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ISBELL SEED COMPANY, JACKSON, MICHIGAN 
Your Lily Garden 
Lilies are becoming: increasing:ly popular and may be j^own suc¬ 
cessfully by any grardener. They bring: charm to the g:arden quite 
different from that of any other flower. You may have cool whites, 
rich yellows and dazzling: scarlets. Lilies may be had in bloom from 
early summer until fall by proper selection of varieties. 
Orders will be filled as soon as bulbs arrive from abroad or are 
thoroughly matured in case of native sorts and should be planted as 
soon as you receive them. 
Varieties marked (*) will not be ready until November or early 
December. 
Tt is advisable to prepare your Lily bed early in the autumn and 
cover with 3 or 4 inches of litter. This will keep the ground from 
freezing and permit the planting of the late-maturing kinds, which 
frequently do not arrive until after hard frost. 
Hardy Garden Varieties 
Lilium Myriophyllunii—Regal Lily. 
Ii. MYRIOFH'Yl^ZiUM (The Regal 
Lily). A real beauty with large, 
white flowers shading to yellow in 
the center, with a faint tinge of 
pink at the edges. Deliciously 
scented, similar to the Jasmine; ex¬ 
tremely hardy; robust grower and 
free bloomer. One of the finest gar¬ 
den lilies, bearing up to fifteen 
flowers to the stem. In the hardy 
border, planted in clumps of six or 
more, they are especially attractive. 
Very easy to grow; set the bulbs 
C to 7 inches deep. Prefers a sunny 
location and soil should not be too 
rich. 3 to 5 feet. Blooms in July. 
Large bulbs, 2.5c etich; 3 for 60c; 
$2.25 per doz., prepaid. Medium size 
bulbs (blooming size), 20c each; 3 
for 50c; $1.75 per doz., prepaid. 
Special Offer.—Small size bulbs 
(blooming size), 12c each; 3 for 30c; 
$1.00 per doz., prepaid. 
*Ii. SFECIOSUM AZ.BUM. This sort 
blooms in August and September, 
and is one of the most popular 
hardy garden Lilies grown. The 
petals are recurved and twisted in 
beautiful form; white and delicately 
perfumed. 3 to 4 feet. Succeeds best 
in leaf soil. Plant deep. Delivery, 
November to December. Large 
bulbs, 30c each; 3 for 80c; 
$3.00 per doz., prepaid. 
AUBATUM (The Gold-Banded Lily of Japan). Consid¬ 
ered the most beautiful variety of all the Lily family; should be 
in every garden. Excellent for cut flowers, blooming in July and 
August. Flowers pure white, background dotted with crimson 
spots, while through the center of each petal runs a golden band. 
Flowers immense, sometimes one foot across, of delicious fra¬ 
grance. Plant grows 3 to 5 feet tall and will bear up to twenty 
flowers. Succeeds best in porous soil, not in rich humus, and pre¬ 
fers a little shade and surface mulching. Plant the bulbs very 
deep, 8 to 10 inches. Delivery in November-December. Large bulbs, 
25c each; 3 for 65c; .$2.25 per doz., prepaid. 
*Ii. AUBATUM FIiATYFHYIiLUM. The new Improved Auratum. 
cirows 7 to 10 feet high. Flowers of mammoth size, heavily spotted. 
Large bulbs, 35c each; 3 for 90c; $3.35 per doz.< prepaid. 
Ii, CANDIDUM (Ascension or Madonna 
liily). The earliest white outdoor garden 
Lily. Perfectly hardy, requiring no special 
care and preferring plenty of light and air. 
The strong, long stems carry from 5 to 15 
blossoms of pure white color, with heavy 
yellow stamens, and are of most delightful 
fragrance. You have often admired it. It 
blooms from June to middle of July, and 
massed among green plants or planted in 
front of perennial Larkspur the effect is 
surely most pleasing. This Lily of all Lilies 
should be planted in quantity in every gar¬ 
den; they should be planted during August 
and September and left undisturbed for 
several years. Plant in any ordinary good 
garden soil (loam and sandy soil is best), 
without fertilizer, surrounding the bulbs 
with sharp sand and cover only 2 or 3 
inches. Do not plant deep. I.,arge blooming 
size bulbs, 25c each; 3 for 65c; $2,40 per 
doz. Extra large bulbs, 30c each; 3 for 
80c; $2.90 per doz., prepaid. 
**Royar’ Lily Collecllon 
HENRYI, RUBRUM, REGAL 
These three choice varieties: 
1 of each for only.$0.65, prepaid 
3 of each for only.$1.75, prepaid 
Lillum Candidum. 
*Ii. SFECIOSUM BUBBUM. (See 
illustration on next page). Similar 
to Album except that petals are 
white, shaded and spotted rose. A 
very attractive flower with recurv¬ 
ed petals and the plant is a free 
bloomer. Many think this the best. 
3 to 4 feet. Blooms August and 
September. Succeeds best in leaf 
soil. Plant deep. Delivery Novem¬ 
ber-December. Large bulbs, 25c 
each; 3 for 65c; $2.25 per doz., 
prepaid. 
Ii. HBNBYI (Yell ow Speciosum 
Lily). One of the finest hardy 
Lilies. A new variety producing 
huge flower stems with large 
branching heads of beautiful 
bright orange-yellow flowers. Qf 
Speciosum form, with recurved 
petals. Hardy, easy to grow and 
a free bloomer. 5 to 6 feet. Au- 
gust-September. Cover 7 to 8 in. 
Does well in both light and heavy 
loam, but prefers soil with a mix¬ 
ture of peat and a partially shad¬ 
ed location. Large bulbs, 30c each; 
3 for 80c; $3.00 per doz., prepaid. 
Lilium Henryi. 
NOTICE; For early orders we will 
have a limited number of Michigan 
grown, hardy bulbs of. 
LIIAUM SPECIOSUM RUBRUM. 40c 
each; 3 for $1.00; $3.75 per doz. 
Liiium Auratum. 
