulbs per doz. 12/6 1 
,, „ ,, Extra strong bulbs „ 1 S/6 1 
,, magnificum, a grand Lily, resembling the favourite Melpomene but blooms 
earlier, is richer in colour and has longer and broader petals j the foliage is of 
a rich dark green, while the flowers are of great substance and borne 10 to 20 
on a spike. September. Award of Merit R. II. S per doz. 15/- 1 
Extra large bulbs 2 
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,, Melpomene, one of the richest coloured of this group, bearing large hand- 
some flowers of stout substance, dark crimson, heavily spotted purple-crimson, 
and margined white, ht. 3 ft. September— October ...Strong bulbs, per doz. 15/- I 
,, Extra strong bulbs ,, 21/- 2 
., rubrum, suffused and heavily spotted crimson on a white ground, ht. 3 ft. 
August — September per doz. 10/6 I 
)( „ Japanese variety \syn. purpureum), having large handsome 
flowers heavily suffused and spotted dark crimson, strong grower, 
ht. 3 to 5 ft. September— October per doz. 10/6 I 
„ „ „ ,, Extra strong bulbs „ 15/- 1 
•[Superbum ( Eastern United States to Canada), a very showy bog-loving Lily, with 
flowers orange to crimson, spotted rich brown, and elegantly recurved, stately in growth, 
late Summer-flowering, ht. 4 to 7 ft per doz. 15/- 1 
Szovitzianum. See Monadelphum Szovitzianum. 
IjTestaceum (syu. excelsum), bearing from June to July very beautiful large handsome 
flowers of a lovely apricot colour, with showy scarlet anthers, delightfully fragrant, vigorous 
grower, ht. 4 ft per doz. 27/6 2 
Thunbergianum. See Elegans. 
pTigrinum — the Tiger Lily ( China and Japan), a remarkably handsome section, with 
abundance of large showy brilliantly coloured flowers, lighting up the garden 
in August and September. All very hardy vigorous growers. 
5J Fortune! giganteum, a grand robust variety of Forlitnei, having a 
woolly stem and producing bold branching heads of numerous large rich 
orange-scarlet flowers, spotted crimson-brown, ht. 6 ft. The finest of the 
Tiger Lilies per too, 45/- ; per doz. 6/- o 
,, „ Very large bulbs, per doz. 8/6 & 10/6 ; 9 d. & I 
t sinense flore-pleno, double orange-scarlet flowers, lasting long in 
bloom, ht. 4 ft per doz. 5/6 o 
j oUmbellatum (Europe), a very showy section of Lilies, bearing in June large handsome 
flowers ; very effective when grouped in shrubbery and flower borders, also good 
pot plants. 
,, erectum, cerise-scarlet, shading to orange, ht. 2§ ft per doz. 5/6 o 
,, grandiflorum, large handsome heads of bright orange-red flowers, ht. 2 ft. 
per doz. 6/6 o 
,, Incomparable, intense rich crimson, freely spotted, a handsome showy 
variety, ht. 2 ft per doz. 6/6 
Wallichianum ( N.E . India), a very elegant and beautiful fragrant Lily with large 
cream-coloured trumpet-shap ed flowers, slightly tinged primrose and green, anthers yellow, 
stems clothed with graceful narrow foliage, 3 to 4 ft. Easily grown in any ordinary 
greenhouse 2 '6 & 
SI Washingionianum purpureum (Oregon), a fine variety bearing in abundance 
large handsome sweet-scented flowers, white tinged and spotted a vinous purple, and 
changing ultimately to a rich deep purple, ht. 3 to 4 ft. Plant the bulbs with the top 6 in. 
deep in fibrous loam in partial shade 
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