HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
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OLD FASHIONED ROSES 
We have limited stocks of a few of the very old 
Roses like Cabbage, York & Lancaster, Damask and 
one or two others. Price $1.00 each. We will gladly 
send names of such varieties as we have, on appli¬ 
cation. 
STANDARD OR TREE ROSES 
Of these we have for some years carried moderate 
stocks. As the tops are well elevated and get a good 
circulation of air they are less susceptible to black 
spot than the dwarf hybrid teas. It is good policy to 
wrap some sphagnum moss about the bedded portions 
in spring and keep this moist until plants are well 
started. Neither the numbers nor the varieties of 
these standard roses are numerous and early appli¬ 
cation should be made for any needed. 
Varieties of Standard Roses are as follows: 
Alezane 
Countess Vandal 
Etoile de Hollande 
Frau Karl Druschki 
Golden Dawn 
Margaret McGredy 
Mrs. P. S. Dupont 
Mrs. Sam McGredy 
Radiance 
Signora 
Talisman 
Prices of Standard Roses, $3.25 each, $35.00 per doz. 
HARDY LILIUMS 
These are one of my leading specialties, and a 
large proportion of those offered are home grown 
bulbs. The coming of Lilium regale paved the way 
for a tremendously increased interest in Lilies. 
Whereas formerly but a limited number of varieties 
were listed or grown, the demand today is for a very 
much wider assortment, embracing practically all 
Lilies which will grow in North America. The bulb 
rooting varieties like Candidum and Testaceum 
should be planted quite shallow, 2-3 inches suffices, 
while such stem rooters as regale, speciosum, aura- 
turn, Henryi, Formosanum, Browni, and others should 
be covered 8-12 inches. All Lilies should be planted 
where their feet will be dry in winter, fresh manure 
must never be used in the soil at planting time, if 
very old and well decayed it is all right, all lilies 
love leaf mold and they seem to root with avidity in 
peat moss, sand is good for all of them and at 
planting time a cushion should be placed for each 
bulb to rest on scattering more above them. 
Candidum can be planted from early August on¬ 
wards, the majority of other lilies are ready in 
October but the imported bulbs of speciosums and 
auratum with one or two other varieties rarely ar¬ 
rive in America before December 1, sometimes much 
later, if places where these are to go are mulched 
to exclude frost they can be planted in either De¬ 
cember or January, failing this bulbs should be 
either kept in dry soil over winter in a cold cellar 
or potted and planted out in early spring. Bulbs 
should never be left exposed to sun and air for 
more than a brief time, scales will soon lose their 
plumpness, and shrivelled bulbs will never give the 
same results as plump ones. The idea that Lilies 
