HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
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We ship Liliums to as distant points as New 
Zealand and South Africa, and make many ship¬ 
ments to Great Britain, France, Canada, and other 
countries. 
LILIUM SEEDS 
A great majority of Liliums come quite readily 
from seeds. Some like regale and all its hybrids, 
Pride of Charlotte, Willmottiae, Davidi, Formosa- 
num, Henryi, tenuifolium, umbellatum, candidum 
Saionica var., amabile, concolor, longiflorum, and 
elegans will usually germinate within a month. On 
the other hand auratum, speciosum, martagon, 
Marhan, the Backhouse hybrids, giganteum Hima- 
laicum, and all North American varieties are very 
slow some requiring as much as 12 months to 
germinate, some of these will make a small bulb 
but no leaves the first season. 
Sowing may be done under glass in the home in 
winter, or in cold frames or the open about May 
1. Rather late fall before sharp frosts is another 
good time to sow seeds outdoors or in a frame. 
Started early, Formosanum will flower the first 
season, a number of others will bloom the second 
season. 
Seeds may be sown in either shallow drills or 
broadcasted, cover not over X A inch. For soil a mix¬ 
ture of garden soil, sand and either leaf mold or 
peat moss answers very well. 
Unless otherwise priced seeds are 25 cents per 
pkt.; 12 vars., for $2.00; larger pkts. for 50 cents 
and $5.00 per dcz. We will be happy to make up 
collections of easy germinating varieties for those 
wishful for a start in raising Lilies from seed. 
List of Lilium Seeds 
Auratum 
Auratum platyphyllum 
Auratum virginale 
Amabile 
Backhouse hybrids 
Sutton Court 
Brocade 
Mrs. R. 0. Back¬ 
house 
Sceptre 
Mixed 
Callosum 
Concolor 
Concolor pulchellum 
Canadense flavum 
Canadense rubrum 
Canadense mixed 
Cernuum 
Candidum (type) 
Candidum, Salonicia var. 
. -5° 
Centifolium .50 
Cordifolium 
Croceum 
Columbianum 
Marhan 
Ellen Willmott 
Sargale 
Shelburne hybrid 
Shuksan 
Davidi .50 
Davuricum 
Elegans mixed 
Leonard Joerg 
sanguineum 
Formosanum early variety 
late 
Giganteum Himalaicum 
Japonicum 
Humboldtii 
magnificum 
Henryi 
Kelloggi 
Longiflorum giganteum 
Erabu 
Proecox White 
Queen 
Speciosum melpomene 
rubrum 
album 
Sulphur-gale hybrids 
Superbum 
Tenuifolium 
Golden Gleam 
