been responsible for the introduction of many fine species and hybrids 
to this country and to England, and on many occasions was the only 
possible source for a number of rare and splendid items in lilies as in 
ether bulbs. His interest in the growing of lilies has been for the 
sake of the genus alone and his hand has always been ready to give 
support to a new grower of Liliums. In 1930 he established a fund 
with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the interest to be used 
to further the cause of the genus Lilium. 
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DONALD SIMMONDS was born in England in 1902 and came to 
the United States in 1922. For the last ten years his primary in- 
terest has been lilies and their culture, with particular regard to our 
three native forms, L. superbum, canadense and Grayi. He had exten- 
sive collections of the first two forms and produced a number of 
crosses, none of which have yet flowered. For the last three years he 
has been Acting Secretary of the Lily Committee of the American 
Horticultural Society. 
Several of his articles have been published in the American Lily 
Year Book, but his contribution has been one of understanding, en- 
couraging and organizing rather than extensive research, hybridizing 
or writing. Mr. Simmonds’ untimely death on April 8, 1944 leaves a 
void in the lily world. His death came too early for him to see any of 
his hybrids flower and too early to see his L. canadense Redwing win 
any of the honors or public acclaim that are its destiny. 
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