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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
"J^IELPOMENE” 
Fi^ e Leilies. 
The brush cannot paint or the pen portray the exquisite 
purity and delicacy, yet magnificent grandeur, of the stately 
Lily. It is the plus ultra of floral beauty, and we urge our 
friends to each year add a few Lilies to their collection. No 
other flower will so adorn our homes when in bloom, and 
they constantly improve after planting. We feel sure that 
if our readers could see a good collection of from 20 to 40 
different sorts in bloom they would never rest until they had 
a goodly number of their own. As a rule, Lilies are of the 
easiest cultivation, especially the following, which have 
been carefully selected as the hardiest, handsomest and 
best. We grow at Floral Park about five acres of Lilies, and 
the bulbs we offer are large, healthy, vigorous and cheap. 
Grax>d gpeciosdxi} Xxilics. 
The Speciosums are the hardiest, most robust and free- 
flowering of all Lilies, not omitting the old Tiger Lily, while 
in beauty they are second to none. The magnificence of 
their blossoms cannot be described. 
Rubrum— Deep rose, freely spotted crimson and mottled 
white; perfectly exquisite. 10c. each : 3 for 25c.; 7 for 50c. 
Melpomene— Words cannot describe the beauty of this 
variety. Frosted white, spotted, clouded and bearded 
with pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved and 
widely bordered. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
Praecox— Large, perfect and beautiful. Frosted white, 
with a tinge of blush at the top ©f petals. The blush-like 
fringe in each petal adds to its beauty. 20e. each; 3 for 50c. 
Monstrosum Album— Broad, flat stems and immense heads 
of flowers, often fifty in a cluster. Pure snow white. 
15c. each; 3 for 35c.; 7 for 75c. 
Punctatum— Fine white, with a delicate pink tinge and 
rosy spots. 30c. each. 
Henryi— New and exceedingly rare. Tall, strong grower, 
producing flowers in great profusion of a fine apricot- 
yellow color. The yellow Speciosum. $1.00 each. 
Opal— We had thought that no Speciosum could exceed 
Melpomene, but this, new Lily is even larger, grander, 
and, if possible, more richly colored. Like the opal, for 
which it is named, the eye drinks in its lovely tints with 
delight. To say that it is frosted, glistening white, deli¬ 
cately clouded and suffused with rosy blush and spotted 
with rosy scarlet, is to convey but a slight idea of its 
perfect loveliness. The deeply recurved petals are snowy 
white at the tip, gradually deepening in color to the base 
of each petal, which is blotched with a raised, moss-like 
fringe, which glistens like diamonds. The flower is very 
large. 50c. each; 3 for $1.25. 
One each of the above 7 sorts for $2.00. 
