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WILLIAM N. CRAIG, WEYMOUTH 
do well but do not use any of the large bulb rooting 
varieties. For the wild garden our native varieties 
like Philadelphicum, Grayi, Canadense, superbum and 
pardalinum are good, so is tigrinum, the elegans and 
umbellatum varieties, and croceum. For rock garden 
plantings some of the best varieties are tenuifolium, 
Golden Gleam, amabile, rubellum, all of the forms of 
elegans, concolor, callosum and cernuum. Numerous 
varieties are fine for pot culture including regale, 
speciosum, auratum, Henryi, Japonicum, sulphureum, 
Batemanniae, Croceum and others. 
Fresh animal manures should never be used for 
Lilies outdoors, but if very old and well rotted it is 
perfectly safe to use for any and all varieties, fine 
bone is excellent also but no chemical fertilizers 
should ever be used on them. Strong stimulants are 
all right for those growing in pots in greenhouses but 
are ruinous outdoors. Peat moss is excellent for the 
bulk of Lilies and leaf mold is liked by every variety 
we have ever grown. 
Beds entirely devoted to Liliums in a range of 
varieties to flower over a long season are becoming 
popular. Such beds should be well prepared as re¬ 
gards drainage. Low growing annuals or perennials 
can be used as a ground cover and will furnish a suit¬ 
able summer mulch. 
Our displays of Liliums have won numerous gold, 
silver and other medals. On June 28, 1933 we ex¬ 
hibited no fewer than 60 varieties in Horticultural 
Hall, Boston, these securing a large gold medal. 
A moderate number of Lilies may be planted in 
spring, no American varieties should be planted at 
that time and only one or two European kinds. Results 
from spring plantings will never at all equal those 
from fall or early winter. A large proportion of those 
offered in spring have been carried over winter in 
cold storage, these will never under any conditions 
give nearly so satisfactory results as fall plantings. 
A number of varieties if spring planted will make no 
growth above ground the same year but will usually 
make up good bulbs to bloom a year later. 
On importations of such Lilies as auratum, Japoni¬ 
cum, Rubellum and others from Japan we insisted 
last season that all be sent with roots attached, as a 
result these never arrived in better condition and 
outdoors they are this year extra good. The shipping 
of these bulbs with roots prevents in large measure 
the basal rot which has destroyed such great numbers 
in previous years. This year shipments of these and 
some other varieties will come with roots attached. 
We wish to draw special attention to our collection 
of Lilium seeds which is the most complete offered in 
America. Many varieties will germinate within 3-4 
weeks and a few will bloom the second season. If 
started under glass in heat certain kinds can be flow¬ 
ered the same year including Formosanum. We have 
made shipments of Lilium seeds to France, Great 
Britain, Soviet Russia, Japan, British Honduras, 
Cuba, South Africa, New Zealand and Italy. 
LIST OF HARDY LILIUMS 
Amabile. A charming stem rooting 
Lily blooming in mid-June and 
attaining a height of 18-24 inches. 
Color bright red spotted black, and 
with some chocolate blotches, a very 
good variety for the rock garden. 
$.30 each, $3.00 doz., $20.00 per 100 
