HARDY LILIES 
AURATUM. Golden-banded Lily of Japan. This is the largest and, 
many think, the most gorgeous of all. The flowers are enormous 
(often 8 to io inches across), bell-shaped, with slightly flaring and 
waved petals, each thickly dotted with bristly maroon spots and 
marked by a showy bright yellow band down the center. They are 
intensely fragrant and come in tremendous clusters at the top of 
a strong, leafy stem. Excellent specimens may reach a height of 
6 or more feet, with more than a dozen perfect blooms open at 
one time. They bloom in July and August, are stem-rooting, and 
should be planted quite deep. The ground should be covered with 
some low-growing plant, but the flowers must be able to rise above 
the undergrowth into full sunshine. These Lilies are most stately 
and magnificent, and in the evening, particularly on moonlight 
nights, array themselves in an almost unearthly beauty. At night 
the whole garden is pervaded with their delicious perfume. 
Each Doz. 100 
Bulbs 9 to II in. circum.$0 30 $3 00 $20 00 
Bulbs 11 to 13 in. circum. 45 4 50 35 00 
AURATUM PICTUM. A showy form of Auratum without the 
bright yellow band, which is replaced by a brilliant red stripe near 
the tip of each petal. Plant deep. Each Doz. 100 
Bulbs 9 to 11 in. circum. $0 65 $6 50 $50 00 
AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM. The tallest and largest of the 
Auratums, with broader, darker leaves and larger flowers similar 
to Auratum, but it lacks the red spots, leaving a pure white bloom 
with a yellow band. Plant deep. Each Doz. 100 
Bulbs 9 to 11 in. circum. .. $0 35 $3 50 $25 00 
Bulbs 11 to 13 in. circum. 50 5 00 40 00 
BATEMANNIA2. Batemann Lily. Like L. elegans in habit, with 
erect, chalice - shaped flowers of rich apricot color produced in 
July. It grows 3 to 4 feet high, with the flowers held upright on the 
top, and seems to enjoy ordinary garden soil in full sunlight, with 
a ground-cover. While it is stem-rooting, it need not be planted 
so deep as most. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz., $30 per 100 
CANDIDUM. Madonna Lily. One of the oldest plants cultivated 
in gardens. It is sculptured on some of the most ancient vases dug 
up in Crete, where a civilization antedating that of the most 
ancient Egyptians flourished 5,000 years ago or more. It is a 
symbol of purity and all things lovely. The plants make healthy 
evergreen rosettes of leaves in the autumn, from which stout stems, 
clothed with short leaves, arise in spring, bearing spire-like clusters 
of pure white, starry Lilies beautifully illumined by brilliant 
yellow anthers. They, too, are deliciously sweet, but are not so 
overpoweringly fragrant as some others, and may be cut and 
brought into the house with comfort. It blooms in June, immedi¬ 
ately before the Royal Lily, at the same time as Delphinium 
Belladonna, with which it is frequently combined. As it is base¬ 
rooting only, it should be planted shallow. It likes good, well- 
limed garden soil and a sunny exposure. The best bulbs are those 
which we import from northern France and England. They should 
be planted as soon as received, preferably in October. 
Each Doz. 100 
First-Size Bulbs. $0 20 $2 00 $15 00 
Mammoth Bulbs. 35 3 50 25 00 
Jumbo Bulbs. 50 5 00 40 00 
CANADENSE. The red Meadow Lily of fields and roadsides. In 
July, its tall stems, 3 to 8 feet high, bear great sprays of nodding, 
bell-like, bright orange-crimson flowers dotted with maroon. It is 
stem-rooting, likes moist, well-drained ground. 
30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100 
CAROLINIANUM. The Southern Swamp Lily. This is a near 
relative of the Turk’s Cap Lily, L. superbum, but smaller and a 
little lighter in color. It grows 2 to 4 feet high, likes moist ground, 
' but good drainage, and will endure almost total shade. The fragrant 
flowers are orange-crimson with a whitish throat and hang like 
bright red bells at the top of the stem. Likes acid soil and deep 
planting. Blooms in July. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100 
CHALCEDONICUM. The Scarlet Turk’s Cap Lily. A slender, 
erect Lily, 2 to 4 feet high, bearing, in late June and July, three to 
six nodding, brilliant scarlet flowers with sharply reflexed petals 
faintly dotted purple and having scarlet anthers. Very showy and 
graceful. Likes dry, ordinary garden soil and full sunlight. Plant 
5 inches deep and do not disturb it afterward. 
$2 each, $20 per doz., $150 per 100 
CROCEUM. Beautiful, orange, upright, cup-shaped blooms, borne 
in large cluster on a strong, straight stem. Blooms June and July. 
Stem-rooting; plant 5 inches deep. 
50 cts. each, $5 per doz., $35 per 100 
DAVURICUM. See Umbellatum. 
ELEGANS, ALICE WILSON. Erect, dwarf plant, 1 to 2 feet high, 
with upright flowers of bright lemon-yellow, very bright and showy 
in June. Plant shallow in light soil in full sun. Good for naturaliz¬ 
ing or rock-gardens. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100 
Lilium candidum 
ELEGANS ATROSANGUINEUM. Similar to Alice Wilson in 
habit and needs the same treatment, but the flowers are dark 
blood-red with purple dots. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz., $20 per 100 
GRAYI. Gray’s Lily. Modest, bell-shaped flowers of orange-brown 
outside and bright red-orange and yellow inside, thickly powdered 
with darker dots. Grows 2 to 4 feet high, likes moist, loamy soil 
and a sunny place, such as a stream-bank. Blooms in July. Plant 
4 inches deep. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz., $30 per 100 
HANSONI. Hanson’s Lily. Delicately fragrant, nodding flowers of 
pale yellow-orange, with thick, waxen, recurved petals, in clusters 
above broad whorls of leaves on stems 2 to 4 feet high. Likes 
shade, moist soil and blooms very early in June. Plant moder¬ 
ately deep. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25 per 100 
HENRYI. Henry’s Lily or the Yellow Speciosum. A very lovely 
flower of the Speciosum type. It grows 8 to 10 feet high or more 
in favorable places, and likes to root among low shrubs, sending 
its tall stems up into the sunlight where its bright apricot-yellow 
flowers may show at their best. Ordinary soil suits it, and mod¬ 
erately deep planting. Blooms in July and August. 
Strong bulbs, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25 per 100 
HUMBOLDTI MAGNIFICUM. A strong-stemmed Lily 4 to 6 feet 
high, with brilliant orange-yel.ow flowers, spotted purple. Differs 
from Humboldti in that the spots are ringed with crimson, the 
foliage is darker, and it is a much stronger grower. Blooms June 
and July. Base-rooting: plant 5 inches deep. 
75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz., $60 per 100 
KRAMERI (L. japonicum). A lovely, big, pink Lily of true trumpet 
form, carried beautifully on stem about 2 to 3 feet high, but not 
very strong. It likes good, rich, peaty soil, with plenty of moisture 
and good drainage. Blooms in late July. Plant deep. 
35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25 per 100 
MARTAGON. The Purple Lily. Small, turban-shaped flowers of 
dull purple, in great pyramidal sprays on a strong stem 2 to 5 feet 
high. Blooms in June. Likes cool, damp places with much shade. 
Plant shallow. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz., $30 per 100 
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