
HARDY LILIES 

Lilies are so beautiful, and many so fragrant, that you may think 
them hard to grow, but most of the following varieties are easy. 
Generally, they are best planted where their roots will be in shadow 
and their stems and Jeaves 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 coil will serve, provided it drains 
well. Spade the Iand to a depth of 18 inches and work in General 
Garden Fertilizer; plant the bulbs in groups of three or more of a kind, 
Auratum. Stately Lilies growing 3 to 6 feet 
high. One plant bears twenty or more 
large, fragrant flowers 8 to 10 inches in 
diameter, in August. White, spotted deep 
red, with a bright yellow band running 
through the center of each petal. Plant 9 
to 12 inches deep. Stem-rooting. $1.10 
each, $10.50 for 10, $95 per 100. 
Canadense rubrum. Giant sprays of 
nodding bell-like orange-red blooms on 3 
to 5-foot stems in July. Stem-rooting. 
Plant 8 inches deep in full sun or light 
shade. Keep roots cool with ground cover. 
45 cts. each, $4 for 10, $30.00 per 100. 
Carolinianum (Southern Swamp _ Lily). 
Slightly fragrant, orange-scarlet blooms, 
spotted purple-brown, with whitish throats 
hang like bells atop the stem in July. 
Grows 2 to 4 feet high. Plants 5 to 6 inches 
deep; likes moist soil and good drainage. 
50 cts. each, $4.50 for 10, $35 per 100. 
Centifolium Hybrids. Immense white 
trumpets borne on stems up to 8 feet in 
height. Delightfully fragrant. White in- 
side; the external colors vary from emerald- 
green to pink-purple. Plant im light shade 
about 5 inches deep in well-drained soil; 
give slight protection in coldest parts of 
the country. They bloom in July and Au- 
gust. 65 cts. each, $6 for 10, $50 per 100. 
Concolor (Star Lily). Lovely star-shaped 
vermilion Lily 14% tmches long, slightly 
fragrant, borne erect on 114-foot stems in 
June and July. Plant about 3 inches deep. 
50 cts. each, $4.50 for 10, $35 per 100. 
Davidi. Showy, nodding 3-inch cinnabar- 
red or scarlet blooms, spotted with black, 
on 4 to 5-foot stems in July. Plant 6 inches 
deep. 55 cts. each, $5 for 10, $40 per 100. 
Davuricum. See Umbellatum. 
Henryi (Yellow Speciosum). Vigorous, 6 to 
8 feet high, with bright apricot-yellow 
flowers (more than twenty on a plant) 
in July and August. Plant 8 inches deep. 
Selected Bulbs, 60 cts. each, $5.50 for 10, 
$45 per 100. 
Maxwill. L. Maximowiczi X L. Willmottiz. 
Reflexed bright red flowers, with orange- 
red stamens, that look one straight in the 
face. Blooms in late July. Height 6 feet. 
Plant 8 inches deep. 55 cts. each, $5 for 10, 
$40 per 100. 
Pardalinum giganteum. See Sunset. 
Philadelphicum (Wood Lily; Orange Cup 
Lily). For dry, sandy places with partial 
shade. The short stalks are 1 to 2 feet 
high, with bright orange-red, erect cup- 
shaped flowers in July. Plant 5 inches 
deep. 45 cts. each, $4 for $10, $30 per 100. 
Philippinense formosanum. _ Slender, 
graceful trumpet Lily growing 3 to 4 feet 
high. The flower is pure white with an 
emerald-green throat shaded outside with 
violet. Delicious fragrance. Blooming in 
August and continues until frost. Plant 5 to 
6 inches deep. 55 cts. each, $5 for 10, 
$40 per 100. 
Regale (Royal Lily). Enormous alabaster 
trumpets are tinged with rose outside and 
suffused with gold within. Easiest Lily to 
grow. Stem-rooting; plant 6 to 8 inches 
deep in good well-drained soil. Grows 4 to 
6 feet tall. Blooms July. 
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Shelburne Hybrids. Bloom after other 
Lilies are over. Flowers vary m size and 
form and range from pure white to blush. 
