SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899 
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lO lilies Cheap, 
Our enormous stocks of home-grown Lilies enable us to 
offer the following fine varieties remarkably cheap. It is a 
great opportunity for a good collection at small cost. 
Auratum- (The Golden Banded Lily of Japan.) We 
can say that this is the grandest of all Lilies, and cer- 
tainly the most popular. $1.00 per dozen. 
Superbum—Three to six feet high; flowers from five to forty, 
nodding, brilliant orange red; blooms in July. 
Slogans Bicolor --Truly magnificent, being Tulip-shaped, 
and bloom in June. The blossoms are large and exceed- 
ingly showy, being of a brilliant red flamed with'yellow. 
Longlflorum-White, trumpet formed, very fragrant. A 
lovely Lily, being almost exactly like the Bermuda 
Easter Lily, but blooming a little later and hardy. 
Pardallnum - Rich scarlet and yellow, spotted with rich 
brown. Robust and free flowering. A superb Lily and 
one which will give the greatest possible satisfaction, 
opecloaum Rubrum-(LANCiFOLiDM.) Large wide flowers, 
recurving more or less at the tips. Among the showiest 
of .all Lilies and perhaps the most robust and the most 
radiantly beautiful. Very fragrant and hardy. Lovely 
rose and white spotted crimson, 
rignnum, fl. pi. (Double Tiger Lily.) This is a plant 
of stately habit, growing from 4 to 6 feet high; foliage is 
dark green and very long, bearing an immense number 
of double bright orange-red flowers spotted with black. 
Tlgrlnum Splendens- Improved Tiger Lily. 
Umbellatum— One of the very best, blooming in June or 
.July, with very large perfect flowers. Colors range from 
black-red through all the shades of crimson, rose, yel¬ 
low, buir, apricot, etc., many being finely spotted and 
variegated. 25 finest sorts, mixed. Per dozen, $1.00. 
waiiacei -This Lily is very floriferous, each bulb throwing 
U P t r o Tn ^ ® flower stems, each one of which is crowned 
with 8 to 10 beautiful upright blossoms of a. delicate 
bright apricot color. It is very perfect in form and a 
most desirable sort. 60c. per dozen. 
Price, 10c. each ; G for 50c.; the 10 for S5c. All home-grown. 
Rare Lilies. 
Auratum Nlacranthum —This grand variety of L. Auratum 
produces bulbs of great size which throw up a growth of 
remarkable strength and vigor. The flowers are pure 
ivory white, with a golden band through each petal, and 
numerous golden yellow spots. 75c. each. 
Auratum Rubro Vlttatum —Flowers of enormous size, pure 
snow white, thickly spotted with crimson, and with bs 
wide dark blood-red band through the center of each 
petal. Its great beauty is a marvel to all. 75c. each. 
Auratum Wittel —Lovely pure white with golden band but 
without spots. 75c. each. 
One each of these 3 rare Auratums fen' $ 2 . 00 . 
Brown II—A grand Lily but very rare. The large, wax-lika 
flowers are chocolate-purple on the outside, snowy-white 
inside. Stamens a rich chocolate-brown. Blossoms 
large and trumpet-shaped. 50c. each. 
Longiflorum Varlegatum— -The leaves of this variety are 
most beautifully variegated white and green making & 
plant of great beauty. Sold a few years ago at $5.00 
each. 75c. each. 
Kramerl—A rare Japaaese Lily closely allied to Auratum 
Growth slender, flowers very large. Auratum shaped and 
of the most superb tint of color, being a delicate, rosy 
pink, so soft, delicate and exquisite as to be utterly in¬ 
describable. No Lily superior to this. 25c, each. 
Batemanniae-Pure apricot color without spots. A much 
prized Japanese variety. It is a near relative to the 
rare and beautiful Leichtlini. 20c. each. 
Lllium Tenulfollum — The lovely Coral Lily of Siberia. A 
little beauty. The brightest of all Lilies. Grows 2d 
inches high, with finely cut foliage, slender stems and 
beautiful shaped flowers of a shining coral red. One 
ought to grow them by the dozen, they are so fine for 
cutting, and make such grand clumps for the lawn. 
BJooms very early. Having grown an enormous stock 
of this exquisite Lily wo are prepared to offer It at the 
extremely low price of 15o. each; 3 for 35c.; 5 for 50c 
12 for $1.00. 
