HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
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Garden. Mid-June bloomer, flowers scarlet 
spotted black, with some chocolate blotches. 
30 cents each, $3.00 doz. 
Auratum. (Golden banded lily of Japan.) Mas¬ 
sive flowers, each with a distinct gold band, 
very fragrant. 25-50 cents each, $2.50-$5.00 doz. 
Auratum Platyphyllum. The immense flowers 
of this variety are very lightly spotted and 
are as much as 12 inches in diameter, the 
foliage is broader while the petals are over¬ 
lapping and possess more substance than in 
the type. 30-50 cents each, $3.00-$6.00 doz. 
Auratum rubro-vittatum. A richly colored va¬ 
riety, bulbs are very scarce. $1.00-$1.50 each 
Auratum Yirginale. This is the purest white of 
all the auratums, any spots are yellow and 
not crimson, the same gold band, however, is 
found. An exquisite variety. 
75 cents each, $8.00 doz. 
Auratum Wittei. Somewhat similar to virginale 
but the segments are shorter and broader 
than in other forms. 75 cents each, $8.00 doz. 
Note: This year all bulbs of the various auratums 
are offered with roots attached which should do much 
towards lessening the troubles growers have had 
with them in the past. 
Batemanniae. A superb lily blooming in late 
July. The stems attain a height of 3-4 feet 
and this season many carried 10-20 flowers 
each. The upright facing flowers are of a rich 
orange apricot color. We have a grand stock 
of this splendid lily. .35 each, 4.00 doz., 30.00 per 100 
Brown Odorum. An early July flowering Lily 
with large trumpet shaped flowers purplish 
without and creamy white within. Distinct 
fragrance. $1.00' each, $10.00 doz. 
Browni Colchesteri. Cultivated bulbs secured 
originally from England. A very fine form. 
Candidum (Madonna Lily). While early fall is 
the best time to plant this lily we can furnish 
splendid started bulbs in spring in quantity 
and these will flower well. We cannot supply 
any more of the New Salonika form before 
late summer as the demand for this variety 
was very heavy last season. Watch our fall 
bulb catalogue for offerings of this sensational 
addition which we were the first to offer in 
America in 1936. 
Strong flowering bulbs, 
$4.00-$6.00 doz., $30.00-$50.00 per 100 
Concolor. This charming rock garden lily comes 
to us from Siberia, it is an early bloomer 
with rich crimson scarlet flowers facing up¬ 
wards, rarely exceeds 18 inches in height. 
Follows tenuifolium in its season of bloom. 
30 cents each, $3.00 doz. 
Creelmanni. Can best be described as an extra 
fine form of princeps which is a Regale and 
Sargentiae hybrid from Canada. Flowering 
late it is very valuable. Large Flowering bulbs. 
$3.00-$5.00 each 
Cernuum. This Chinese lily has grasslike foliage 
and very wiry stems. Flowers are lilac rose in 
color, spotted wine color, fragrant and the 
plants are similar to tenuifolium in habit. 
Quite a scarce lily. 35 cents each, $4.00 doz. 
Chalcedonicum (Scarlet Turks Cap Lily). A na¬ 
tive of Greece and one of the parents of testa- 
ceum. The brilliant scarlet recurving flowers 