80 cts. each, $7.50 for 10, $65 per 100. 
Shuksan. A cross between L. Humboldti 
magnificum and L. pardalinum. Vigorous 
grower, 5 to 6 feet tall; 15 to 20 flowers on 
one plant are not unusual. The color is a 
soft buff-yellow with large brown spots. 
At opening, the flowers are starlike. 60 cts. 
each, $5.50 for 10, $45 per 100. 
Speciosum magnificum (Showy Lily; 
Oriental Orchid). The picture on page 71 
does this Lily bare justice. Frosted white, 
spotted, clouded and bordered with crim- 
son. Blooms outside 4 to 5 ft. Choice 
Dutch-grown bulbs. Selected Bulbs, 85 cts. 
each, $8 for 10, $70 per 100. 
Speciosum album (White Orchid Lily). 
This most beautiful of Lilies flowers out- 
side in August. Among shrubs or peren- 
nials is a good place for it. See page 71. 
Selected Bulbs 90 cts. each, $8.50 for 10, 
$75 per 100. 
setting them on a 1-inch layer of sand. 
Many Lilies are “‘stem-rooters,”’ that 1s, they develop roots on the 
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 
covered by a thickness of soil twice the size of the bulb, from base 
on top; basal-rooters are planted shallow, overlaid by soil equal to 
one-half the size of the bulb. 
deep enough that the top of the bulb ts 
Sunset (L. pardalinum giganteum). Most 
spectacular of American Lilies. Brilliant 
orange-red on the reflexed portion of the 
segments; faces rich yellow closely dotted 
with brown. Borne in July in clusters up 
to ten on strong 5 to 8-foot stems clothed 
with whorls of foliage. Succeeds in full sun 
or partial shade. Plant 6 to 8 inches deep. 
45 cts. cach, $4 for 10, $30 per 100. 
Superbum (Turk’s-Cap Lily). It grows 5 to 
8 feet high, with an Immense cluster of 
brilliant orange-red, turban-shaped flowers, 
yellowish inside and spotted brown. Plant 
6 inches deep in well-drained, slightly acid, 
or neutral soil best in partial shade. Blooms 
in July. 35 cts. each, $3 for 10, $20 per 100. 
Tenuifolium (Coral Lily). Graceful Lily, 
wtth thread-like leaves and clusters of 
nodding, tiny, bell-like, recurved flowers of 
brilliant coral-red in June. Height 1 to 2 ft. 
Likes damp soil among rocks, with access 
to sunlight. Plant 6 inches deep. 35 cts. 
each, $3 for 10, $20 per 100. 
Tenuifolium, Golden Gleam. Beautiful 
golden yellow form of the above. Blooms 
at the same time. 45 cts. each, $4 for 10, 
$30 per 100. 
Tigrinum splendens. The Tiger Lily is 
well known; showy, spotted red-orange 
flowers in August. 4 to 5 ft. Easy to grow, 
thriving in full sun in any soil. Plant 6 
inches deep. 45 cts. each, $4 for 10, $30 
per 100. 
Tigrinum flore-pleno. The double Tiger 
Lily is even showier and more handsome. 
A5 cts. each, $4 for 10, $30 per 100. 
Umbellatum grandiflorum erectum. Vivid 
orange-scarlet flowers held upright on 2-foot 
stems are bornein June. Plant 4 to 6 inches 
deep, in full sunlght, in well-drained soil. 
65 cts. each, $6 for 10, $50 per 100. 
Umbellatum, Golden Fleece. The yellow 
form of the above. 70 cts. each, $6.50 
for 10, $55 per 100, 
Willmottiz. The 3 to 4-foot stem in July 
and August bears fifteen to twenty brilliant 
orange-red flowers measuring 3 inches 
across, with recurved petals freely dotted 
with brownish spots. Needs _ staking. 
Plant 8 inches deep. 55 cts. each, $5 for 10, 
$40 per 100. 

70 Hardy Lilies 
For best results with Lilies, be sure to follow the above directions 
as to planting depth 
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