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HARDY LILIES 

Lilies are so beautiful, and many of them are so fragrant, that you 
may think they are hard to grow, but such is not the case with most 
of the following varieties—they are easy. 
Generally, they are best planted where their roots will be in shadow 
and their stems and leaves in full light. Ideal positions are amid 
shrubs or in the annual or perennial border, or in the companionship 
of ground-cover. Any good garden soil will serve, provided it drains 
well. Spade the Iand to a depth of 18 inches and work in our Bulb 
Fertilizer; plant the bulbs in groups of three or more of a kind, setting 
Canadense. The red Meadow Lily of frelds 
and roadsides. In July, its tall stems, 3 to 
5 feet high, bear great sprays of nodding, 
bell-like bright orange flowers dotted with 
maroon. It is stem-rooting, likes moist 
well-drained acid soil. Plant 8 inches deep 
in full sun or light shade and roots should 
be kept cool with a ground-cover. 25 cts. 
each, $2.25 for 10, $20 per 100. 
Canadense flavum. Pale yellow form of 
above. 30 cts. each, $2.75 for 10, $25 
per 100. 
Carolinianum. The Southern Swamp Lily. 
This is a near relative of the Turk’s-Cap 
Lily, L. superbum, but smaller and a little 
lighter in color. It grows 2 to 4 feet high, 
likes moist ground, but good drainage, and 
will endure almost total shade. The fra- 
grant flowers are orange-crimson with a 
whitish throat and hang like bright red 
bells at the top of the stem. Plant 5 to 
6 inches deep. Blooms in July. 40 cts. 
each, $3.50 for 10, $30 per 100. 
Concolor. Star Lily. This erect, cup-shaped 
Lily, flowering in July, with blooms of 
brightest orange, is among the showiest 
of rockery subjects, and charming in the 
border. Height 18 inches. 30 cts. each, 
$2.75 for 10, $25 per 100. 
Grayi. Gray’s Lily. Modest, bell-shaped 
flowers of orange-brown outside and bright 
red-orange and yellow inside, thickly 
powdered with darker dots. Grows 2 to 
4 feet high, likes slightly acid, moist, 
loamy soil and a sunny place, such as a 
stream-bank. Blooms in July. Plant 
A inches deep. 40 cts. each, $3.50 for 10, 
$30 per 100. 
Pardalinum giganteum. Sunset or Giant 
Leopard Lily. The most spectacular of 
American Lilies, and one of the world’s 
finest. An illustration in color appears on 
page 77. Brilliant orange-red on the 
reflexed portion of the segments, the faces 
of the magnificent ‘‘turk’s caps” are rich 
yellow closely dotted with brown spots. 
‘The flowers are borne in clusters up to ten 
on strong 5 to 8-foot canes which are 
clothed with whorls of pleasing foliage. 
It is one of the easier Lilies to grow, suc- 
ceeding in full sun or partial shade. Blooms 
in July and should be planted 6 to 8 inches 
deep. 30 cts. each, $2.75 for 10, $25 per 100. 

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them on a 1-inch layer of sand. This will aid soil drainage, and pre- 
vent the bulbs rotting through excess moisture. 
Many Lilies are ‘‘stem-rooters,” that is, they develop roots on the 
Philadelphicum. Wood Lily, Orange Cup 
Lily. A wild Lily of the eastern states, 
thriving in dry, sandy places with partial 
shade. The short stalks are 1 to 2 feet 
high, with dark red, erect cup-shaped flow- 
ers in July. Plant 5 inches deep. 30 cts. 
each, $2.75 for 10, $25 per 100. 
Philippinense formosanum. Sometimes 
described as the hardy Easter Lily. Long 
white trumpets glorify 6-foot stems in 
August and Septembér. An emerald-green 
throat adds to the picturesque flower. 
Fragrance is mild but delightful. 35 cts. 
each, $3 for 10, $27.50 per 100. 
Regale. The Royal Lily. A gorgeous Lily 
originally from the wilds of Tibet and 
western China, with enormous alabaster 
trumpets tinged with rose outside and 
suffused with gold within. This is one of 
the most popular of all white Lilies, and 
the easiest to grow. Stem-rooting; plant 
6 to 8 inches deep in-any good well-drained 
soil. Grows 4 to 6 feet tall. Blooms in July. 
See the color illustration on page 77. 
First-size Bulbs, 6 to Each 10 100 
Zine CILCUIIIS A eee $0 15 $1 40 $12 00 
Mammoth Bulbs, 7 to 
8 imeicinCUMacneu iene 2552-25.) 18°00 
Jumbo Bulbs, 8 to 
Olimearcmcumss ere 3082, 75-25 00 
Monster Bulbs, 9 to 
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Speciosum magnificum. The Showy Lily. 
The main color is white, clouded, banded, 
and spotted with crimson and pink. The 
plants are strong, with long, handsome 
leaves, grow 3 to 5 feet high, and bear 
great loose sprays of magnificent, delicately 
scented flowers in August and September. 
An easy Lily to grow, succeeding best if 
the lower part of the stem is in semi-shade. 
Stem-rooting, it should be planted 8 to 10 
inches deep; it likes slightly acid soil, al- 
though good results may be had in ordinary 
garden ground. Each 10 100 
First-size Bulbs......$0 45 $3 75 $35 00 
Mammoth Bulbs.... 60 5 50 50 00 
Speciosum album. Snowy white flowers 
with a deep emerald-green crease at the 
base of each petal, and showy yellow an- 
thers. Plant 8 inches deep in slightly acid 
soil. Blooms in August and September. 
First-size Bulbs......$0 45 $3 75 $35 00 
Mammoth Bulbs.... 60 eee 50 E50 200 
For best results with Lilies, be sure to follow the above directions 
as to planting depth 



