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flowers per stem. The recurving flowers are 
of a vivid reddish orange color and appear 
about mid-July. The foliage is graceful and 
the plant of a very refined appearance. 
Extra large bulbs 75 cents each, $7.50 doz. 
Nice flowering bulbs 50 cents each, $5.00 doz. 
The foregoing is by no means a complete list of 
Liliums, many are unsuitable for spring plantings 
including all of our North American varieties in 
addition to some of the Asiatic and virtually all 
European varieties. A complete list of over 100 
varieties will be found in our autumn bulb catalogue 
published in July. 
We cordially invite all interested in these bul¬ 
bous aristocrats to come and look over our beds 
the coming season, a few blooms open in late May, 
during June and July numerous varieties will be 
found flowering, others extend the season through 
August and September until late October. We will 
have a good many varieties in pots blooming ahead 
of the outside dates. 
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. 
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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 
Salonica 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 or in the home in 
winter, and 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 % 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 doz. We will be happy to make up 
collections of easy germinating varieties for those 
wishful for a start in raising Lilies from seed. 
