Lilies 
In ordering Lilies from this list, customers should bear in 
mind that for the most part my bulbs are taken direct from the 
beds and, with the use of sphagnum moss, can be sent without 
the usual loss of shrinking of outside scales, so common in stole 
bulbs. They are as fresh when received as when taken from the 
bed, and usually without the loss of roots, which seldom come 
with store bulbs. I have found this same sphagnum moss, which 
I use in packing the bulbs, to be very beneficial to some of them, 
and we use loads of it every year under and around the bulbs 
when planting. I now use it under all my auratuins, testaceums, 
candidums, Hansoni, Grayi, and some of the speciosums, espe¬ 
cially album and rubrum.* For the auratum I have found it the 
best thing I have ever tried. 
Many of these Lilies may be set by the middle of September 
or sooner, but the auratuins, speciosums, Ilenryi, Maximowiczi, 
and sulphureum will not be ripe enough to move before October. 
The candidum is better set not much later than in September, 
and the longillorums, though lipe earlier, seem to give better 
results when set after (Jctober i 
Orders will be filled from beds as long as my stock of each 
lasts, but L. candidum will be for the most part imported. 1 can 
guarantee them to bloom, however, if properly set, and in cold 
climates like this they should have a covering. For further 
instructions as to culture, description, etc., see Spring Cata¬ 
logue, which will be sent if you have not already a copy. 
sent free upon application. 
Lilium auratum. First size bulbs. 
L. auratum. Monsters. A few at ... 
L. “ var. rubro vittatum. With red stripes 
L. bulbiferum . 
L. Brownii. One of the best white and chocolate- 
brown shading . 
L. Canadense (Meadow Lily). 
L. “ var. rubrum . . . . 
L. “ var. llavum . 
L. candidum (Madonna Lily). Should be set before 
October . . 
L. Chalcedonicum. Handsome scarlet flowers 
L. Columbianum. Orange, with spots . . 
L. concolor. Small, with scarlet flowers . 
1. “ var. parthenion. A little larger; flowers 
yellow. . 
L. croceum. Golden yellow. 
L. Dauricum, or a very queer form of L . Philadelphi- 
ctun . . . .* . 
L. elegans. var. atrosanguineum. Deep red . 20 
plants. 
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