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LILIES. 
AUKATUM. 
LANCI FOLIUM. 
LONGIFLOKUM. 
The Li ly is a favorite flower everywhere, a Queen of 
Flowers, and only the Rose can dispute its claim to 
queenly honors. The Lily abounds everywhere, in the 
humid vale and on the lofty mountain top, and, truly, no 
earthly monarch was ever arrayed as one of these sim¬ 
ple, yet beautiful flowers. 
With few exceptions, Lilies succeed in our gardens 
admirably, and continue to increase in strength and 
beauty for many years. The collection of Lilies is now 
so large and so good that no lover of flowers can afford to 
ignore this interesting and elegant family, and nogarden 
can be considered complete without at least several of 
the best varieties. All Lilies require deep planting, and 
should not be disturbed for several years. In almost 
every case flowers will be obtained 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 second 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. 
Each. Doz. 
Lilium auratum, the magnificent Japan 
Lily, with large, handsome gold-banded 
flowers that are exquisitely fragrant; a 
situation with partial shade and light, 
porous soil is best adapted for this va¬ 
riety, . £o 25 $2 
atrosanguineum, red, orange-marbled, 20 2 
candidum, common white, . 25 2 
Canadense, our native Lily, . 25 2 
excelsum, delicate cream or buff, ... i 00 
Harrisii, new; The Easter Lily of Ber¬ 
muda, flowers large, pure white, trum¬ 
pet-shaped, like L. longiflorum, but 
larger. Its great value consists in its 
earliness and free-blooming qualities; 
very valuable for forcing, . 30 3 
lancifolium rubrum, white and red, . 25 2 
Japonicum longiflorum, white,trumpet- 
shaped ; 5 inches long,. 25 2 
lancifolium album, white, . ;o 5 
pardalinum, one of the most desirable 
of the Canadense class; flowers yellow 
and red, spotted,. 25 2 
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Lilium Speciosum album, (Praecox,) 
white, . 75 $6 50 
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LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
The Lily of the Val¬ 
ley is quite hardy. To 
raise the plants in per¬ 
fection in the open 
ground, choose a par¬ 
tially shaded place, 
prepare the soil to the 
depth of two feet with 
a mixture of leaf mould 
and sand. Set the 
roots about six inches 
apart and two inches 
below the surface. A 
good plant set in a 
bed prepared in this 
manner will bloom 
profusely. For the 
house we have what 
are called "pips," 
young roots with flowering stems, that will bloom in 
a few weeks after planting, and will flower well in baskets 
of damp moss, or potted. Pips for winter flowering in 
the house we can send out in December, as they will 
not suffer injury from frost. For the garden we can ship 
cither in the spring or autumn. 
Lily of the Valley, very sweet and graceful ; deli¬ 
cately hung ; per dozen, . 
MULBERRY. 
Russian Mulberry, a handsome, cut-leaved vari¬ 
ety, proved to be hardy. The leaves are 
valuable for the silkworm, and the fruit is good ; 
each, 
Takesima, large, trumpet-shaped, white, 
tenuifolium, foliage slender and flowers 
brilliant scarlet. This is a little beauty, 
tigrinum, Tiger Lily, . 
tigrinum fl.-pl., Double Tigei Lily, . . 
Thunbergianum grandiflorum, large 
cluster of dark red flowers, . 
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