HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 15 

Centifolium. A magnificent new lily of great 
vigor and hardiness, introduced by the late 
Reginald Farrer. The immense pure white 
trumpet shaped flowers are tlushed with yel- 
low at the base of the trumpet, outside the 
trumpets are streaked with green and light 
brown, Stem rooter and requires deep plant- 
ing. This seems destined to become one of our 
dominant garden lilies when stocks increase, 
Needs good winter protection. Good flower- 
ing bulbs. 75 cents-$2.00 each 
Croceum. This is the true old orange lily of 
British gardens where it is seen growing lux- 
uriantly on every hand, grows much taller 
than umbellatum and blooms later, not infre- 
quently carrying 16-20 flowers to each stem, 
Color rich orange, one of our very best lilies. 
40 cents each, $4.00 doz. 
Crows Hybrids. A splendid race of white trum- 
pet lilies blooming later than regale, some- 
what variable in type but containing some 
grand forms, developed in Canada and pos- 
sess wonderful vigor. : $1.00-$2.00 each 
Dauricum pardinum. (syn. Iwato) A magnificent 
lilium not blooming until August, has re- 
markable vigor growing 3-5 feet high and 
carries aS many as 15-25 flowers on its husky 
stems. Flowers are soft orange in color and 
heavily spotted. A grand lily. 
50 cents each, $5.00 per doz. 
Elegans (Thunbergianum). A dwarf growing 
and early blooming type, fine for mass effects 
and bedding, flowers are erect. Choice mix- 
ture. ; 25 cents each, $2.50 doz. 
Elegans Aureum Nigro-Maculatum. Apricot 
with black spots. 25 cents each, $2.50 doz. 
Elegans Alice Wilson. Lovely large pale yel- 
low, deeper in center. 40 cents each, $4.00 doz. 
Elegans Atro-Sanguineum. Dark red, crimson 
in center. 25 cents each, $2.50 doz. 
Formosanum. Late flowering variety. A grand 
lily for blooming in late August and until 
October, larger trumpets than regale. Many 
‘come pure white while others are colored ex- 
ternally like regale. Often misnamed Philip- 
pinense by firms offering it. 
30 cents each, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100 
‘Giganteum Himalaicum. This is the tallest and 
most noble of all hardy lilies. Not a plant for 
the open garden, it must have moderate shade 
and the idea location for it is an open glade 
in woodlands where it will be sheltered from 
strong harsh winds. The big bulbs should not 
be covered over 4 inches, a soil containing 
plenty of muck and peat moss, some old man- 
ure and coarse sand suits it. The big semi- 
pendant flowers are 12-15 inches long, pure 
white with a purplish base and midribs. Fine 
bulbs in pots. $2.00-$3.00 each, $22.50-$33.00 doz. 
Henryi (Henry’s Lily). Sometimes called the 
“vellow speciosum.” The orange yellow, re- 
flexing flowers appear during August. Has 
very great vigor and sometimes attains the 
height of 8-10 feet. Extremely dependable. 
25-50-75 cents each, $3.00-$5.00-$7.50 doz. 
Japonicum (Krameri). A beautiful Lily with 
trumpets of pure peach pink flowers. The 
stiff stems carry 2-6 flowers each and the 
flowers are at their best in mid-July. Planted 
in the open with merely a winter mulch of 
cranberry tops this Lily grows and blooms 
