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The Two Outstanding Lily Novelties of the Year 
The two novelties listed on this page should prove of 
interest to the Lily enthusiast. They have received highest 
honors and can be recommended to anyone by reason of 
their easy culture. 
LILIUM HENRYI Variety “John T. Scheepers” 
This variety was exhibited at the 1933 Royal 
Horticultural Society Lily Conference in London 
as Lilium Henryi, variety citrinum, and created 
a sensation at that time. This Lily is a cross be¬ 
tween Lilium Henryi and Pardalinum Roezlii. It 
is of the most refined citron-yellow with bright red 
stamens. The color contrast between the stamens 
and the flower is very pleasing. The flowers are 
larger than Lilium Henryi, but otherwise it has 
the same growth and habit and flowers at the 
same time. 
A few bulbs will be released this fall at $100 each. 
LILIUM J. G. CREELMANNII 
This Lily is probably the most outstanding of 
the “Lilium Regale reproductions.” The flowers 
are of an immense size, often measuring eight 
inches in length and are carried on extra strong 
sturdy stems, five to six feet high with as many as 
fifty flowers and buds on one spike. 
Many flowers bloom at one time which adds to 
the value of this Lily. In growth and habit it re¬ 
sembles Lilium Regale. The bronzy tones of the 
reverse side of the petals are more pronounced 
than in Lilium Regale. The inside of the trumpet 
also shows a more intense yellow than Lilium 
Regale. 
A very strong and vigorous grower. A Lily 
which is practically fool proof, of easiest culture, 
and which will probably take the place of Lilium 
Regale in time to come. It comes into flower 
from three days to one week after Lilium Regale. 
This Lily is truly an Aristocrat of the Garden. 
We have a few extra large selected bulbs. Each, 
$5. Also smaller, but strong flowering bulbs. 
Each, $3. 
The Famous Backhouse Hybrid Lilies 
Lilies are so incomparably beautiful that everyone who 
sees them at once wishes to grow them. There is no reason 
why the Lilies mentioned herein should not be grown in 
all gardens. They are perfectly hardy and easily grown, 
and indeed it may be said that no garden is complete 
without them. 
“I was sitting on the lawn of Sutton Court in company 
with Mr. R. O. Backhouse. The purpose of my visit was 
to enjoy a hurried look at his many fine seeding lilies 
—tall, stately groups of lilies, five to six feet high, in 
perfect health, carrying great stems of flowers jn all shades 
of color. Close by was L. Hansonii and seedling forms of 
L. Martagon and its variety dalmaticum, from which they 
had originated. In vigor, stature, size of flowers and diver¬ 
sity of color, they far exceed the original types. 
It is well known that the late Mrs. R. O. Backhouse 
originally crossed L. Hansonii with various types of L. 
Martagon, intercrossing the results, so that now, in the 
second and third generation, many new types have ap¬ 
peared, some after the L. M. var. dalmaticum coloring, 
fully six feet high, the slender inflorescence typical of 
L. M. var. dalmaticum taking on a bolder habit with more 
panicled stem (the influence of L. Hansonii), while in others 
there are all shades of yellow from deep orange to pale 
citron and white, and of L. Hansonii substance. In the 
Mrs. R. O. Backhouse type they lean more to L. Han¬ 
sonii in shape of spike—the variation in spotting being most 
marked, from a few light spots to the other extreme. 
BROCADE 
A most effective garden lily, vigorous and 
very free-flowering, growing to a height of 6 feet. 
Each inflorescence carries a multitude of orange- 
yellow flowers, overlaid with rosy pink on the out¬ 
side and the interier marbled pink with chocolate 
spots on a yellow ground. The flowers are re¬ 
markable for their broad perianth segments. Fall 
planting, about 8 inches deep; June-July flower¬ 
ing. A few specimen bulbs, $10 each. Extra se¬ 
lected bulbs, $7.50 each. Smaller bulbs, $4 each. 
Some of the L. Martagon types are so freely spotted as to 
be practically covered. The pollen also varies from pale 
yellow to crimson. Again, the spotting occasionally shows 
on the outer petals, which are generally of a different shade. 
Imagine the beauty of a bed of one hundred spikes, four 
feet to six feet high, no two the same! The finest types 
are being selected and grown, but Lily propagation is none 
too fast in this country. Still I look forward to the time 
when these Lilies will be available in quantity. Their con¬ 
stitution is good. They are not miffy in any way, and they 
come of a class that is, in the main, suited for ordinary 
garden culture. 
I venture to predict that, as time goes on, these Back¬ 
house Lilies will become firmly established in our gardens, 
and that garden lovers will be grateful for their introduc¬ 
tion, and will give them a warm welcome on account of 
their increased vigor and diversity of color.” 
ROBERT W. WALLACE, 
Tunbridge Wells, England. 
The varieties of these hybrids now arriving at maturity, 
selected by Mr. Wallace exclusively for us from stock made 
available by Mr. Backhouse, are distinct and fine; they 
have the different colors of the first parents, i. e., purples, 
yellows, bronzy pinks, whites and lemons, and many beau¬ 
tiful combinations of those shades. 
We are offering these in limited number to clients of 
record. They need to be established a year before blos¬ 
soming in their full glory. 
GOLDEN ORB 
Light, clear, straw-yellow with green center, 
freely and conspicuously spotted with small crim¬ 
son dots which are darker in color towards the cen¬ 
ter of the flower. The blooms are fleshy, about 3 
inches across and pendant at the end of the stalks. 
The perianth remains flat till the pollen is ripe, 
after which the segments recurve somewhat. The 
exterior of the flower is ribbed with deep golden 
brown. Fall planting, about 8 inches deep; June- 
July flowering. Extra selected bulbs, $15 each. 
Smaller bulbs, $10 each. 
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