HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
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of sphagnum moss about the budded portion and 
keep this moist until plants start into active growth. 
'The following varieties can be supplied. As stocks 
of Standard Roses in America on Oregon Brier 
:stock are quite limited early orders are respectfully 
solicited. 
Ime. Jules Bouche Etoile de Hollande 
Miss Rowena Thom Frau Karl Druschki 
Mrs. E. P. Thom Los Angeles 
President Hoover Margaret McGredy 
Yille de Paris Mme. Edouard Herriot 
We also have limited numbers of a few other varie¬ 
ties. These Standard Roses are not to be confounded 
with the crooked stemmed stock ordinarily sold on 
rugosas. Stems are 40-42 inches in height. An inspec¬ 
tion of our stock will quickly satisfy anyone as to 
their quality. 
Prices of Standard Roses, $3.25 each, $35.00 per 
<doz. 
HARDY LILIUMS 
These are one of my leading specialties, and a 
large proportion of those offered are home grown 
bulbs. The coming of Lilium regale paved the way 
for a tremendously increased interest in Lilies. 
Whereas formerly but a limited number of varieties 
were listed or grown, the demand today is for a very 
much wider assortment, embracing practically all 
Lilies which will grow in North America. The bulb 
rooting varieties like Candidum and Testaceum 
should be planted quite shallow, 2-3 inches suffices, 
while such stem rooters as regale, speciosum, aura- 
turn, Henryi, Formosanum, Browni, and others should 
be covered 8-12 inches. All Lilies should be planted 
where their feet will be dry in winter, fresh manure 
must never be used in the soil at planting time, if 
very old and well decayed it is all right, all lilies 
love leaf mold and they seem to root with avidity in 
peat moss, sand is good for all of them and at 
planting time a cushion should be placed for each 
bulb to rest on scattering more above them. 
Candidum can be planted from early August on¬ 
wards, the majority of other lilies are ready in 
October but the imported bulbs of speciosums and 
auratum with one or two other varieties rarely ar¬ 
rive in America before December 1, sometimes much 
later, if places where these are to go are mulched 
to exclude frost they can be planted in either De¬ 
cember or January, failing this bulbs should be 
either kept in dry soil over winter in a cold cellar 
or potted and planted out in early spring. Bulbs 
should never be left exposed to sun and air for 
more than a brief time, scales will soon lose their 
plumpness, and shrivelled bulbs will never give the 
same results as plump ones. The idea that Lilies 
must be planted in either fall or early spring is 
utterly wrong. During recent winters we have 
planted out large numbers during December, Jan¬ 
uary, February and March, always with excellent 
results. Not only may Lilies be planted while they 
are dormant or nearly so, but they can safely be 
moved while in active growth. We find that Lilies 
do not require much winter mulching, in fact the 
bulk of our own are not mulched at all. A few 
varieties like sulphureum, japonicum, rubellum and 
certain Pacific Coast varieties will however be bene¬ 
fited by a covering. 
