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EDWARD GILLETTS CATALOGUE 
LILIES. 
LI]LIl T M Al RATFM (Golden Rayed Lily of Japan) — A large and beautiful 
species, with a white groundwork, and little points of crimson all over the inner 
face, a narrow band of gold painted along the center of each petal. Very 
fragrant and hardy. I can supply nice large bulbs at 15 cents each, $1.50 per 
dozen. 
Candidum (Annunciation Lily) — A most beautiful and fragrant lily, well known 
in cultivation. A thrifty grower, delights in a light, sandy soil, and is sure to 
repay the care we devote to it. Hardy. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen, 
elegans (Thunbergianum) — Extra tine red. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen, 
elegans semi fl. pi. — Red, with the inner petals white fringed. 25 cents each. 
Canadense (Wild Meadow Lily) — Grows 2 to 0 feet high, with one to many yel¬ 
low or yellowish-red (lowers. Moist clay or sandy soil, well enriched. 10 cents 
each. $1 per dozen. 
var. rubrum — Has red flowers. A tine lily. 15 cents each, $1 25 per dozen, 
var. flavum —lias yellow (lowers. 15 cents each. $1.25 per dozen, 
tenuifolium (Coral Lily) — This is one of the most beautiful of lilies. Not a large 
species, but the dazzling Vermillion (lowers, with their wax-like rehexed petals 
suspended fairv-like on graceful stems among the narrow foliage, are so bright 
that they attract attention at a great distance, and bloom so early in spring as 
to enliven the surroundings when other plants are scarce. From Siberia. 20 
cents each, $2 per dozen. 
tigrinum (Tiger Lily) — Orange salmon, spotted black. 10 cents each. $1 per doz. 
tigrinum Flore Pleno (Double Tiger Lily)—10 cents each, $1 per dozen, 
tigrinum splendens (The Great Tiger Lily) — A noble species, 5 to 8 feet high, 
with large, orange salmon (lowers. Later than tigrinum. 15 cents each, $1.50 
per dozen. 
umbel latum — Scarlet and orange. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
Philadelphicum (Wild Orange-Red Lily) — 1 to 2 feet high, with upright 1 to 2 
open bell-shaped flowers, reddish-orange spotted with purple. Plant in a well- 
drained soil. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen, 
superbum (The Superb Orange Lily) — A very fine native lily, from 4 to 8 feet 
high, with (lowers from 5 to 50 on a stalk. It is a great feeder and requires 
lots of line manure. In a soil 2 to 4 feet deep. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen, 
superbum — Extra large bulbs. 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen. 
.. ROS ES*®® co *. 
In the following list of Roses, only those are mentioned that are particularly 
desirable on account of their hardiness, easy culture and beautiful flowers. I offer 
large, flowering plants. (Too large for the mail.) 
Aline (le Diesbach — Flowers large, crimson, fragrant. 35 cents each. 
Baroness Rothschild — Flowers large, light pink, deepening to rose, 
borne on long stems, and surrounded by line clusters of dark green leaves. 
Very choice. 40 cents each. 
Fisher Holmes — Deep glowing crimson, large, full, and of fine form. 
Very fragrant. 40 cents each. 
General Jaeillieininot — This is probably the best known of all Hybrid 
Perpetuals, and is without a rival in fragrance and richness of color. Crimson. 
40 cents each. 
Gloire Lyoilliaise — A beautiful rose, with leather-like foliage. Flowers 
creamy white, shading to lemon at the center. Very Double. 40 cents each. 
La France — a very popular rose, large and beautiful, both in bud and 
expanded (lower. Silvery rose in color, and deliciously fragrant. A great 
bloomer. 40 cents each. 
La Reilie — A beautiful clear bright rose, large and full. Very hardy. A 
standard sort. 40 cents each. 
