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ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. 
LILIES 
Lilium Tenuifolium 
This lovely Siberian Lily is one of the most graceful and beautiful flowers 
in cultivation. The brightest colored of all Lilies, growing about 20 inches 
high, with finely cut foliage, slender stems and beautifully shaped flowers of a 
brilliant coral red. It is the earliest of Lilies to bloom, flowering early in June, 
which makes it very desirable for naturalizing in the orchard or meadow, as it 
is done blooming before the grass is cut in July. Nothing could be liner for 
the purpose and, at tin* extremely low prices we are offering it at, it can be used 
by the hundred and thousand. It is just as desirable for the garden, and should 
be freely used in beds and borders, and at our low price it is well worth planting 
for cut-flowers, as nothing is more effective for house decoration. To make the 
following prices, which are for strictly first-class bulbs, we were obliged to buy 
twenty-five thousand. Prices, $1 per doz., $5.50 per 100, $45 per 1,000. 
Lilies for Spring Planting 
The Lily bulbs offered below were received from Japan in December, were 
repacked in sand and stored in a cold cellar, and are now in prime condition 
for spring planting. 
Lilier- 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 inches of rotten 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 spaces that may be in the 
shrubbery. Bulbs should be planted 0 inches deep, and care taken that no ma¬ 
nure comes in direct contact with them. Planted in quantity, they may be had 
in bloom from June until frost, and bloom freely the first season after planting. 
Rubrum, Melpomene and Album Lilies will thrive and increase in almost 
any soil, but unless the conditions are very favorable Auratum Lilies dete¬ 
riorate and a percentage will be lost every year; but they are so truly splendid, 
and are so inexpensive at the low prices at which I offer them, that they will be 
found 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 early in the spring. 
Longiflorums are similar in appearance to the Bermuda Easter Lilies, but are 
much more satisfactory for outdoor planting, as they are perfectly hardy. 
Owing to a partial failure of the crop of Lilies in Japan last summer, I have 
a limited supply and fill early orders only. 
These prices include all charges except freight or express charges from 
Pittsburg. The measurements given refer to circumference of bulbs, but the 
Japanese evidently use an elastic tape, as the bulbs never quite come up to the 
measurements given. I give these sizes, as they are generally used by the trade. 
Auratum. 8 to 9 inches.$0 85 
9 to 11 inches. 1 50 
11 to 13 inches. 2 50 
11 to 13 inches, selected bulbs. 3 00 
13 to 15 inches, monster bulbs. Very scarce. 
Longiflorum. The Longiflorum has large, pure white, trumpet¬ 
shaped flowers like the Bermuda Easter Lily, but is perfectly 
hardy. 
5 to 7 inches.. 
f) to 8 inches. 
7 to 9 inches. ] 
9 to 10 inches. 1 
Speclosum album. 8 to 9 inches. 1 35 
9 to 11 inches. 2 
11 to 13 inches. 3 
11 Melpomene. Similar to Rubrum, but more brilliant 
in color. 7 to 9 inches. 1 
9 to 10 inches. l 
“ rubrum, or roseum. Pink. 8 to 9 inches. 1 
9 to 12 inches. 1 
Monster bulbs. 2 
Per doz. 
100 
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75 
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RARE VARIETIES OF AURATUM LILIES 
We have only a small stock of the following varieties and only early orders 
ran be filled. „ , „ , 
Each Per doz. 
Au ratum vittatum rubrum. Magnificent flowers; 10 to 12 inches 
across; clear, waxy white, with broad crimson stripe through 
the center of each petal.$0 75 $7 50 
Auratum plctum. A very choice variety ; pure white, with red 
and yellow band through each petal. 35 3 50 
Auratum Wlttei. A magnificent Lily ; immense flowers of the 
purest white, with a wide yellow stripe through the center of 
each petal; very tall-growing and free-blooming. 75 7 50 
Auratum macranthum. A grand variety of remarkable strength 
and vigor; immense pure ivory-white flrwers with a golden band through each petal. Large bulbs, 8 to 10 inches. 45 4 50 
Auratum vlrginale album. Very beautiful; large flowers of the purest white, with a narrow band of yellow through center of 
each petal... 50 5 00 
Auratum platyphyllum. A remurkable large Lily of great vigor. 35 4 00 
