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Watso n’s Novelty Supplement, Spring, 1904. 
Lilium Rubellum. 
NEW PINK JAPANESE LILY. 
(Description and Culture Notes by P. Barr) 
When I saw the “Garden ” plate 
of this lily in 1898 I thought it a 
form of Lilium Krameri, hut since 
seeing Rubellum flowering in 
Japan I consider it a good species 
and am sure it will he extensively 
cultivated when better known and 
its culture understood, I cannot 
conceive of anything more beauti- 
ful than a six-inch pot with the 
plants of this lovely lily in flower 
111 early spring. It is one of the 
earliest lilies, flowering a month 
ahead of Krameri. It grows about 
one foot high, compact and ele- 
gant, with flowers of a charming 
pink color. The leaves are shorter 
and paler green than Krameri. I11 
pots, this lily should be grown in 
poor, stony, sandy loam with two 
inches of drainage and very judi- 
ciously watered from the time of 
potting. The soil must be kept 
moist, but never wet, and success 
will be sure to follow. Out of 
doors, I would recommend a 
northern or eastern aspect, and 
and failing this, plant under de- 
ciduous bushes, where the roots in 
winter will keep the bulbs com- 
paratively dry, and shade the 
plants from the sun in early spring. 
I think you should caution your 
clients against exposing the bulbs 
to a dry atmosphere ; the scales 
are thin and soon shrivel, therefore 
if the bulbs cannot be potted up 
or planted orit right away they 
should be buried in dry soil or out 
of doors in a northern aspect 
where they will take no injury 
from the weather and the bulbs 
keep plump. 
25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen, 
lilium rubellum. $20.00 per hundred. 
Other Choice Lilies. 
Each 
Doz. 
too 
Auratum, large bulbs, 
•25 
$2.50 
$20.00 
“ extra large bulbs, 
.40 
4.00 
30.00 
Rubrum, large bulbs, 
•15 
1.50 
10.00 
Album, “ “ 
•25 
2.50 
20.00 
Tigrinum Spleudens, 
•15 
1.50 
10.00 
Tenuifolium, (Siberian 
Coral Lily) 
•25 
2.50 
20.00 
Some Good Cannas. 
Of the new large flowering Cannas the following varieties 
have been thoroughly tested and are sure to give satisfaction : 
Madame Crozy, the oldest of the new large flowering 
types and still hard to beat. 
Alsace, the nearest approach to a white yet introduced. 
Chas. Henderson, crimson, very popular. 
Florence Vaughan, yellow, mottled with crimson, very 
large. 
Burbank, giant orchid flowered Canna, golden yellow, 
wonderfully profuse bloomer. 
Robusta, dwarf variety with bronze foliage, a giant among 
Cannas ; a single plant of this variety attracts instant 
attention. 
Allemannia, a gigantic flowering canna, producing flowers 
nothing short of marvelous in size. Outer petals scarlet 
with broad golden yellow border. Inside scarlet and 
dark red. 
Austria, the giant orchid flowered type, large trusses 
golden yellow dotted with scarlet. 
10 cents each, $1.00 dozen, $6.00 per 100. 
