JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
The brush cannot 
site 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 im¬ 
prove after planting. We feel sure 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 follow¬ 
ing, which have been carefully selected as the hardiest, handsom¬ 
est and best. We grow at Floral Park about five acres of Lilies and 
the bulbs we offer are large, healthy, vigorous and cheap. 
8 Rare Lilies at a Bargain. 
Here are the 8 rarest and highest priced Lilies, we pos¬ 
sess, yet we are able to offer them at the remarkably low 
price of 6oc. each. At that price they should find their way to thousands of homes. 
Of the new Auratums, Brownii or Opal at that price? 
Auratum Macranthum- 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. 
Auratum Rubro Vittatum Flowers of enormous size, pure 
snow white, thickly spotted with crimson, and wilha 
wide dark blood-red band through the center of each 
petal. Its great beauty is a marvel to all. 
Auratum Wittei— Lovely pure white with golden band but 
without spots. 
Brownii— A grand Lily, but very rare. The large, wax-like 
flowers are chocolate-purple on the outside, snowy white 
inside. Stamens a rich chocolate-brown. Blossoms 
large and trumpet-shaped. 
Longiflorum Variegatum— The leaves of this variety are 
most beautifully variegated white and green, making a 
plant of great beauty. Sold a few years ago at $5.00 each. 
Excelsum— This remarkable Lily attains the wonderful 
... height of 5 to 6 feet. It produces from 8 to 12 nodding 
rich apricot-hued blooms ; has a delightful perfume, 
and its stately form makes it attract attention wher¬ 
ever grown. You will be delighted with it. 
117;o would not have one 
Speciosum Opal— Weliadth 
night 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 frost¬ 
ed, glistening white, delicately clouded and suffused 
with rosy blush and spotted with rosy scarlet, is to 
convey but a slight idea of it.s perfect lovliness. 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, and 
the plant robust and hardy. 
Childs! —The plant grows only ten inches high, a pyra¬ 
mid of luxuriant foliage, crowned with a cluster of 
30 to 50 brilliant blossoms. These are of large size, 
perfect shape, and in color brilliant orange-scarlet, 
spotted black. The effect, produced by this crown of 
flowers set on a tuft of dark green leaves is very pleasing 
and not to be found elsewhere among Lilies. As a pot 
plant it is a perfect gem, and for the garden even more 
valuable. It is hardy and robust. 
PRICE o/ above 8 Bare Lilies 60c. each; any 3 for $1.50; or the 8 for $3.50. All strong bulbs sure to bloom well first season. 
