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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.

LILIES

No class of plants capable of being cultivated out of doors possess so many charms; rich and varied in color, stately and handsome in habit, profuse in variety, and of delicious fragrance, they stand prominently out from all other hardy plants. They thrive best in a dry, rich soil, where water will not stand in winter. After planting they require very little care, and should not be disturbed for several years as established plants bloom more freely than if taken up annually.
Candidum—The pure white Garden or Easter Lily; flowers snow white with heavy yellow stamens, hardy and free-blooming, bearing five to twenty blossoms. Plant early and leave undisturbed. Each. 15c; doz. $1.25.
Auratum. or Japanes Gold Banded Lily—This is justly entitled to the name often given it—The Queen of Lilies—and it is decidedly the most beautiful of all Lillies [Lilies]. The immense flowers are produced in the greatest profusion and are deliciously fragrant. The large white petals are thickly spotted with chocolate-crimson, and have a bright golden yellow band through the center of each. The illustration here with is reduced in size from a photograph of a plant that stood six feet high. and had over twenty perfect flowers in full bloom at one time. This magnificent Lily succeeds well everywhere. Each, 25c; per doz. $2.25.
Tenuifolium (Siberian Lily)—A native of Siberia. One of the very hardiest Lillies [Lilies]; flowers vivid scarlet, with petals reflexed; very showy and free-flowering, blooming early in the spring. It is very easy of cultivation, requiring only a well-drained sandy soil. Each, 25c.
Speciosum Album—Large, pure white flowers of great substance, beautifully recurved as shown in the engraving. One of the finest Lilies in cultivation, and splendid either for the garden or for growing in pots. Each, 20c; doz. $2.25.
Speciosum Roseum—Pure white ground, stained and spotted rose, similar to preceding, except in color; very beautiful. Each, 15c; doz. $1.50.
Speciosum Roseum Gigantum—A larger variety of the preceding. Each, 20c; doz. $2.00.
Speciosum Rubrum—White, heavily spotted with rich crimson; well adapted for pots or the open ground. A magnificent border plant; ought to be in every garden, Each, 15c: doz. $1.50.
Elegans, (or Thunbergianum)—Early; flowers cup-shaped, borne upright, and of a great variety of colors. They are very effective planted either in lines or clumps, and include many showy sorts. Each, 15c; doz. $1.50.
Harrisii (The Bermuda Easter Lily)—Immense pure white trumpets with a very delicate prevading [pervading] fragrance; remarkable for its earliness and extreme profusion of bloom. They are the finest Lillies [Lilies] for house culture and are largely in use for winter forcing. Each, 20c; doz. $2.00.
LILY OF THE VALLEY—Well known and universally admired spring flowering plants, equally well adapted to winter flowering, in the parlor or conservatory. The flowers are bell shaped freely produced and powerfully fragrant. To grow them in the open ground, select a partly shaded situation. They are perfectly hardy and are not injured by frost. Each, 10e; doz. 75c.

LEMON LILY

Novelty 1893. One of the handsomest flowers for garden culture and as we have never seen it listed in any seed or bulb catalogue we therefore take pleasure in offering it as a novelty. It is not a true lily as the bulb is of different shape but the flower is very much like the Lilium Speciosum in form and about three inches in diameter. The color is entirely different from all other sorts being a clear lemon yellow of very bright, pleasing appearance. They have also a most delightful lemon fragrance. There seems to be almost no limit to the amount of bloom produced, each flower stem bearing 7 to 20 flowers. It is sure to bloom the first season and is the flower for everyone. Each, 35c.

VALUABLE BOOKS.

It will pay you to read some of the following books which are sent postpaid on receipt of price.
TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS—Full of information for the amateur flower grower. By Mrs. M. D. Welcome; 164 pages. Paper covers 50c; cloth, 75c.
HENDERSON’S GARDENING FOR PROFIT.—New edition, entirely re-written and enlarged. The standard work on market and family gardening: profusely illustrated. By Peter Henderson. Price, $2.00.
COMPLETE TEXT BOOK ON SILK CULTURE. Price, 10c.
HENDERSON’S PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE.—New and enlarged edition. A guide for the florist as well as the amateur. Price, $1.50.
ONIONS: HOW TO RAISE THEM PROFITABLY—Being the practical details by seventeen practical onion growers. No more valuable work of its size was ever issued. Price, 20c.
CELERY—Its cultivation and secret of success. By G. Bochove & Bro. Price 50c.
PRACTICAL FRUIT GROWER—By. S. T. Maynard; 124 pages, fully illustrated. Price, 25c.
FITZ SWEET POTATO CULTURE—A complete treatise on spouting, cultivating, harvesting and storing. Cloth, price, 60c.

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[text in image: COPYRIGHTED 1889]
[text in image: BY A.BLANC.PHILA.]
[text in image: LILIUM SPECIOSUM]

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[image caption: ACRATUM LILY.]

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[image caption: LEMON LILY.]

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[image caption: LILIUM HARRISII.]

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[image caption: LILY OF THE VALLEY.]

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