SUPERBUM “JO HENRY” Perhaps the only lily with branch- 
ed peduncles ever found in America. This amazing and very 
beautiful lily has created quite a sensation. The stately 
spires of bloom on plants scarcely established are 8 feet tall 
and 18 inches in diameter. The splendid light red flowers are 
produced in profusion. A strong and vigorous grower with 
good stems, it is as hardy as a rock to below zero without 
protection. It flowers in August. This wonderful lly from 
the mountains of Alabama is one of the finest plants ever 
found by Mrs. Henry. Each $100.00 
SUPERBUM, MRS. HENRY’S NEW VARIETY A splendid 
lily found in a Florida swamp six years ago. The coloring 
is much the same as L. superbum, but the longer, wide- 
spreading stamens give grace and distinction to the flowers. 
The leaves are much longer and narrower than the type and 
the stem is exceptionally rigid. It is a vigorous grower and 
reached a height of over 10 feet in its native home. It comes 
into bloom three or four weeks later than L. superbum. It 
was illustrated in 1942, “American Horticultural Society 
Lily Year Book” on page 91. It has withstood subzero win- 
ters without any protection. ~ Each $25.00 
SUPERBUM, var. NORMAN HENRY This is a rare yellow 
form that was only recently discovered. It is a character- 
tistic L. superbum with blooms of a clear, unshaded and un- 
spotted butter yellow. The flowers are of splendid texture 
with a surface like fine panne velvet. It is in best form 
when gardens are apt to be rather bare, late July and ear- 
ly August. And it is, without question, one of the most 
valuable garden plants in the world today and, more than 
that, one of the loveliest. L. superbum Norman Henry was 
given an Award of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society 
on September 7, 1948. Each $25.00 
NEPALENSE (india) A rare and beautiful lily from the Himalayas. 
The blooms are bell-shaped and pendant, clear greenish-yellow 
heavily overlaid with deep wine-purple. It has stoloniferous 
stems and is one of the most exotic of all lilies but only moder- 
ately reliable. We recommend the use of a great deal of humus 
in the soil and a location that is a bit on the moist side, especial- 
ly in the North. July flowering. Height 4 feet. Plant six inches 
deep. Each $4.00 
PAGODA (de Graaff) Six or eight brilliant orange blooms, face 
upright on three foot stems. An excellent lily of good color, 
much later than most upright lilies and of better color. Early 
July. Plant five inches. Each $1.35 Dozen $14.00 
PAPILLIFERUM This is one of the Yunnanese lilies sent to us in 
1947 by the celebrated explorer Dr. Joseph F. Rock. 
The plant, with us, is dwarf reaching only to 12 inches and bear- 
ing several small recurved blooms. The color is deep garnet on 
the interior of the petais with a central stripe of greenish white 
and the reverse is the same garnet but heavily overlaid with 
bronzy green. The leaves are slender and scattered and the 
stem has a marked tendency to wander underground. On our 
grounds the plants have been perfectly hardy through two dif- 
ficult winters and we find that they have the real advantage of 
coming into growth very late in the season. The blooms are 
fragrant and the plant is August flowering. A few bulbs will 
be released this season. Each $10.00 
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