LILIES FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
by no means exhausts the available kinds for pot culture, but is representative of 
those most often and successfully put to this use. 
While there are exceptions, we find that the majority of the above species 
succeed best in a greenhouse which is operated at not over 60 degrees at 
night. Unless considerable forcing is required a slightly lower temperature, 50 to 
55 degrees, makes for better growth and more uniformly desirable flowers. This 
of course does not apply to certain types of L. Longiflorum grown for the Easter 
trade. No attempts at forcing should be made until the bulbs have become well 
rooted in their pots. This is best accomplished by heeling the potted bulbs into a 
cold frame or suitable storage bed where they should remain until January or 
February for fall potted stock. With proper care such stock may be flowered a 
month to six weeks in advance of outdoor grown bulbs. 
To those who are not familiar with the indoor culture of Lilies, we will be 
glad to furnish any information we have available. In corresponding on the 
subject kindly advise full particulars so that we may give you data which is 
applicable to your particular needs. 
A Description of Lily Types 
In order that you may better visualize the various lilies described in the main 
body of this catalogue, we offer the following descriptions and illustrations of the 
types which comprise the genus. The genus Lilium is divided into two sub-genera 
—namely Eulirion and Cardiocrinum. As the majority of Lily species belong in 
the first of these sub-genera it in turn is divided into four sections as Leucolirion, 
Archelirion, Pseudolirium and Martagon. 
SUB-GENUS EULIRION (bulbs normally perennial and of diverse form). 
Section 1—Leucolirion 
Flowers usually trumpet shaped, mostly 
white and horizontal. 
Examples: 
L. Regale 
L. Formosanum 
L. Brownii 
Section 2—Archelirion 
Flowers bowl or open funnel shaped. Per¬ 
ianth segments broadest below the middle. 
Flowers normally horizontal. 
Example: 
L. Auratum Platyphyllum 
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