LILY FAMILY—Liliaceae 
The type species is Lilium, or true Lily. Many call Crinums, Callas, Cannas or any 
bulbs, “Lilies,” but this is an error. 
The Lily situation is most unsatisfactory because of the war. Many of our Lilies 
were grown in Japan, Bermuda, France, etc. American growers, because of lack of 
labor, have in many cases been unable to take care of their stock or to dig bulbs. We 
offer only the one true Lilium but several other genera of the Lily Family. We are 
omitting Gloriosas from our Fall Catalog but will list it in our Spring Catalog, before 
planting time. All the following belong to Liliaceae ending with Veltheimia. 
Lilium regale. Large fragrant, white flowers, tinted pink with cream throat. This 
is one of the hardiest and is easy to grow. It increases in size and number every year 
and becomes permanently established in the garden. It belongs in the perennial border 
along with Daylilies, Shasta Daisies, shrubs, etc. They prefer mildly acid soil and the 
addition of leaf mould and sand to your soil will give improved results. Mulch the 
ground or plant among shrubs or other plants that shades the soil surface but allows 
the plant to rise into the sunlight. Keep their feet cool and their heads warm. Large, 
over 2” diam. 30c ea. 3 for 80c. 
Roman Hyacinths. We have been lucky enough to have a few of our own and 
to be able to buy a few. Most of America’s stock has previously come from Holland 
and France. American sources have become depleted. 
Culture. Plant in full sun or slight shade in sandy loam. They are difficult to 
grow in heavy soil unless lightened by very large additions of humus. Plant about 3” 
deep. 
Roman Hyacinths. Assorted colors only. These are mostly blue and white. Price 
25c ea. Better order early as we have only a few. 
Muscari. Grape Hyacinths, var. Heavenly Blue. Racemes of closely placed, 
exquisite, tiny blue bells. Fine in pots or garden. L. 10c ea. 60c doz. 
Scillas are closely related to Hyacinths. Scilla hispanica looks so much like Roman 
Hyacinths that they are often confused with them. All are useful in the garden or in 
pots and for cutting. All are hardy in the north except S. peruviana. 
Scilla hispanica (campanulata). The Spanish Jacinth. The former name “campa- 
nulata” should be dropped altho many catalogs continue to use it. We are almost out 
of stock of the common blue sort but have a giant blue variety that is much superior 
to any other named variety. All Hispanicas need half shade. 
S. hispanica, Giant Blue. This is much the largest of the Hispanicas. Deep blue 
color, large flowers on 12” stems. These are fine for cutting and bulbs may be grown 
in pots like Roman Hyacinths, which they much resemble. They are as good as Roman 
Hyacinths and considerably larger. Large bulbs 30c ea. 
S. hispanica alba. A large white. Largest bulbs, 10c ea. 90c per doz. 
S. hispanica rosea. Pink flowers. 12c ea. $1.20 per doz. 
S. hyacinthoides. One of the finest bulbs for the outside garden and it is perfectly 
winter hardy in north. It has a densely flowered raceme often 3 ft. or more in height. 
Plant in full sun. If early planted, in the south it will flower in late winter to spring. 
In the north about mid-summer. Flowers are very useful for cutting. The bulb is 
extremely hardy and a strong grower and will even recover when left out of the ground 
a year. Take my advice, plant it. Top size, 25c. M., 15c. $2.35 and $1.50 per doz. 
S. peruviana. Here is another blue flowering bulb for your winter window garden, 
one that is easy to grow, sure to flower and makes a large display. The flower scape is 
short as it should be for a pot but flowers are well above foliage. The raceme is very 
broad,—often 6” or more, compact and oval to conical in form. Give the bulb a pot 
about twice it’s own diameter. Set it with neck of bulb above soil, full sun exposure 
and in a cool room. This is the only tender Scilla that we list, but it is very nice in 
southern gardens where it survives the winters well up the coast lines and is hardy at 
Washington, D. C. We have no small bulbs but jumbo size for 75c ea. and a few 
medium for 50c. 
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