SPECIAL AND IMPORT PRICES FOR FALL OF 1905 
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Fall Planting of LILIES 
All Lilies are better for fall planting, but many varieties of Japanese Lilies do not arrive from Japan before the ground freezes up. 
There is one method, however, by which they can be planted late in November or in December, and that is to cover the ground in which tliev 
are to be planted before it freezes with 8 to 12 inches of stable manure. This will 
prevent the ground from freezing, and the manure can be removed and the Lilies 
planted upon their arrival. We will not deliver any varieties of Lilies which do 
not arrive until after hard freezing weather until spring, unless instructed other¬ 
wise. We repack Lilies arriving too late for fall delivery in sand and store them 
in a cold cellar until spring, when they are delivered as early as possible. 
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 verj’ 
superior quality, but we 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 spaces 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. Planted in quantity, they may be had in bloom 
from June until frost, and bloom freely the first season after planting. 
Rub rum, 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 price 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. Longifiorum Lilies are similar in appearance to the Bermuda 
Easter Lilies, but are much more satisfactory for outdoor planting, as they are 
perfectly hardy. bloom of lilium auratum 
SOME GOOD LILIES 
There is a tendency to plant little else but the Auratum and Speciosum varieties of Japanese Lilies, which are very beautiful but do not 
bloom until after the middle of July, and there is a host of June-blooming Lilies that should be found in every garden, and none more beauti¬ 
ful than our graceful, dainty little native Lily, Canadense, with its spotted red or 
yellow flowers. Nothing finer for naturalizing in meadow or orchard. It will 
thrive in the wettest ground, and so will the splendid Superlmm, also a native 
Lily, blooming the end of June or early in July. We have seen the plants of 
this 8 feet high, with thirty or forty flowers. All varieties of Thunbergianum 
i Elegans) and Umbellatum Lilies bloom in June, and these are more vigorous 
and hardy or showier when planted in large clumps, and they are abundantly 
able to take care of themselves in almost any situation; and so are all varieties 
of Tiger Lilies, which make bold and most effective groups. A Japanese Lily 
not so well known is Hansoni, but one of the most distinct and desirable. It 
has a trick, however, of remaining dormant for a year after it is planted; in 
fact, I think it always does this if planted in the spring. Henryi, the new 
variety from Japan, is wonderfully vigorous and fine when established, but as 
yet the bulbs are extremely scarce and difficult to get. Brownii and Kxcelsum 
are two lovely Lilies, but the bulbs are getting very scarce and high-priced. 
PRICES OF LILIES 
LILIUM speciosum album 
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. We give these sizes, as they are generally used by the 
uatu ** Perdoz. 100 
Auratum. 8 to 0 inches.$0 90 $(> 50 
9 to 11 inches. 1 50 11 00 
11 to 13 inches. 2 50 18 00 
11 to 13 inches, selected bulbs. 3 00 21 00 
Longifiorum. The Longifiorum has largo,pure white,trumpet-shaped 
flowers like the Bermuda Easter Lily, but is perfectly hardy. 
5 to 7 inches. . 50 3 00 
6 to 8 inches... 75 4 50 
7 to 9 inches. 1 00 7 00 
9 to 10 inches. 1 GO 12 00 
Speciosum album. 8 to 9 inches. 1 50 10 50 
9 to 11 inches. 2 50 18 00 
11 to 33 inches. 3 50 25 00 
“ Melpomene. Similar to Rubrum, but more brilliant. 
7 to 9 inches. 1 35 9 00 
9 to 10 inches. 1 75 12 00 
“ rubrum, or roseum. Pink. 8 to 9 inches. 1 35 9 00 
9 to 12 inches. 1 75 12 00 
Monster bulbs. 2 25 10 00 
