Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
Lilies 
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The name lily at once suggests the splendor 
of the gardens of the long ago. Their praise 
has been sung through the literature of all 
the ages and today no flower is displayed with 
greater pride of possession by its owner than 
the lily. 
Light, well drained soil is preferred by this 
flower; a handful or two of sand under each 
bulb is a help to them that the bulb may not 
get soggy. They like to send their roots 
through this to moist soil below. Give them 
plenty of water, a top dressing of well rotted 
manure or commercial fertilizer and they are 
happy. 
Plant in the edges of your shrub border or 
foundation planting so that the base of the 
plant at least is partially shaded, allowing them 
to come up through the foliage of the other 
plants, and they will give a striking and showy 
contrast in color effects. The following list 
will give a succession of bloom from Decora¬ 
tion Day until frost, and return each spring 
to brighten your garden. For depth to plant 
bulbs, see chart on page 62. 
AURATl’M (Gold Banded Lily) —Blooms July 
and August. Height 3 feet. Color, ivory- 
white, thickly marked with reddish choco¬ 
late dots. Immense bell-shaped flowers 
borne in clusters on long, stiff stalks. The 
most beautiful and popular variety of all the 
Lily family and should be in every garden. 
Plant 8 to 12 inches deep—1 foot apart . 
CORN —Foliage pale green, very long, slender 
and pointed. Flowers borne in clusters, and 
the individual flowers last but for one day. 
The Lily is salmon color, tinged with red. 
Perfectly hardy. Blooms July and August. 
Plant crown of the tuber 2 inches below sur¬ 
face and 8 to 12 inches apart. 
DOUBLE TIGER LILY —Richly colored blooms 
like the single Tiger Lily, but double clear 
to the center. Very hardy and desirable. The 
only double flowering lily. 
ELEGANS LILY —A beautiful orange-red lily, 
but with considerable variety of shades and 
spotting. 
FUNKIA BLUE (Day Lily) —Flowers light blue 
on showy spikes one to two feet. July and 
August. Beautiful glossy foliage. Plant 
crowns 2 inches below surface and 12 inches 
apart. 
LANCIFOLIUM ALBUM — Same as Lilium 
Lancifolium Rubrum, with the exception 
that the plant is not quite so rank a grower. 
The flower is a pure waxy white. Perfectly 
hardy in this latitude. Blooms June-July. 
Plant 8 to 12 inches deep—1 foot apart. 
LANCIFOLIUM RUBRUM —This we think be¬ 
yond question the hardiest of all of the Jap¬ 
anese Lilies. The plant grows to the height 
of about 18 to 24 inches. Foliage dark green 
and lance-like, hence the name. Flowers 
borne in clusters of from five to twenty, pink 
at margin of petal, deep rose color in center, 
thickly dotted with brown; petals curling 
back like petals of the Tiger Lily. We re¬ 
gard it as perfectly hardy. Blooms June, 
July and August. Plant 8 to 12 inches deep 
and 1 foot apart. 
LEMON —A pretty stalk, with long, narrow 
leaves, and flower stalks 2 to 3 feet high, 
crowned by beautiful lemon-colored flowers, 
3 to 4 inches in diameter; fragrant. Almost 
always in bloom on Decoration Day. Place 
crown of plant 2 inches below surface and 
8 to 12 inches apart. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY —Almost always in 
bloom on Decoration Day. Height 6 to 10 
inches. Heavy dark green foliage, with 
small, bell-shaped, pure white flowers in 
pretty racemes, graceful and extremely fra¬ 
grant. Requires rich, moist soil. Succeeds 
best in partial shade. Plant crowns 2 inches 
below surface and 3 inches apart. 
REGAL LILY —The Grandest Lily in the gar¬ 
den. Magnificent, large blossoms of white, 
lightly suffused pink, with beautiful canary- 
yellow center. Delightfully fragrant. I lowers 
borne in thick clusters on tall, strong stems, 
often four to five feet high. Very hardy and 
easy to grow. The most popular Lily of to¬ 
day, due to its rare beauty and superb 
coloring. 
TIGER LILY — Very common; color orange 
salmon, spotted dark brown. Stems 3 to 5 
feet high. Flowers numerous, nodding. A 
native of China and Japan. Blooms in July 
and August. Plant 8 inches deep and a 
foot apart. 
YUCCA FILAMENTOSA (Common Yucca) 
This variety is distinguished from the other 
Yuccas in that it has threads or filaments 
along the margins of the leaves. This plant 
throws up flower-stalks which grow to the 
height of about 5 to 6 feet, branching in 
tree form, and when in full bloom are loaded 
with tulip-shaped, pendulent, white flowers. 
In this latitude, the plant should have a light 
covering of straw, or some light material, 
to give the best results. It is better planted 
on rather dry land. 
