
HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 3 

Each Doz. 
Backhouse Hybrids. Results of crosses 
by the late Mrs. R. O. Backhouse 
between martagon and Hanson. 
Splendid late June bloomers with 
much vigor. Stocks are still very 
light, the demand being far in 
excess of the supply. 
Brocade. Very vigorous. Color 
orange yellow, rosy pink without, 
interior dotted and marbled pink 
and chocolate .......sccesserens 3.00 
Mrs. R. O. Backhouse. A superb 
and very vigorous hybrid, color 
orange yellow spotted purple .... 3.00 
Sceptre. Extremely vigorous, at- 
taining a height of 6 feet. As many 
as 40 of the star-shaped flowers, 
which are orange colored with a 
pinky buff shading, are carried to 
a stems. nia sven clon ono een eee 4.00 
Sutton Court. The reflexing orange 
yellow flowers of this variety are 
heavily spotted with purple, ex- 
terior of petals is shaded with pink 
and interior with pale yellow. Very 
robust) .:fApiw weet held vi uate cee 4.00 
Bolanderi. A California lily with red- 
dish purple flowers, spotted dark 
purple. Something in the way of 
Columbianum 237. guwsdsitees wae oe 75 
Brenda Watts. One of Miss Preston’s 
hybrids from the Ottawa Experi- 
mental Station, Ontario, Canada. 
Excellent grower carries numerous 
large, reflexed, fire red _ flowers, 
dotted purplish black, in July. Bulbs 
as'yet very SCareé (ose e ne ya eae 3.00 each 
Browni Colchesteri. A very fine form 
of this trumpet lily which flowers 
in advance of regale. The large 
blooms are white, stained purplish 
externally fo. oe ores te ee 1.00 each, 10.00 doz. 
Browni odorum. This is the original 
wild form from China where the 
bulbs are much appreciated for food. 
There is much substance in the large 
trumpet shaped pure white flowers 
which are purplish without. Choc- 
olate anthers. Plant 8 inches deep. 
Needs perfect drainage ....1.25 each, 13.50 doz. 
Bulbiferum. A native of Central 
Europe this lily proves to be a good 
grower in North America. The 
bright orange red flowers are dotted 
deep purplish black and tinged or 
blotched yellow in the centre. Flow- 
ers in early June sherieee te eee .50 5.00 
Burbanki. A graceful lily of rather 
uncertain parentage, with parda- 
linum, Parryi and Washingtonianum 
in its makeup, similar color to parda- 
Janta | ic cathe eos aa ee eee 1.00 10.00 
Callosum. Flowers are orange red, 
unspotted, reflexed in the same way 
as superbum and _ Chalcedonicum, 
loves full sunshine, blooms late July 30 3.00 
Canadense. A beautiful and graceful 
native lily succeeding well in either 
sunshine or shade. Fine either in the 
garden or for naturalizing. The 

