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Lily of the Valley. 
This universally admired plant is one of the 
most useful and charming of our Spring flowers. 
The pure white, delicately scented bell-shaped 
blossoms are very useful for cutting and a favorite 
with every one. It is a most popular plant for 
forcing, both with the professional and amateur 
florist. For the benefit of the latter the following 
cultural hints may be found useful. 
In the garden, Lily of the Valley succeeds 
admirably in a rich, loamy or heavy sandy soil, and 
may bo grown in any sliady spot, or even under 
trees if not too shady, receiving a good top dress¬ 
ing of well-rotted manure every Fall. For pot cul¬ 
ture, sot the pips in well-drained pots or flats hav¬ 
ing the bottoms covered with a layer of fibrous 
moss or peat, then fill them with sandy soil, 
niijY OP THE vaijHey. slightly mixed with moss. This will hold the mois¬ 
ture, which is essential to success. Cover the pips 
to the depth of half an inch, set away in a dark room or cellar, where a uniform temperature of about seventy de¬ 
grees can be maintained. Leave there for ten days or two weeks, and keep well watered, always using lukewarm water, 
so as not to chill the roots. Then bring into the light and set in a warm place. In a few weeks the whole will be a 
mass of flowers. By repeating this process at Intervals, a constant succession of bloom is maintained throughout the 
winter. Water should never be syringed on the flowers when in bloom, as it will spoil them. 
Success in forcing depends largely upon the quality of the pips. Many of them on the market will not produce good 
blooms. For many years we have enjoyed an enviable reputation for the quality of our pips, and we can recommend 
them with every confidence. 
CALLA (Richardia). 
Easily cultivated in pots, requiring only rich 
soil and plenty of water. By allowing them to 
rest through the summer, an abundance of bloom 
may be had the following winter. 
Aethlopica, or Lily of the Nile. The well known 
white Calls. First size, 15 cents each ; $1.50 
per dozen. Selected roots 25 cents each ; $2.50 
per dozen. Mammoth roots 50 cents each. 
Little Qem. A diminutive reproduction of the 
above; a perfect gem for window culture. 
10 cents each ; $1.00 per dozen. 
Golden Calla. A rare and most beautiful variety, 
with primrose colored flowers. 50 cents each. 
Spotted Leaf Calla. Although very ornamental 
as a pot plant, this is really a summer Calla 
for garden cultivation; very effective. 15 
cents each; $1.60 per dozen. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY—(Ready Nov. 15.) 
If pips are to go hy mail, add 10 cents per bundle, or Z5 cents per 100, to cover postage. 
Elliott’s Perfection Pips. These pips are the finest that can be produced, and are specially adapted to early forcing, 
producing extra large spikes and foliage, even at the earliest forcing. 40 cents per dozen; per bundle, 25 pips, 75 
cents; $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. 
Selected German Pips. Three years old, for forcing and pot culture. 3 for 15 cents; 30 cents per dozen; per bundle,26 
pips, 50 cents ; $1.40 per 100, $12.00 per 1000. 
Large Clumps. For open ground planting. 30 cents each; $3.00 per dozen ; or by mail, 45 cents each. 
