
V 
A FOREWORD FROM 
SLandyloam 
All lilies are beautiful. Not only are they beautiful—they are a 
fascinating group to grow. The gardener who starts with only a few 
will want to add more and more to his collection while it is distinctly 
true quant the gardener who has many always wants those that he does 
not have. 
Because this is so we have tried to be especially careful in pre- 
senting what is one of the world’s finest and most comprehensive col- 
lections of lilies. In some instances the catalogue descriptions do not 
seem to sufficiently individualize the plants and on this account we 
have sae it advisable to present the following additional material as 
a guide. 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE LILIES LISTED 
Lilies may be roughly classified into three main groups: 
(1) Upright or umbellatum. 
(2) Turk’s Cap or martagon. 
(3) Trumpet. 
Within each classification there is an almost endless variation in 
size, shape, color and flowering season. If we take each of the three 
in turn we shall get a somewhat clearer picture of the lilies that com- 
pose a given group. 
UPRIGHT LILIES 
L. umbellatum is typical in shape and flowering habit of most 
members of the family. It is illustrated in the plate of L. umbellatum 
erectum. The colors are largely in the red, orange, vermillion, apricot 
and yellow tones. Purples, pinks and whites are excluded. The season 
starts in late May with various forms of L. dauricum and ends in mid- 
August with L. dauricum pardinum. Most of the orange-red umbel- 
latum lilies are familiar but the yellows, the apricots and the dark 
reds are not quite so widely known and have a distinct charm. 
These lilies differ from all others in their stature and height, 
rarely attaining 314 feet while many are as dwarf as eight inches. 
The combination of the height with the broad brilliantly colored up- 
right blooms makes them extraordinarily effective for mass planting 
either in the herbaceous border or against shrubbery. 
MARTAGON LILIES 
Turk’s Cap lilies are well illustrated in the fine plate of L. ama- 
bile. They all have pendant flowers more or less recurved, tend to 
grow in clumps and have a rather slender wiry stem. They run the 
entire gamut of color from the pure white and pale pinks through 
the various yellows, the orange reds, the vermillions, the scarlets, the 
deep reds; through the lovely orchid tones of L. cernuum to the deep 
purple, almost black, of L. Martagon dalmaticum. The season starts 
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