White, emerald-green throat 
FORMOSANUM 
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A Feu General Rules for Lily Culture 
Plant bulbs promptly upon arrival—-they re- 
sent being moved and deteriorate when out 
of the ground too long. For this reason we 
do not hold bulbs in cold storage but ship 
immediately they are dug. 
Best location, southeast exposure, in warm 
sunny or half shady spot. They like mellow 
soil with plenty of old leaf mold, finely pul- 
verized peat and always must be WELL 
DRAINED. They cannot stand wet soggy, 
soils. Protect from late frosts, extreme heat 
and drouth. 
Best fertilizer is bonemeal and potash—wood 
ashes are fine when thoroughly mixed with 
the soil. Dust bulbs with powdered sulphur 
to keep insects from attacking them until 
well established. 
DEPTH: General rule- Soil 
about 1% to 2 times the size of the bulb. 
That is, a bulb 2 inches high calls for 8 to 
4 inches of soil above the bulb. Candidum, 
Giganteum Himalacum and Cordatum. are. ex- 
ceptions. 
soil, the other two almost at the surface. 
Once planted, LEAVE THEM ALONE... Do 
not.-move lilies unless absolutely necessary. 
Keep moist during the growing period. Many. | 
lilies produce stem roots above the bulb to | 
within an inch of the surface spreading out 
to two feet in diameter. Cultivate with ex- 
ROMAINE B. WARE — LILIES 
Successor to 
JULIA E. CLARK 
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CANBY, OREGON 
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above bulb 
Candidum, cover with 2 inches of 
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treme care, if at all. It is better to mulch 
with leaf mold or peat to keep cool and moist. 
If you use peat, mix half and half with fine 
loam. 
In clay soils dig hole 24 inches in diameter 
and as deep, put in 6 inches of crushed gravel, 
broken flower pots or such—then chopped 
sod, face down, for six inches. Now, six inches 
of good loam top soil mixed with compost 
and sand. Add several handfuls of bonemeal 
and some wood ashes. Firm this and wet 
down thoroughly. Then add plain loam, good 
mellow soil and wet down well. Plant bulb 
at the proper depth with a handful of sharp 
sand directly below it to make doubly sure 
of drainage. For scaly bulbs, hold scales to- 
THEN LEAVE THEM ALONE. 
Some few varieties do not make growth 
above the ground till the second season so 
place a small stake at planting time to lo- 
cate the planting and avoid digging them up. 
Go easy on cutting until bulbs are well estab- 
lished. The stems help nourish the bulb for 
“next year. Remove wilted bloom and do not 
allow seed to form as it saps strength for 
the growing bulb. 
_Candidum makes growth in the fall, so plant 
early. In the spring remove the fall leaf 
growth. Testaceum makes growth in the fall 
below the surface and must go in early. 


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