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LILIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



Lilies in considerable number and variety were on display in 

 the various exhibits of the Thirteenth International Flower Show 

 recently held in New York City. There were numerous fine 

 specimens of the Easter Lily and the Madonna Lily in competi- 

 tion for prizes for lilies in pots or as cut flowers. But the largest 

 displays of lilies were the two entered for the open class com- 

 petition for collection of lilies in pots covering not less than lOO 

 square feet. The first prize was awarded to Mrs. Harold I. 

 Pratt, Mr. Frank B. Johnson, Superintendent, Glen Cove, L. I. 

 This collection of a total of about 125 plants included the follow- 

 ing named species: Madonna Lily (L. candidnm), Easter Lily 

 (L. longiflorum) , Golden-banded Lily (L. auratum), Showy Lily 

 {L. speciosutn), Nankeen Lily {Liliiim testaceum), Candlestick 

 Lily (L. nmhellatum) , and one plant of Henry's Lily (L. Henryi). 

 The second prize was awarded to a display by Mr. C. E. Mitchell, 

 Mr. James Ventota, Superintendent, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y. In 

 this exhibit there were plants of the Tiger Lily (L. tigrinum), a 

 hybrid lily known as L. Batemanniae, Madonna Lily, Showy Lily, 

 Golden-banded Lily and Easter Lily. Although somewhat larger 

 in point of number of plants, these two displays were less at- 

 tractive and effective than were the two collections of lilies on 

 display in 1924. The 1925 exhibit was missed by the writer on 

 account of absence in Florida. There was, it would seem, too 

 large a proportion of Easter and Madonna lilies. The number of 

 any one lily in such a display should perhaps be limited. 



The New York Botanical Garden had on exhibition, purely as 

 an educational display, 24 plants of the Regal Lily (L. regale), 

 12 plants of the Orange Lily (L. croceiim) and 2 plants of L. 

 davuricum, all in splendid bloom. The bulbs from which the 

 Regal Lilies were grown were donated by Mr. C. P. Horsford of 

 Charlotte, Vermont, and the bulbs for the others were supplied by 

 Mrs. Mortimer J. Fox. It happened that there were no other 

 plants of these lilies on display. This was a matter of some sur- 

 prise, as the Regal Lily is an excellent lily, easy to force, and 

 rapidly coming into popular favor. A Regal Lily in bloom reared 

 from seed at The New York Botanical Garden was included in 

 the display and also pans of young seedlings of Henry's Lily, the 

 Showy Lily and the Regal Lily. 



A. B. Stout. 



