
HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 13 
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 budded por- 
tions 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 ap- 
plication should be made for any needed. 
Varieties of Standard Roses are as follows: 
Alezane Mrs. E. P. Thom 
E. G. Hill Mrs. P. S. Dupont 
Golden Dawn Talisman 
Los Angeles Southport 
Mme. E. Herriott Temno 
Mary Hart Yosemite 
Also a few of other varieties. 
Prices of Standard Roses, $3.25 each, $35.00 
per doz. 
ROSES IN POTS FOR LATE PLANTINGS 
After the end of May we will have a fine stock of 
Hybrid Tea Roses in pots, also a number of Climbers 
of the more popular varieties, all are No. 1 stock. 
List of varieties and prices on application. 
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, auratum, 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 August on- 
wards, the majority of other lilies are ready in Oc- 
tober but the imported bulbs of speciosums and 
auratum with one or two other varieties rarely arrive 
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 must be planted 
