LILIES FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
cold frame or suitable storage bed where they should remain until February for 
fall potted stock. With proper care such stock may be flowered a month to six 
weeks in advance of outdoor grown bulbs. 
To those who are not familiar with the indoor culture of Lilies, we will be 
glad to furnish any information we have available. In corresponding on the 
subject kindly advise full particulars so that we may give you data which is 
applicable to your particular needs. 
A Description of Lily Types 
In order that you may better visualize the various lilies described in the main 
body of this catalogue, we offer the following descriptions and illustrations of the 
types which comprise the genus. The genus Lilium is divided into two sub-genera 
namely Eulirion and Cardiocrinum. As the majority of Lily species belong in 
the first of these sub-genera it in turn is divided into four sections as Leucolirion, 
Archelirion, Pseudolirium and Martagon. 
SUB-GENUS EULIRION (bulbs normally perennial and of diverse form). 
Section 1—Leucolirion 
Flowers usually trumpet shaped, mostly 
white and horizontal. 
Examples: 
L. Regale 
L. Formosanum 
L. Brownii 
Section 2—Archelirion 
Flowers bowl or open funnel shaped. Per¬ 
ianth segments broadest below the middle. 
Flowers normally horizontal. 
Example: 
L. Auratum Platyphyllum 
Section 3—Pseudolirium 
Flowers erect and wide open, mostly red or 
orange. 
Examples: 
L. Elegans varieties 
L. Croceum 
L. Dauricum 
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