CENTIFOLIUM HYBRIDS “SPECIAL SELECT” The choicest plants 
of the trumpet family are included here. Each plant is spectacu- 
lar, each is of exhibition quality so far as stature, quality, place- 
ment of bloom, and coloring are concerned. 
Each $1.50 Dozen $15.00 
CENTIFOLOUM PINK PERFECTION STRAIN The deGraaff strain 
in pink centifolium and true fuschia pink in color. The interior 
as well as the reverse of the petals is stained with this shade. 
The flowers are subject to bleaching in extremely hot weather. 
Each $4.00 
CERNUUM (Korea) In shape and plant habit this lily closely re- 
sembles L. tenuifolium. The blooms are slightly larger and the 
color that of a Cattleya orchid. It stays in flower for as long as 
any lily in the garden but the bulb itself tends to be short lived. 
Early July flowering. Height 2 feet. Plant five inches. 
Each 75c Dozen $8.00 
CONCOLOR (Korea) The small scarlet blooms are upright and de- 
licately star-shaped. It is a distinctive lily with a great deal 
-of sparkling charm and not nearly so well known as it should 
be. Mid June flowering. Height 18 inches. Plant 4 to 5 inches 
deep. Each 60c Dozen $6.00 
CORONATION See Preston hybrids. 
DALHANSONII The color of this Martagon-Hansonii hybrid is a 
glossy purple brown that takes on a deep mahogany red with 
sun shining through it. Plant 8 inches deep in full sun or 
partial shade. Not available in 1952 
DAURICUM VAR. WILSONII The cup-shaped blooms are an at- 
tractive shade of soft apricot occasionally flushed with rose or 
gold, and heavily spotted with brown. The delicate color makes 
them most useful in the late-July, early-August. garden. 15 to 
18 inches. Plant 5 inches deep. Each 75¢ Dozen $7.50 
DAVIDI var. WILLMOTTIAE (China) The blooms are reflexed and 
deep orange-red. As many as twenty grow in a pyramidal ra- 
ceme on the graceful 5-foot stem. Mid July. Plant 8 to 19 
inches deep. Will probably require staking. 
Each 75c Dozen $7.50 
DUCHARTREI A rare Tibetan species with marble-white reflexed 
blooms delicately flecked with violet and marked with green in 
the threat. This is not an easy lily and seems to prefer a rath- 
er light acid soil with a high humus content, preferably on the 
dry side. It has a wandering underground stem and may come 
up as much as two feet from where the bulb is planted. 2 to 
4 feet tall. Early July flowering. Plant 4 to 5 inches deep. 
The bulbs are characteristically small. Each $2.50 
DUNKIRK A vigorous new hybrid by F. L. Skinner, and an out- 
standing plant, which grows to 4 feet tall and bears a number of 
outward-facing deep blood-red flowers. The color is distinctive. 
The blooms are slightly flattened and the tips of the petals 
somewhat recurved. July flowering. Plant 4 to 5 inches. Award- 
ed a First Class Certificate by the Massachusetts Horticultural 
Society in 1947. Each $3.00 
EDNA KEAN See Preston hybrids. 
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