Speciosum Album A beautiful pure white form with a green- 
starred throat and coppery-brown anthers. September 
flowering. Each $1.50 Dozen $16.50 
Speciosum Punctatum An early form of L. speciosum that is 
distinguished from the type by its flowering period, by the 
graceful and vigorous character of the stem, the paler rose- 
pink color, and by the leaves which form two ranks on 
opposite sides of the stem. It is particularly valuable for 
northern gardens as it flowers from three to four weeks 
earlier than Rubrum. With us it is in bloom in late July 
and early August. In the more southerly gardens it will be 
in several weeks earlier. 
Collected wild bulbs. Each $1.50 Dozen $16.50 
Speciosum Red Champion A highly colored clone of L. speci- 
osum rubrum that has been developed from disease free 
stocks in the United States. It has been deservedly and 
widely acclaimed of recent years. 6” to 7” bulbs. 
Each $1.20 Dozen $11.00 
Speciosum Rubrum This is the most widely grown and best 
known variety of L. speciosum. The flowers are white 
flushed and spotted with pink, ranging in shade from rose- 
pink to deepest carmine-pink. A hardy and strong growing 
plant. Each 85c, $1.00 Dozen $9.25, $10.50 
SPITFIRE See Preston hybrids. 
SUPERBUM The native American Turk’s cap is a great favorite 
with gardeners and is one of the finest of all lilies. The pen- 
dant blooms are large and sharply recurved, orange-red in col- 
or, tipped with deeper red, and heavily spotted with brown. It 
adjusts well to almost any location, full sun as well as partial 
shade, and is recommended for the border, for inter-planting in 
shrubbery and especially for naturalizing. It can stand more 
moisture than most lilies. The height of the plant varies from 4 
to 8 or 9 feet depending on where it is planted. July flowering. 
Plant 8 to 10 inches deep. Each 35c Dozen $3.50 
SZOVITSIANUM (Caucasus) Related to L. monadelphum this lily 
is distinct from it in several respects from the gardener’s point 
of view. The bell-shaped blooms are less reflexed, and a lighter 
color, being pale straw-yellow, freely spotted purplish-black. 
It is earlier to bloom, flowering for us in late May or early 
June, one of the first lilies in our garden. It grows from 3 to 5 
feet, but seems to resent disturbance. It likes plenty of humus, 
but not too acid a soil, and is happy in half shade. 
Small bulbs which have flowered, but may take a year to es- 
lish. Not available in 1952 
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