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WILLIAM N. CRAIG, WEYMOUTH 
superbum, pardalinum, Canadense, Henryi and Grayi 
do well but do not use any of the large bulb rooting 
varieties. For the wild garden our native varieties 
like Fhiladelphicum, Grayi, Canadense, superbum and 
pardalinum are good, so is tigrinum, the elegans and 
umbellatum varieties, and croceum. For rock garden 
plantings some of the best varieties are tenuifolium, 
Golden Gleam, amabile, rubellum, all of the forms of 
elegans, concolor, callosum and cernuum. Numerous 
varieties are fine for pot culture including regale, 
speciosum, auratum, Henryi, Japonicum, sulphureum, 
Batemanmae, croceum and others. 
Our displays of Hardy Liliums have secured nu¬ 
merous awards of gold and silver medals at exhibi¬ 
tions during the past few years. On June 28, 1933, an 
exhibit of 60 varieties in Boston on the occasion of 
the annual convention of the American Rose Society 
was awarded a gold medal, this contained a number 
of new and rare varieties. 
We wish to draw special attention to our collection 
of Lilium seeds which is the most complete offered in 
America. Many varieties will germinate within 3-4 
weeks and a few will bloom the second season. If 
started under glass in heat certain kinds can be flow¬ 
ered the same year including Philippinense Formo- 
sanum. We have made shipments of Lilium seeds to 
France, Great Britain, Soviet Russia, Japan, British 
Honduras, Cuba, South Africa, New Zealand and 
Italy. 
LIST OF HARDY LILIUMS 
Each Doz. 
Amabile. A charming stem rooting 
Lily blooming in mid-June and 
attaining a height of 18-24 inches. 
Color bright red spotted black, and 
with some chocolate blotches, a very 
good variety for the rock garden. 
$.30 each, $3.00 doz., $20.00 per 100 
Auratum (Golden rayed Lily of 
Japan). Massive flowers with dis¬ 
tinct gold bands and heavily spot¬ 
ted. Very fragrant, blooms in Au¬ 
gust .25-.50 each, 3.00-5.00 doz. 
Auratum Var. Picturn. Heavily spot¬ 
ted with rich crimson, very fine 
form...75-1.00 each, 9.00 doz. 
Auratum Var. Platyphyllum. Carries 
broader foliage and the largest flow¬ 
ers of any of the auratums, more 
lightly spotted than in the type and 
often entirely spotless. .. .30-.50 each, 4.00-6.00 doz. 
Auratum Var. Rubro-Vittatum. The 
flowers of this form are heavily 
blotched and spotted dark rosy pink, 
very distinct.1.00 each, 10.00 doz. 
Auratum Var. Virginale (Wittei). 
Beautiful snow white broad petalled 
flowers, a very lovely variety . ..75 each, $8.00 doz. 
Backhouse Hybrids. This grand race 
of Lilies was raised by the late Mrs. 
R. O. Backhouse in England. They 
are the results of crosses made be¬ 
tween Martagon and Hansonii, two 
very excellent Lilies. The available 
stock of these in the world is still 
quite limited. All bulbs offered are of 
