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LILIES—Continued 
LILIUM AURATUM. Commonly known as the Japanese Gold 
Banded Lily, and undoubtedly one of the very finest. It is very 
graceful, being a delicate fvory-white in color and thickly studded 
with chocolate crimson spots with a gold band through the center 
of each petal. Delightfully fragrant. Extra large flowering bulbs, 
20c each; $2.00 per doz. (Ready in December.) 
LILIUM AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM. A glorious lily and one 
of the best in cultivation. The fiowers are larger than Auratum 
but similar in color; the leaves are also larger. Tall growing. 
25c each; $2.50 per doz. (Ready in December.) 
LILIUM RUBRUM. A delicately perfumed white Lily suffused rose- 
pink in the center and spotted blood-red with a green stripe at the 
base. This is one of the most beautiful garden Lilies. 20c each; 
$2.00 per doz. (Ready in December.) 
LILIUM TIGRINUM SPLENDENS. This is the lovely Tiger Lily 
bearing handsome, orange-salmon flowers spotted black. It is a 
good pot or garden variety, a free bloomer, and grows very tall. 
20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
LILIUM HANSONI. Very strong growing variety bearing many 
elegant blooms on each stem. The flowers are a bright golden 
yellow, spotted brown. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. (Ready in Dec.) 
LILIUM SPECIOSUM ALBUM. Beautiful snow-white flower with a 
golden green stripe in the center of the petals and anthers of 
bronze color. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. (Ready in December.) 
LILIUM HENRYI. Very tall growing Lily with fine foliage. When 
well established it bears more than twenty flowers of deep orange- 
yellow. Plant 10 inches deep and shelter from wind. 20c each; 
$2.00 per doz. (Ready in December.) 
Lily Collection No. 1 
One bulb each of Candidum, Regale 
and Tigrinum for 50c. Three bulbs of 
each for $1.35, postpaid. 
Lily Collection No. 2 
One bulb each of Auratum, Rubrum 
and Tigrinum for 50c. Three buibs of 
each for $1.35, postpaid. 
Allium 
Charming starlike flower appreciated 
by all who grow it because of its 
splendid keeping qualities—it will re¬ 
main fresh in water a week or ten 
days after cutting. The flowers are 
pure white with black centers and 
grow in clusters. 10 inches tall. Easy 
of culture. 35c per doz. 
Lily of the Valley 
Lilium Auratum 
Lily-of-the-Valley 
Plants should be grown in the shade. 
Pips ready in November and Decem¬ 
ber. $1.00 per doz. 
Hemerocallis 
(Day Lily) 
AURANTIACA. The beautiful orange 
colored flowers are very effective as 
a background or as a border to a 
shrubbery. The blooming season is 
quite long. 10c each; 85c per doz. 
Agapanthus 
(Blue African Lily) 
A very hardy and sure blooming lily, 
bearing clusters of bright blue flowers 
on stiff stems about three feet high. 
The leaves are long, glossy and very 
decorative. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
BABY BLUE EYES or Nemophila is 
an excellent covering for any bulb bed. 
The seed should be sown on lop of the 
bulb bed, about January 1st, covering 
with a light mulch of leaf mold. The 
Nemophila will bloom at the same 
time as the bulbs and makes a very 
dainty ground covering. 
CalochortUS (Mariposa Tulip) 
Calochortus should have a special and separate bed where nature will care 
for them after they have been planted. Mix a liberal amount of leaf mold 
with the soil in preparing it and plant them in partial shade during October. 
Set them to a depth of about 3 Inches and water them thoroughly. 
On large estates it is well to let the rains start them and only in the case of 
severe drought should they be watered. After the blooming season leave them 
in the ground and without water They are easily grown; they multiply 
rapidly and are one of out most attractive native California flowers. 
CALOCHORTUS MIXED. Contains many of the very finest varieties. 
75c per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
Caladium Esculentum 
(Elephant’s Ear) 
One of the most effective foliage plants for beds or borders and especially 
where a tropical effect is desired. Large bulbs 30c each; 3 for 75c. 
Chlidanthus Fragrans 
Allium 
(Miniature Amaryllis) 
Very attractive plant bearing clusters of sweetly fragrant yellow flowers, 
very similar to small Amaryllis. 10 inches high. They are especially lovely 
planted with blue delphiniums in a perennial border. 10c each; 90c per doz. 
