A GARDEN OF LILIES 
A correspondent complains that we have told him too often of the lawyer’s garden; but it is st.ill the best garden in this 
vicinity, and a good garden cannot be told about too often. 
Our friend, the lawyer, has a garden of Lilies. Many other things he has in his garden—great banks of .Mollis and Ghent 
azaleas that are worth a long journey to see; an entire hillside is covered with hybrid rhododendrons and Kulmia latifolia; 
tulips, daffodils and crocuses are everywhere in the spring, and the glorious show of Japanese irises in June is a 
sight not easily to be forgotten — but he has Lilies by the hundred and by the thousand, and in so many varieties that 
from June until November there is 
always a fine display of Lily flowers. 
Such a garden! By daylight it is splen¬ 
did, by moonlight it is fairyland, and the 
air is filled with fragrance. Such a gar¬ 
den to visit, as we do visit it and travel 
forty miles a dozen times a year, and 
come away with our arms filled with 
great stalks of Lily bloom. For this is a 
garden in which there are always flowers 
to cut and to spare. It is not the mis¬ 
erable garden of bedding plants in which 
its owner finds it difficult to cut a little 
nosegay to give to a friend. We wish you 
who are content to grow such common¬ 
place things of so little beauty as cannas, 
geraniums, coleus and alteruantheras 
could visit this garden of Lilies, and 
then say what excuse you have to offer 
for your poor taste. Not that of cost, 
for Lily bulbs are to be had for as little 
money as bedding plants, and as Lilies 
are hardy, their first cost is their only 
cost, while bedding plants must be bought 
every season. lilium longiflobum 
Fall Planting of Lilies 
NOTICE. —To secure Fall delivery of Lily bulbs, we should receive orders not later than July I 
The great cause of failure and disappointment in planting Lilies is that they are kept out of the ground too long. The 
Auratum, Rubrum and Album, the most effective and desirable of all Lilies, are imported from Japan in the fall, and usually do 
not arrive in this country until December, and, of course, cannot be planted outdoors until the following spring This Ion<»■ 
exposure greatly weakens the bulbs, and the flowers are not satisfactory. Never buy Lilies that are offered for sale in seed or 
floral stores; they are so weakened by exposure that they are worthless. This fall we are importing an enormous quantity of 
Lilies from Japan, and instead of having them come by the slow, but inexpensive, all-water route, they are shipped by fast 
steamer to Canada, and from thence by special tea train, which usually enables us to have the bulbs in Pittsburg in October. 
Immediately upon their arrival they will be delivered to our customers in ample time for planting this fall. 
Formerly we guaranteed October delivery of Japanese Lilies, and usually succeeded in delivering them in October. This 
year we have made contracts requiring October delivery, with penalties for failure; but while we hope to deliver all Japanese 
Lilies by the end of October or early in November, in ample time for fall planting, we will not guarantee it. In the event 
of bulbs not arriving in time for fall planting, we will have them repacked in sand and stored in a cold cellar until spring, 
and deliver them as soon as the weather will permit. Lilies handled in this way will give just as good results as if planted 
in the fall. r 
Whenever delivered, we guarantee Lily bulbs, excepting rare varieties of Auratums, to be sound, in 
first-class condition, true to name and strictly first-class in every respect. 
We have gone to considerable trouble to give our customers the opportunity of planting Japanese Lilies under the most 
favorable conditions, for we know of no flowers that are more strikingly beautiful and effective, or that will give more pleasure 
and satisfaction to the planter. We are not only supplying bulbs of very superior quality, but wo are also selling them for one- 
half regular retail prices, which you can confirm by referring to any seedsman’s or plantsman’s catalogue you may have at hand. 
Lilies like a light, rich, well-drained but moist soil, and a partially shaded location. If planted in full exposure to the sun, 
the bed should be carefully mulched with 2 or 3 inches of rotted manure, leaves, sphagnum or moss. They thrive and are very 
effective when planted thickly among rhododendrons or azaleas, and may be used to advantage in any open space that may be 
in the shrubbery. Bulbs should be planted G inches deep and care taken that no manure comes in direct contact with them. 
Plauted in quantity, they may be had in bloom from June until frost, and bloom freely the first season after planting. 
Rubrum, Melpomene, Album and many other Lilies will thrive and increase in almost any soil, but unless the conditions are 
very favorable, Auratum Lilies deteriorate and a percentage will be lost every year; but they are so truly splendid, and are so 
inexpensive at the low prices at which we offer them, that they will be found to be the best garden investment that can be made. 
Try these Lilies, and send your order at once, so that they can be sent to you immediately upon their arrival from Japan. Longi- 
florums are similar in appearance to the Bermuda Easter Lilies, but are much more satisfactory for outdoor planting, as they are 
perfectly hardy. 
