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Fred’k H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont. 
LILIUM 
often 
L. Martagon 
longiflorum. 
7 inches long 
A grand Lily, with pure white, funnel-shaped flowers, Each 
(Turk’s Cap). 
Not prepaid- 
Doz. 
-—Prepaid—. 
Each Doz. 
Dull purplish red flowers, with purple spots . . . 
.Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
L. monadelphum (L. colchicum). Stem 3 to 5 feet high, 
erect, bearing in early June several bright yellow flowers 
with claret-red base. Native to Caucasus and northern 
Persia. A rare beauty. 
L. Parryi. A very fine light yellow fragrant species from 
southern California and Arizona. I have some good large 
bulbs. 
L. pardalinum. Has done well here in cultivation, and is 
a very fine species. Flowers orange-red, with lighter 
orange center and purple spots on the lower half. A Lily 
that will thrive in wet, sandy situations. 
L. parvum. I have the true L. parvuni , with erect flowers. 
What has often been sold as L. parvum is only a small 
form of L. pardalinum. It likes a moist, sandy soil . . . 
L. philadelphicum. The wild native Lily cf our sandy 
plains and rocky hill-tops. It varies much in different soils, 
and seldom thrives in soils where clay predominates. It 
is a handsome Lily, with deep orange-red flowers .... 
L. pomponium, var. aureum. A fine large Lily from north 
ern Italy and southern France. 
L. —, var. rubrum. 
L. rubellum. A grand new Lily from Japan, something after the style of 
L. Kramer 1, but distinct in character and handsomer, according to reports 
Said to be a great acquisition by all who saw it bloom in England last year . 
L. speciosum, var. album. About the same as the well-known L. speciosum 
rubrum , except that the flowers are white. It is a more expensive Lily 
August and September. 
L.—, var. corymbiflorum. 
L. —, var. Kraetzeri. 
L. —, var. macranthum. 
me, lasting well .... 
L. 
L. 
This variety has done fully as well as Rubrum with 
var. 
var 
Darker red than Rubrum. A good and desirable kind 
Melpomene, 
punctatum 
L. , var. roseum. White, shaded and spotted with rose 
j var. rubrum. This fine late-blooming plant from Japan 
is one of the most showy of Lilies; 
12 
$1 10 
$0 13 
$1 30 
15 
17 
50 
4 75 
53 
5 10 
40 
3 90 
42 
4 15 
15 
1 25 
17 
1 45 
25 
27 
10 
1 00 
11 
1 10 
40 
45 
35 
3 00 
40 
4 30 
50 
52 
20 
1 60 
23 
1 90 
20 
23 
35 
1 75 
38 
2 05 
25 
1 60 
28 
1 90 
20 
23 
25 
28 
25 
1 60 
28 
1 90 
height, and not difficult 
of medium 
to grow in any good garden soil. 
Good flowering bulbs. August and 
September. Not prepaid, 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz.; prepaid, 18 cts. each, 
$1-55 per doz. 
L. superbum (Turk’s Cap Lily). This 
native Lily is one of the finest and 
most hardy of all Lilies. It often 
attains a height of 6 feet, and pro¬ 
duces a large number of flowers. Its 
flowers are bright orange in color 
with dark spots. Not prepaid, 10 cts. 
each, $1 per cloz.; 
prepaid, 13 cts. each, 
&1.25 per doz. 
L.testaceum (L. excel- 
sum). One of the 
most beautiful Lilies. 
Handsome nankeen- 
yellow flowers on a 
stalk 4 to 6 feet high. 
Thought to be a 
hybrid. A novel color in Lilies, 
paid, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; 
55 cts. each, $5 60 per doz. 
Lilium superbum. 
Not pre 
prepaid, 
^*^7 A £ood collection of Lilies will show many 
varied lorms and give its owner much pleasure. 
Lilium speciosum rubrum. 
