NOTICE 
Plant clean, Wealthy stock free 
of the insidious mosaic which 
has accounted foi most of your 
past failure^ with lilies. * , 
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Horsford's certified’-^lbs will 
guarantee your success. Regent K 
discoveries by scientist 
mosaic as the greatest contril 
tor to all losses in Hardy Lilies. 
We can offer the following 
varieties in certifed stock and 
we give complete cultural direc¬ 
tions with every order. 
We can supply strong flowering 
bulbs of the varieties Centifolium, 
Creelman Seedlings, Crow's Hybrids, 
Shelburne Hybrid and Sulphur-gale 
Hybrids (qj 60c each, $6.00 per doz. 
Prices listed in this folder are for 
largest size bulbs. 
Li )ium Centifolium 
Amabile. A rare Koran of interesting shape. Grenadine- 
red, freely spotted black. July. 3 to 4 ft. 50c each, 
(5.00 per doz. 
Auratum. The most popular J.ilv grown- Known and 
easily distinguished by the gold band on each petal. July- 
Scpiember. 2 to 6 ft. 75c each, (7.50 per doz. 
fjrayi. Doesn’t mind tutting a bit. Many like to combine 
it with some frilly white flowers like Achillea for a 
bouquet or garden effect. Rich red, lightly (potted 
maroon. July. 5 to 4 ft. 40t each, (4,00 per dot 
Hansonii. Its nodding flowers, with their thick waxen 
petals, will bring you their delicate fragrance; the earliest 
of all lilies. Six to ten reddish orange blooms in a 
cluster. June. 3 to 4 ft. 50c each, (5.00 per do/. 
Henryi. Gis't-n heights will vary with soil and growing 
conditions, but we’ve honestly seen this Lily 9 feet high. 
Very easy to grow, too. Graceful sprays of brilliant 
apricot-yellow. August, September. 5 0c each, (5.00 per 
doz. 
M axwill. A new hybrid between I., willmottiae and L. maxi- 
mowczii. In color it resembles the former but has the 
stiff stem of the latter which marks it a greatly improved 
variety. Orange. July. 5 to 4 ft. $1.00 each, (10.00 
per doz. 
Auratum platyphyllum. The largest of all Auratums, with 
broader petals. (1.00 each, (10.00 per doz. 
Canadense. ;. e're sorry we can’t guarantee the color of 
this wild Lily, but everything else about it is all right. 
May be a brick-red, or a clear golden yellow. June, July. 
2 ui I ft. 15c each. (1.50 per doz. 
Centifolium. This variety is called a giant among lilies, 
with long, trumpet-shaped white flowers, streaked outside 
with brown and flushed inside with yellow at the base of 
the trumpet. July. 4 to 5 ft. $1.00 each, $10.00 per 
doz. 
Creelman Seedlings, beautiful trumpet lilies grown from 
the seed of the famous George C. Creelman Hybrid. 
Vigorous stems with many gorgeous white blooms. July. 
4 to 5 ft. $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
Cross’s Hybrids. Outstanding creamy tones of coloring, 
some with greenish yellow throats and others clear yellow. 
Anthers vary from yellow to orange and dark brown. 
July-August. 4 to 5 ft. $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
Dasidii. A very rigorous and dependable Lily of Turk’s 
Cap type. Numerous red flowers. July-August. 4 to 
4 ft. 40c each, $4.00 per doz. 
Kegale. A truly Regal beauty, and the best behaved queen 
of the lot. l'aradc her before a royal curtain of Delphinium 
to show- her off to best advantage. White, slightly suffused 
with pink, shading to beautiful shade of canary-yellow at 
the throat. July. 3 to 5 ft. 50c each, (5.00 per do/. 
Shelburne Hybrid. This Lily is the result of a cross be¬ 
tween L. regale and the beautiful L. sargentiae. A tall 
grower with very large trumpet and coming in u-n days 
later than 1.. regale. 4 to 5 ft. \) .00 each, ( ) 0.00 per Z 
Speciosurn. Var. Kubrum. Much like Auratum, though 
not so large. It makes itself at home easily, blooms 
boldly, and its grate and fragrance help out a Jot in late 
August. Delicate pink with deep rose dots. 75c each, 
$7.50 per doz. 
Sulphur-gale Hybrids. These beautiful liiies were obtained 
by crossing L. sulphurcum with L. regale. Larger and 
taller than regale and flowering two weeks later. $1.00 
each, (10.00 per doz. 
Superbum. America’s handsomest natis'c Lily, in our 
opinion, with its immense, pyramidal cluster of blooms 
right up high where you can admire them. brilliant 
orange-red shading to yellow and spotted with brown. 
July. 4 to 4 feet. 2 5c. each, $2.50 per doz. 
RliGAI. Hauls 
ami bulbs 
F. H. HORSFORD 
CHARLOTTE - VERMONT 
1940 Autumn 
Supplement 
