PRESTON HYBRIDS, Stenographer Series. 
We list a group of splendid hybrids by Miss Isabelle Preston of 
the Dominion Experimental Farm at Ottawa, Canada. Miss 
Preston has worked with lilies for years and we are indebted 
to her for many fine garden plants. 
EDNA KEAN grows to three feet with dark green crowded 
foliage. Flowers face outwards with partly reflexed seg- 
ments. Color between scarlet darker than Brenda Watts 
and Grace Marshall. A few medium-sized bay spots. Stock 
limited, American grown. Each $2.00 
BRENDA WATTS grows to five feet at least with 30 or more 
flowers to a stem, is most vigorous and the most rapid 
propagator of the group. The leaves are crowded, long and 
narrow. Flowers face outward with partly reflexed petals. 
Color is grenadine red with dark brown spots towards the 
center of the flower. In the garden it is a bold, brilliant 
and striking plant. Stock limited. American grown bulbs. 
Each $2.00 
GRACE MARSHALL A fine hybrid with deep red, outward- 
facing, reflexed flowers. The plant grows from 4 to 5 feet, 
is wiry and erect and will carry up to thirty blossoms. 
Like all of Miss Preston’s hybrids this is a “good doer”. 
Plant 6 to 8 inches deep in sun or part shade and in a well 
prepared soil. Each $1.50 
LILLIAN CUMMINGS Another fine grenadine red hybrid. An 
extremely vigorous lily and an asset to any collection. 
Each $2.00 
Note: Other hybrids by Miss Preston are Coronation, Davmottiae, Da- 
vidii Oriole and Princeps, var. G. C. Creelman. These are listed in other sections 
of this catalogue. 
PRINCEPS_ A hybrid that developed from an accidental pollination 
of L. Sargentiae on L. regale. The late Dr. E. H. Wilson who 
discovered and introduced both of the latter felt that their off- 
spring was superior to either parent. The buds are long, as in 
Sargentiae, but the white rose-stained flowers are more open. 
It is larger than regale and has a better texture. It is a vigor- 
ous and lovely plant and blossoms from 10 days to 2 weeks 
after regale at a time when the mid-summer border is usually 
in very real need of a strikingly blossoming plant. Plant 8 to 
10 inches deep. Each 50c Dozen $5.00 
PRINCEPS G. C. CREELMAN One of the most magnificent 
lilies in cultivation. The plant itself is a glorious thing with tall 
sturdy stalks well clothed with rich shiny green foliage. It 
grows from 6 to 8 feet tall when established and bears large 
heads of long shapely buds colored brownish purple. The open 
flowers are streaked with soft reddish purple on the exterior 
but are pure white within with golden yellow throats. Intensely 
fragrant. This is a sensational plant and needs space to dis- 
play itself to advantage—we recommend that at least 2 feet 
be allowed. Not particular as to soil or location. Plant 8 inches. 
Each $3.00 
SoteE AGENT IN THE UNITED STATES FoR W. A. CONSTABLE LTD. 
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