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HARDY LILIES, Continued 
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L. AMABILE —June flowering. Large fiery 
orange-scarlet flowers. Grows 3 to 4 feet. 
Plant eight inches deep. 
$.35 each. $3.25 dozen. $25.00 per 100. 
L. AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM — July- 
August. Does not lose vigor in the garden 
as the regular Auratum. Loves sun but 
thrives in partial shade. 8 to 10 feet. Plant 
8 inches deep. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $40.00 per 100. 
L. BATEMANNIAE — July-August. Beauti¬ 
ful apricot shaded lily for sun or partial 
shade. Adaptable for an ordinary gar¬ 
den and for rockeries, growing to 3 feet. 
Plant 6 inches deep. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $35.00 per 100. 
L. CANADENSE —June-July. Hanging bell¬ 
shaped yellow and orange to red flowers 
recurved. Excellent for naturalizing and 
prefers a ground cover, growing to 4 feet. 
Use for the rockery. Small bulbs which 
should be planted about 5 inches deep. 
$.25 each. $2.50 dozen. $18.00 per 100. 
L. CANDIDUM— Madonna Lily—June-July. 
Stately white fragrant trumpet flowers. 
Plant in sunny location and cover bulbs 
with only about 2 inches of soil. Delight¬ 
fully effective with Delphinium plantings. 
Grows to 4 feet. 
$.20 each. $2.00 dozen. $15.00 per 100. 
L. CERNUM — June-July. Beautiful deep 
lilac-pink flowers deliciously fragrant, 
growing to 2 feet. Plant 8 inches deep. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $40.00 per 100. 
L. CHALCEDONICUM — Scarlet Turkscap 
Lily of Greece. June-July. Grows to 4 
feet with intense waxy scarlet flowers. 
Do not expect much until established for 
a year and do not disturb. Plant only 4 
inches deep in sunny location. 
$2.50 each. $25.00 dozen. 
L. COLUMBIANUM— July. Minature golden 
yellow flowers spotted maroon. Plant 6 
inches deep in leaf mold in a low moist 
but well drained situation. Grows to 3 
feet. 
$.20 each. $2.00 dozen. $15.00 per 100. 
L. CONCOLOR —June-July. Dwarf little lily 
growing only 18 inches high. Upright 
star-shaped deep crimson flowers with 
dark spots. Ideal for rockeries in full sun. 
Plant 5 inches deep. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $38.00 per 100. 
L. DAVIDII —July. Cinnabar-red flowers. A 
strong grower, growing 4 to 6 feet. 
$.60 each. $6.00 dozen. $45.00 per 100. 
L. DAVURICUM — June-July. Full sun in 
any fair garden soil. Erect umbels of 3 to 
5 rich orange flowers flushed red. Plant 
5 inches deep. Grows 2 to 3 feet. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $40.00 per 100. 
L. ELEGANS — June-July. Large open 
flowers in shades from citron-yellow to 
deep blood-red; most effective for mass¬ 
ing. Thrive in ordinary gardens but pre¬ 
fer a light sandy loam and will endure 
lime. Small bulbs and should be planted 
about 8 inches deep. Grows IV 2 to 2 feet. 
Very useful for rockeries. 
$.20 each. $2.00 dozen. $15.00 per 100. 
L. HANSONI —June. One of the easiest cul¬ 
tivation, thriving in almost any soil and 
tolerating lime. Free flowering with hand¬ 
some yellow blossoms. Prefers leaf mold 
and partial shade. Grows 3 to 4 feet. Plant 
8 to 10 inches deep. 
$.25 each. $2.50 dozen. $18.00 per 100. 
L. HENRYII .— July-August. The Orange 
Speciosum. A strong grower thriving in 
any soil including lime. Grows 5 to 8 feet. 
Plant 10 inches deep. 
$.20 each. $1.75 dozen. $12.00 per 100. 
L. HUMBOLDTII — June-July. Thrives in 
moist well-drained peaty soil protected 
from winds. Grows to 5 feet with rich 
orange flowers spotted maroon. Plant 5 
inches deep. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $40.00 per 100. 
L. JAPONICUM — June-July. One of the 
few pink lilies. Not of strong constitution, 
but does well with care. Thrives planted 
about 8 inches deep among low growing 
azaleas. Long tubular pale pink flowers 
on 3 to 4 foot stems. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $30.00 per 100. 
L. MARTAGON — A group of lilies with 
flowers borne remarkably in whorls. The 
branching spike is upright bearing nod¬ 
ding compact flower racemes hanging 
downward. Called Turkscap Lilies. June 
flowering. Suitable for rockeries. Plant 4 
inches deep; grow to 5 feet. 
L. Martagon Album —Pure waxy white. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $35.00 per 100. 
L. Martagon Hybridum —Turkscap Lilies in 
many colors. 
$.50 each. $5.00 dozen. $35.00 per 100. 
L. PARDALINUM — Leopard Lily — July. 
Free flowering, resembling our Wild 
Tiger Lily (T. splendens) but of smaller 
flowers more profusely borne. Succeeds in 
sun or shade in moist soils where lime is 
not too prevalent. Tends to become crowd- 