stem above the bulb, in addition to roots below the bulb. Other 
kinds are ‘‘basal-rooters,”’ depending on roots below the bulb only. 
Stem-rooters are planted deep enough that the top of the bulb ts 
covered by a thickness of soil twice the size of the bulb, from base 
to top; basal-rooters are planted shallow, overlaid by soil equal to 
one-half the size of the bulb. 
Sulphureum. Large, trumpet-shaped flow- 
ers of pale sulphur-yellow, marked and 
suffused on the outside with red. Its un- 
usual color and heavy fragrance make it an 
outstanding Lily. Blooms in September. 
4 to 5 feet tall. Stem-rooting; plant 10 
inches deep in well-drained, ordinary gar- 
den soil. We offer large, selected bulbs. 
$1.50 each, $12.50 for 10, $100 per 100. 
Superbum. The Turk’s-Cap Lily. It grows 
5 to 8 feet high, with an immense, pyram- 
idal cluster of brilliant orange-red, turban- 
shaped flowers, yellowish imside and 
spotted brown. Plant 6 tmches deep in 
well-drained, slightly acid, or neutral soil 
well filled with peat or lJeaf-mold. Does 
best in partial shade. Blooms m July. 
20 cts. each, $1.75 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Tenuifolium. Coral Lily. A dwarf, very 
graceful Lily, with thread-like leaves and 
clusters of nodding, tiny, bell-like, re- 
curved flowers of brilliant coral-red in 
June. Illustrated in color on page 77. 
Likes damp soil among rocks, with access 
to sunlight above. Plant 6 mches deep. 
20 cts. each, $1.75 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Tenuifolium, Golden Gleam. A beautiful 
hybrid; apricot-yellow. 30 cts. each, $2.75 
for 10, $25 per 100. 2 
Tigrinum. The Tiger Lily is well known, 
with its showy, spotted red-orange flowers 
in wayside gardens in August and Jater. 
Very easy to grow, thriving in full sun in 
any soil. Plant 6 inches deep. 25 cts. each, 
$2.25 for 10, $18 per 100. 
Tigrinum flore-pleno. The double Tiger 
Lily is even showier and more handsome. 
25 cts. each, $2.25 for 10, $18 per 100. 
Umbellatum - grandiflorum  erectum. 
Vivid orange-scarlet flowers held upright 
and produced in June. Of easy culture and 
particularly suited for the border. Plant 
4 to 6 inches deep in full sunlight in well- 
drained soil containing peat or Jeaf-mold. | 
Large bulbs. 40 cts. each, $3.50 for 10, 
$30 per 100. 
Washingtonianum. Opens white, chang- 
ing to varying shades _of wine-color 
slightly spotted deeper. Remarkably ro- 
bust, free-blooming, and wonderfully fra- 
grant. Blooms June and July. Stem- 
rooting; plant 10 tnches deep in partial 
shade and watch the drainage. 60 cts. each, 
$5.50 for 10, $50.00 per 100. 
Aigninum éaplendends 
fgpinum dp 
STUMPP & WALTER CO. 
