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JAMES 
AURATUM. 
VICKI’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
“The tall June lilies stand anear, 
In raiment-white and gold.” 
LILIES. 
For grand, distinctive flow¬ 
ers, yielding a liberal bloom 
there is nothing so satisfactory 
and gratifying as a good as¬ 
sortment of Lilies. 
All Lilies require deep plant¬ 
ing, and should not be disturbed 
for several years. In almost 
every case flowers will be ob¬ 
tained the first summer after 
planting, but it will be quite as well for the health of the plant if there is no bloom until the 
W 2 cond season. In the North it is well, before winter, to' cover the ground over and around the 
bulbs with three or four inches of leaves or straw, or coarse manure, as a winter protection. 
“Bui who will watch my lilies , When their blossoms open white? 
By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and stars by night.” 
—Bayard Taylor. 
L-lllum au ratu m, the magi 
candidum, common white, 
croccum, brilliant orange 
black dots; very showy . 
loncifollum rubrum, white and red, very showy,. 
lanclfolfum album, white. 
Each. 
Doz. 
.SO 25 
$2 00 
20 
11 
2 50 
. 80 
. 1 00 
2 50 
2 50 
. 25 
2 50 
. 40 
4 00 
. 25 
2 50 
Each. Doz. 
speciosum album (Praecox), white . 30 3 00 
te n u i fo I i u m , foliage slender; flowers brilliant scarlet. 
This is a little beauty, . 25 2 50 
tlgrlnum, Tiger Lily . 15 150 
tlgrinum flore-pleno, Double Tiger Lily . 20 2 00 
Thunbergianum grandlflorum, largo cluster 
of dark red flowers ... 20 2 00 
Far $1.00 , purchasers may select to amount of $1.25. 
For $2.00 , purchasers may select to amount of $2.50. 
*— ,l the Naiad-like lily of the valley , 
Whom youth makes so fair , and jJctssion so pale” 
The Lily of the Valley is quite hardy. To 
raise the plants in perfection in the open 
ground, choose a partially shaded place, pre¬ 
pare the soil to the depth of two feet with a 
mixture of leaf mold aud sand. Set the roots 
about six inches apart and two inches below 
the surface. A good plant set in a bed pre¬ 
pared in this manner will bloom profusely. 
For winter blooming in the house we have 
what are called “ pips, young roots with flow¬ 
ering stems, that will bloom in a few -weeks 
after planting, and will flower well in baskets 
of damp moss, or potted. Pips for winter flow¬ 
ering in the house we can send out in Decem¬ 
ber, as they will not suffer injury from frost. 
For the garden either in the spring or autumn. 
Lily of the Valley, very sweet and 
graceful; delicately hung; per dozen.. 40 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
PERENNIAL PHLOX. 
The flowers of the Pe¬ 
rennial Phlox, when the 
plants get strong, are 
immense bunches of 
bloom, from the purest 
white to crimson. 
Plants will keep in¬ 
creasing in size, and 
may be divided at the 
roots every two or three 
years. When in flower 
they are two feet or 
more in height. 
We have reduced our 
list of varieties so that 
it now contains the very 
best sorts only. Those 
offered produce large 
trusses of bloom, per¬ 
fect individual florets, 
and are continuous 
bloomers. 
Perennial Phlox, 
August "Riviere, 
fiery-red, shaded vio¬ 
let. 
Chameleon, white 
and lilac st riped. 
Edga r Qu I net, rosy 
amaranth. 
Francois Coppee, 
cream y-white, with 
carmine rose center. 
Isa bey, orange sal¬ 
mon, center purplish- 
crimson. 
W\ lie. Cuppen- 
heim, pure white, 
dwarf. 
"Richard Wallace, 
white, violet center, 
very large. 
Plants , each, 20 cents, 
3 for 50 cents. 
The set t 85 cents. 
Tom Hood says: 
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' Such a blush 
In the midst of brown tvas born , 
Like red poppies grown with corn 
