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J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT, PITTSBURG, PA. 
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 
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 
he 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 he planted 
6 inches deep, and care taken that no manure 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 deteriorate and a percentage will be lost every year; but they are so truly splendid, and are so inexpensive at the low prices at whicli 1 
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. Longiflorum 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 
Bloom of Lilium auratum. 
Per doz. 100 
Auratum. 7 to 9 inches .$1 00 $8 00 
9 to 11 inches. 1 50 10 00 
11 to 13 inches. 2 50 18 00 
11 to 13 inches, selected bulbs. 3 00 21 00 
Canadense flavum. Our dainty, beautiful native Lily; 
graceful and charming yellow flowers... 1 00 7 00 
“ rubrum. Red flowers. 1 00 7 00 
“ Mixed . 75 6 00 
Columbianum. One of the most elegant and graceful 
of lilies; orange-red flowers, spotted with crimson.. 3 00 
Humboldtll. Orange-red, with claret-colored dots_ 2 00 
Longiflorum. The Longiflorum has large, pure white, 
trumpet-shaped flowers like the Bermuda Easter 
Lily, but is perfectly hardy. 
5 to 7 inches. 70 4 00 
7 to 9 inches. 1 25 8 50 
9 to 10 inches. 2 25 11 00 
10 to 12 inohes. 2 75 15 00 
Phlladelphlcum. Native Lily. Orange-red, with black 
spots. 1 00 7 00 
8peclosum. The Speeiosum varieties are among the 
most beautiful and satisfactory Lilies. Easy of 
culture and of rapid increase. They produce their 
lovely pink or white flowers freely from August 
until frost. Fine for cutting. 
Per doz. 100 
Speeiosum album. 7 to 9 inches.$1 25 $8 50 
9 to 11 inches. 1 50 10 00 
11 to 13 inches. 2 50 12 00 
“ Melpomene. Similar to Itoseum or Ru¬ 
brum, but more brilliant in color. 8 to 
10 inches. 1 GO 9 00 
“ rubrum, or roseum. Pink. 7to9inches.. 85 G 00 
9 to 11 inches. 1 35 9 50 
Monster bulbs. 2 00 13 00 
Superbum. In a collection of best plants of all coun¬ 
tries, our native Superbum Lily would deserve a 
first place. In deep, rich soil, it often grows 8 feet 
high, with twenty or thirty flowers. It is of the 
easiest culture, and may be grown as a wild flower 
in any swampy or rough part of a place where the 
grass is not mown. I have seen it growing by the 
thousands in swamps and meadows, but it well re¬ 
pays the highest garden culture. Extra-selected 
bulbs . 1 25 6 00 
Tenulfollum. A beautiful, graceful Lily, with crimson 
reflex flowers. One of the choicest Lilies, but dies 
out in a year or two, but can be renewed from seed; 
blooms in June. 1 75 12 00 
Tlgrlnum flore pleno- The Double Tiger Lily. The 
only double Lily worth growing. 70 4 50 
“ Simplex. The well-known Single Tiger 
Lily. Of the easiest culture and worthy of 
general planting on account of stately habit 
and fine effect in landscape. 60 4 00 
Wallacel. Very free-flowering, hardy and showy; each 
bulb sends up many stems which bear several lovely 
vermilion-orange flowers. 1 00 6 00 
Washingtonlanum. Very fragrant flowers, changing 
from pure white to various shades of purple or 
lilac. 2 00 
Longiflorum Lilies. 
