. Catalogue of bulbs for winter and spring blooming. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs. ARUM CRINITUM. ARUM SANCTUM ^Black Calla.) ARUMS, of these curious plants we have the largest collection in the United States—some 50 varieties. Their fine foliage, exceedingly remarkable and large flowers are very attractive. We mention a few as follows : ARUM SANCTUM (Solomon's Lily). During the reign of Solomon, the kingdom of Judaea reached the sum- mit of its worldly splendor. He was the wisest, the richest, the most powerful of kings ; so widely ex- ten
. Catalogue of bulbs for winter and spring blooming. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs. ARUM CRINITUM. ARUM SANCTUM ^Black Calla.) ARUMS, of these curious plants we have the largest collection in the United States—some 50 varieties. Their fine foliage, exceedingly remarkable and large flowers are very attractive. We mention a few as follows : ARUM SANCTUM (Solomon's Lily). During the reign of Solomon, the kingdom of Judaea reached the sum- mit of its worldly splendor. He was the wisest, the richest, the most powerful of kings ; so widely ex- tended was the fame of his character and magnifi- cence that distant nations sent him offerings o f their most wonderful treasures. With the vast influx of precious metals came the wonders and curios of the then known world. This great Lily or Arum probably came from Egypt, as the reigning Pharaoh was suing for the great King Solomon's favor ; and thus the mind is carried back to the very dawn of history. The bulbs of Arum Sanctum (Solomon's Lily) which we offer, came from around and about Jerusalem, where they are grown, making each one a valuable souvenir of the Holy Land. Heretofore this rare flower has been seen only in rich botanical collections, it being too scarce for general distribution. At last we are able to get it in sufficient quantity and at low enough price to put it within the reach of all who prize wonderful and scarce varieties. It is very difficult to properly de- scribe the Artun Sanctum, and we regret we do not have a colored plate to aid us. Our illustration con- veys only a partial idea of its distinctive splendor ; the magnificent flowers are sweet-scented and often over a foot long, seven to nine inches across, and so beauti- fully shaped and turned that they must have served as models for the exquisite vases and sculptures of the great ancient artists ; color the richest velvety black imaginable ; spike or spadix rises ten to twelve inches* and is ebony
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