HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
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LILIUMS 
are our leading specialty. We grow these in 
thousands in Weymouth in full sunshine, and 
our collection is without a rival in New Eng¬ 
land. From a very small beginning a few 
years ago a large business has been built up 
in these glorious hardy bulbs, and shipments 
are made to all parts of the United States 
as well as Canada and Great Britain. Vir¬ 
tually every variety listed may be found grow¬ 
ing here and unlike the majority of dealers 
we are not dependent on bought in stock, ex¬ 
cept in the case of a few varieties. The su¬ 
perior advantages of home grown bulbs with 
their greater plumpness must be apparent to 
every grower of these beautiful bulbous plants. 
Some varieties like candidum and testaceum 
are ready in August, a very large number 
are to be had in September, and this month 
and October are the best months in the year 
for the planting of the great majority of 
Lilies. The auratums, speciosums, sulphur- 
eums, and a few other varieties can be 
planted later and it is better to get these in 
during late fall rather than wait until spring. 
Some of our most successful plantings of 
Lilies have been made in late December and 
January, removing a crust of frost to get into 
the ground. Very little winter covering is nec¬ 
essary for Lilies, our own beds get virtually 
nothing at all. So long as drainage is good 
there need be no fear of Lilies winter killing. 
To extend the flowering season plantings of 
such varieties as speciosum, auratum, Henryi, 
regale, sulphureum, elegans, tigrinum and 
some others can be made in spring. 
Our first Lilies to open in 1934 were tenui- 
folium and monadelphum, both during late 
May, the greater number of Lilies bloom dur¬ 
ing June and July but quite a number flower 
later and we usually have speciosums and 
sulphureums until mid-October which makes a 
fairly long season. 
