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LILIUM HANSONI 
A choice Korean species bearing many handsome yellow flowers with thick 
petals. It is very hardy and easily grown but should be planted in partial 
shade. Plant 6 inches deep. Height, 3 to 4 feet. Blooms in the open. Succeeds 
well under greenhouse culture. 
Per 100 Per Case 
7 to 9 inch—200 to case.$12.00 
8 to 9 inch—100 to case. 
9 to 10 inch—100 to case. 
10 to 11 inch— 50 to case. 
$ 22.00 
14.00 
18.00 
14.00 
KRAMERI (Japonicum) 
One of the few pink Lilies. Usually two, and as many as five, beautiful pale 
pink funnel-shaped flowers appear on slender stems. Plant in open, 8 inches 
deep. Blooms in July. Succeeds under glass. 
Per 100 
Per Case 
5 
to 
7 
inch—240 
to 
case. 
.$10.00 
$19.00 
6 
to 
8 
inch—200 
to 
case. 
. 12.00 
20.00 
7 
to 
9 
inch—100 
to 
case. 
14.00 
BATEMANNIAE 
BATEMANNIAE. This apricot shaded Lily is easy of cultivation and grows 
equally well in partial shade as in full sun. 
Per 100 
6 to 8 inch.$12.00 
LILIUM TIGRINUM SPLENDENS 
Per 100 
Per Case 
7 
to 
9 
inch—250 
to 
case. 
.$ 7.00 
$15.00 
8 
to 
9 
inch—200 
to 
case. 
. 9.00 
15.00 
8 
to 
10 
inch—170 
to 
case. 
. 10.00 
15.00 
9 
to 
10 
inch—150 
to 
case. 
. 12.00 
15.00 
TIGRINUM FL. PL. (Double Tiger Lily). The only double Tiger Lily worth 
growing. Per 100.$11.00 
VARIOUS LILIUMS 
CANADENSE. Drooping bells which vary from yellow to red with maroon dots. 
Per 10.$1.50 Per 100.$10.00 
Lilium Rubrum (Magnificum) 
**TIie Aristocrat of Lilies” 
Standing Wreath composed of Orchids and Lilium Rubrum "Mag¬ 
nificum" (Oriental Orchids). There is no Lily that lends itself so 
gracefully to floral work of all kinds. Has a particular charm all 
of its own. Easily grown. Photograph by courtesy of Small's Flower 
and Garden Center, Dupont Circle, Washington, D. C. 
(See colored illustration on inside back cover) 
CERNUM. Lovely pink flowers, pine-leaved. We consider this an interesting 
novelty in the assortment of Hardy Lilies in cultivation. As far as we know it 
is an origination of Japan. Nature of growth is similar to the variety Tennui- 
folium, however, it is much stronger, producing from 5 to 10 flowers to each stem. 
Per 10.$2.50 Per 100.$18.00 
DAVURICUM. Flowers of rich orange shade, flushed red and spotted black. 
June and July. 2 feet. 
Per 10.$2.00 Per 100.$15.00 
ELEGANS. Very hardy dwarf lilies, erect flowers of orange. 
Per 10.$1.50 Per 100.$11.00 
SUPERBUM (Swamp Lily). Graceful stems five to six feet, terminating in a 
pyramid of bright orange crimson flowers. 
Per 10.$1.50 Per 100.$10.00 
UMBELLATUM GRANDIFLORUM. A very showy Lily of easy culture, bearing 
in June, large, handsome, rich orange flowers shaded red. Very effective in 
shrubbery and flower borders. 
Per 10.$1.50 Per 100.$12.00 
Lilies work so wonderfully well into a great variety of basket 
designs that we believe it will pay you to have a good planting 
of several varieties. 
LILIUM PHILIPPINENSE FORMOSANUM 
A distinct Lily of refined and graceful appearance, with long, 
grassy foliage and exquisitely shaped long, wide-mouthed trumpet 
flowers of the purest white, slightly colored externally with reddish 
brown. This outside coloration fades as the flower matures. Blooms 
September. Height, 3 to 6 feet. Plant 8 inches deep. 
Per dozen.$1.00 Per 100.$7.00 
LILY BULBS 
From 1940 Crop 
ERABU—ERABU HAYAI 
GIGANTEUM (Northern grown) 
GIGANTEUM (Southern grown) 
NEW ORLEANS CREOLE 
NIPPON (Improved Giganteum) 
Above kinds supplied by case or carload. Our sources of 
supply for the above are from the "Fountain Head" and 
quotations will be found to be consistent with market 
values. Because of more or less disturbing conditions in 
the growing section we believe that advance orders for 
above will result to our mutual advantage. A. B. C. 
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