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clear buttercup yellow, with very small spots or 

 none. 



The cross was made with some difficulty, and 

 the result was a lily which some connoisseurs 

 have considered one of the most beautiful ever 

 developed. It grows about four feet in height, 

 and its flower is open bell-shaped, with partially 

 curved petals, brilliantly yellow in color, without 

 a spot or dot, and having a delightful fragrance. 



Another interesting cross was that between 

 L. pardalinum and L. parvum. The hybrids of 

 this cross sometimes produce hundreds of blos- 

 soms on a single stem, and several hundred 

 clumps from a single bulb. Not only do they 

 multiply with astonishing rapidity, but in size, 

 color, and abundance of bloom they exceed 

 either parent, although both parents are prolific 

 bearers. 



The crosses of the somewhat fragrant L. 

 Parryi with L. Washingtonianum and L. parda- 

 linum produce bulbs having similarly extraordi- 

 nary powers of multiplication, although in this 

 regard there was a most amazing variation. Cer- 

 tain individuals would produce a hundred bulbs 

 while others of the same fraternity were produc- 

 ing only one or two. 



Some of these seedlings would grow eight or 

 ten feet in height, while here and there would be 



