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Hardy Lilies for Garden and Pot-Culture 
C IES are among the most beautiful and ornamental of cultivated bulbous plants. Their stately habit and 
variously colored flowers, often very fragrant, render them indispensable subjects for greenhouse decora¬ 
tion and for the hardy flower-garden. 
The commoner and more plentiful species may be effectively employed for grouping or naturalizing. Many 
of them are excellent for border plants when in flower, being extremely attractive in mixed arrangements, if 
properly placed in respect to height. Many of the strong-growing Lilies are well adapted to planting among 
shrubs, where the latter are not too thickly placed. By growing a selection of species in pots to flower at different 
times, valuable addition to greenhouse decoration is secured over a long period in Autumn and Winter. In the 
hardy border, Lilies should always be planted not less than three in a clump thus All Lilies are wild plants 
and do not take kindly to heavy fertilizing or cultivation. They insist on good drainage and shade over their 
roots but not over the top, which means that they are grateful for a ground-cover of low shrubs or herbaceous 
plants. Almost all species are benefited by very deep planting—at least four times the diameter of the bulb beneath 
the surface. A few may be planted relatively shallow. These are indicated in the descriptions. 
We start to ship Hardy Lily bulbs just as soon as the ground is free from frost in the early Spring. Early planting is most 
important for successful results. 
Auratum (Golden-banded Lily of Japan). Immense, fragrant 
flowers of pure white, each petal marked with a broad, golden 
yellow, central band and thickly dotted with reddish brown 
spots. It grows to a height of from 3 to 5 feet and bears during 
July and August heads of from five to twenty blooms. 45 cts. 
each; $4.75 per doz.; $35 per 100. 
Auratum platyphyllum (macranthum). An improved form of the 
well-known Auratum, with larger flowers showing a wider 
expanse of gold and less copiously spotted. The plant has a 
more robust habit, the stems are stouter, the leaves broader, and 
it attains a greater height, producing an immense head of 
gigantic blooms. An excellent variety to grow in partially 
shaded locations. 50 cts. each; $5 per doz.; $40 per 100. 
Auratum pictum. Another fine form of Auratum with beautiful, 
large blooms like the former, except that the band becomes 
bright red toward the tip of the petals and the entire flower is 
generously spotted with reddish brown. The habit is similar 
to that of Auratum. 45 cts. each; $4.75 per doz.; $35 per 100. 
Batemannias. A beautiful Lily growing to a height of about 3 
feet and bearing, in late July or August, umbels of from four 
to six pale orange-red or apricot-colored blooms. The color is 
better in semi-shade. 25 cts. each; $2.75 per doz.; $20 per 100. 
Browni. Immense, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers, the in¬ 
terior of which is deep cream, fading to pure white and deli¬ 
cately tinged yellow at the base; the anthers are reddish brown, 
and the exterior is deep chocolate-brown. Height about 3 feet. 
Blooms in July. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
Canadense. One of our most common native Lilies, growing to a 
height of from 2 to 5 feet and bearing, in late June and July, 
from three to ten pendulous blooms varying in color from bright 
reddish orange to yellow, spotted dark brown, and with reddish 
anthers. An excellent Lily for planting among shrubs. 20 cts. 
each; $1.60 per doz.; $12 per 100. 
Canadense rubrum. A variety of Canadense and similar in habit 
but bearing slightly larger flowers of bright orange-red, spotted 
dark brown and tinged with a deeper red on the outside of the 
petals. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18 per 100. 
Candidum (Madonna or Ascension Lily). Beautiful, delicately 
fragrant blooms of pure waxy white, borne during June and 
July on strong plants 3 to 5 feet in height. They are of easy 
culture, growing in almost any soil and location, and are 
excellent Lilies for the hardy border where, in combination 
with other tall-growing flowers such as blue delphiniums, they 
