Beautiful Garden Silizs 
Plant Them Now — Then Enjoy Their Beauty and Fragrance 
in Your Garden This Summer 
They Increase in Beauty with Each Season’s Growth 
So that you may succeed with these inspiring plants and to obviate disappointments, we have selected, 
after many years of experimenting and 
careful study, from a host of varieties, the limited few that suc- 
ceed in American gardens under ordinary care, when planted in the spring. 
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AURATUM. A veritable “Peacock among Lilies” and very 
robust. We offer imported Japanese grown bulbs only. 
There is a lingering charm about the garden in August. 
One feels the sense of departing beauty and hurries to 
enjoy what color and fragrance kind Summer has left in 
her flight. One of the best of all legacies is “Auratum,” 
the golden-rayed lily of Japan, which was discovered on 
the slopes of snow-capped Fujiyama, growing wild and 
untouched in all the glory of its beauty. 
This is one of the noblest of all lilies, favoring a cool, 
thin woodland where it is damp at the roots. Not a wood- 
land plant in the sense that it grows in the thick of the 
forests, but it flourishes on the fringes of the woods, in 
glades and clearings, always among vegetation, which, 
while screening the lower part of the stem and keeping 
the ground cool, leaves the sun free to play on the blooms. 
AURATUM MACRANTHUM. (Platyphyllum) This is 
the robust growing form; height 4 to 51% feet, the stem 
is stout and attains a considerable height, the leaves are 
broad; enormous flowers, white, richly spotted yellow. 
Undoubtedly the choicest of all, and, in our opinion, supe- 
rior to the type. 
We have been successful in securing the same special 
strain of bulbs that we handled prior to the war. They are 
all especially selected for us and are free from disease. 
See color illustration, page 29. 
Jumbo Size 13 to 14 inches in circumference, $1.75 each; 
$5.25 for 3; $17.00 for 10. 
Extra Large Size 11 to 13 inches in circumference. $1.25 
each; $3.50 for 3; $11.00 for 10; $25.00 per 25. 
THE GOLDEN-RAYED LILY — LILIUM AURATUM MACRANTHUM IN A 
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HAPPY LOCATION 
Color illustration, page 29 
Large Size 10 to 11 inches in circumference. $1.20 each; 
$3.00 for 3; $9.50 for 10; $22.50 per 25. 
CENTIFOLIUM. A beautiful and prolific lily; when estab- 
lished a sensation in the garden. In general appearance 
resembles a huge Lilium Sulphureum or Brownii, with 
long tubular, white flowers, colored and streaked extern- 
ally with brown and flushed internally with yellow deep 
down into the throat of the blossom. A giant; 4 to 6 feet 
high. Absolutely hardy and free from disease. Mid-July 
flowering, plant 8 inches deep; likes full sun. Permanent 
in the garden for many years. See color illustration, 
page 29. 
Extra Heavy Selected Bulbs: $2.25 for 3; $7.00 for 10: 
$16.50 for 25. 
FIRE KING. A NEW lily of very outstanding merit. It is 
by far the most brilliant lily in cultivation today. The 
blossoms are vermilion-scarlet with a peppering of small 
black dots running deep into the throat; the pistil is scar- 
let and the anthers deep brown for a charming contrast. 
We have seen as many as 40 of the brilliant flowers on a 
single 4 foot stem. The flowers face up and out from the 
stem; greatly enhancing its beauty in the garden and when 
used as a cut flower for indoor decoration. It is free from 
disease, hardy and naturalizes readily. Flowers from the 
end of June to the end of July and is long lasting when 
cut. Sure to become one of the most popular garden lilies. 
Plant 8 inches deep. See illustration, page 28. 
Extra Heavy Selected Bulbs: $1.25 each; $3.50 for 3: 
$11.00 for 10; $25.00 for 25. 
