Below: Close-up of the 
Hardy Tropical 
STAR LILIES 
STAR LILIES 
Showing their pleas¬ 
ing growth habits. 
STAR LILY 
CULTURE 
I have found that 
they give the most 
beautiful display when 
2 or 3 bulbs are plant¬ 
ed 6 inches apart in a 
single box. Thus they 
come up and make 
their growth almost as 
a single plant and 
where the Rose and 
Blue Stars are used to¬ 
gether they give a most 
pleasing effect. For 
years the Star Trio 
Collection has proven 
one of my most popu¬ 
lar groups. 
Star Lilies are ship¬ 
ped to our customers 
as dormant bulbs in 
somewhat the same 
manner as a Hyacinth 
bulb. We send them 
out along with the Har¬ 
dy Lilies and plants 
with your order. This 
is made possible by 
their entirely different 
growth habits as con¬ 
trasted with all other 
Tropical Water Lilies. 
PLANTING. Select a 
warm sunny spot and 
see that the other lilies 
do not smother them 
until they get started. 
Use a box 15 to 24 
inches sguare and a 
foot deep, using a rich 
clayey loam if possible 
(otherwise, any good 
garden soil). They pro¬ 
duce quantities of long, 
soft, rope-like roots 
which luxuriate in a 
fertile soil. They should 
have preferably 5 to 8 
inches of water over 
them. The end with 
the brown fuzz is the 
top and should be 
about an inch beneath 
the soil. 
They will start into 
growth only when the 
temDerature reaches 65 
to 75 degrees in May 
and June. Like a Hya¬ 
cinth bulb, they will 
stand a lot of abuse 
and come up again 
year after year. From 
the time the first leaf 
floats on the water 
they grow with incred¬ 
ible rapidity, a bulb 
often producing 2 or 3 
crowns, each of which 
will flower abundantly. 
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HOW TO WINTER STAR LILIES 
Star Lilies are easily carried through the winter as dormant 
bulbs. The bulbs we send you will continue to sprout each spring 
for many years. By no means throw them away in the fall! The 
young plants will also form bulbs of their own if not killed by late 
frosts. The old bulbs may be removed (pulled off) from beneath the 
new plants safely any time after mid-summer. After removal they 
should be stored in a box of moist, clean sand in a frost-free cellar 
until the following spring, when they may be planted again. 
The young plants make splendid tubers, too, if the box in which 
they grow is lifted in September almost to the surface, which will 
force the plant to quit growing and ripen off its bulb. 
BRILLIANT — FRAGRANT 
They Are Also Easily Wintered 
My own feeling about the Star Lilies is 
that if I could grow but one lily this is the 
one I should choose. Every year they gain 
a new circle of friends, for whoever sees them 
falls in love with them. They have all the 
good points one could wish for. Brilliance 
of color, the pinks fresh and clear, the blues 
electric, vivid. Captivating fragrance, spicy 
like Lily of the Valley. And bloom! No other 
lily can compare with them. Often customers 
write that a plant has produced from 100 to 
200 flowers in a season, for the tubers that I 
will send you often produce several crowns, 
each of which will bloom independently. It 
is no uncommon thing to see a plant with 5 
to 6 open flowers at once. Remember that 
each flower is 5-7 inches across and they 
continue blooming until autumn. During past 
years we have found it almost impossible to 
grow enough of them. 
ROSE STAR 
Illustrated at left. An exquisite warmly col¬ 
ored flower. Though the picture well shows 
these saucy blossoms no words can convey 
their spicy fragrance. Star Lilies will keep 4 
to 5 days in a vase, treating them just as you 
would roses. Pick them the day BEFORE 
you want them. They often pro- -- or - 
duce over 100 flowers in a sea- JjJ I f_J 
BLUE STAR 
A brillian blue flower whose glorious spark¬ 
ling beauty will win your heart. The lily for 
every pool. Grows easily, blooms unbeliev¬ 
ably freely and may be saved in the fall by 
storing in the basement. Plant Blue , nr 
and Rose Star in the same box. 3J I 
The color harmony is perfect . . .L 
PINK STAR. A beautiful, clear soft pink 
blossom. They often reach 8 inches in diam¬ 
eter and are abundant bloomers. $1.25 
ORCHID STAR. A charming Orchid pink 
flower and free bloomer. The color is particu¬ 
larly vivid—almost red—in late summer... $1.50 
3 Star Beauties 
COLLECTION E19 
These three Star Lilies may be 
planted 6 inches apart in a single 
box 2 feet square. So planted, they 
grow as one plant and give a strik¬ 
ingly beautiful display. THE SAME 
TUBERS may be planted again next 
' LbLUE STAR $"-100 
2 ROSE STARS. J 
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