3 LILIES FROM SEED 
At Old Orchard we grow thousands of lily bulbs from 
seed, sowings made in open-ground beds in latest autumn 
or earlest spring. Certainly you can grow them from seed 
just as well as we. Just follow the planting times indi- 
cated by the key letters after species names (see explana- 
tion page 50), and the general sowing directions given in 
the leaflet of cultural information sent with each seed ship- 
ment. Remember, some lilies come up quickly, other species 
naturally take a very much longer time. Until you have 
gained experience, it is well to select the kind marked ‘“e’’, 
indicating relative ease of handling. It will be noted that 
Liliums Bakerianum, Nepalensis, Ochraceum and Walli- 
chianum are not winter-hardy North, and _ should be 
handled as pot plants there. They come from Burma and 
India, and are offered subject to (expected) arrival. 
AMABILE—ekt (2) 30. Friendly Lily. Large, recurved flow- 
ers of grenadine orange, chocolate-dotted. A showy, and 
good, garden species. Pkt. 20c; 7 oz. 35c. 
AURATUM—+yt(38-4)60. Great Gold-banded Lily. Giant white 
flowers, each petal embossed with golden center line. Rich- 
ly fragrant. Pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for $1.00, (customer limit). 
BAKERIANUM—w. 36 
fragrant, cream-colored flowers, 
Pkt. 25c. 
CALLOSUM—ekt(3)38. Spires of pretty g medium-size flow- 
ers in apricot-cinnabar. Pkt. 20c; 75 oz. 35c. 
CANADENSE—cyt(3)70. Wide blossom bells that vary in 
tones of lemon, orange, red. Pkt. 20c; 7 oz. 30c. 
CATESBAEI-—y(2)25. Upfacing scarlet flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
CENTIFOLIUM—ekt(3)50. A magnificent white trumpet 
lily with creamy nad rosy tintings. L. leucanthemum 
chloraster. Pkt. 25c; 7s oz. 60c. 
CERNUUM—ekt(2)25. A very lovely little Lily, no other 
quite like it. Dainty, reflexed blossoms, sweetly perfumed, 
in alluring pink-lilac. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c; 1% oz. 90c; 4 
oz. $1.60. 
COLCHICUM—(Szovitzianum)—yt(2)50. Great Caucasian 
Lily. Big, reflexed blossoms, from pale lemon to clear 
golden yellow, sometimes with red-brown dots. Though 
seeds of it germinate first year, leaves rarely appear until 
second year. Pkt. 25c. 
COLUMBIANUM—yt(2-3)50. An 
showy flowers in flaming orange, 
Pkt. 20c; x oz. 35c. 
CONCOLOR—ekt(2)28. The vividly colorful, cheerful, Red 
Star Lily. Upfacing flowers of brilliant vermilion. None 
easier. Somtimes blooms first year. Pkt. 15c; 75 oz. 35c; 
RZ oz. 60c; 4 oz. $1.00. 
DAVIDI—ekt(38)40. The willowy, graceful stems are loaded 
with charming blossoms between apricot and cinnabar with 
orange reflections. Pkt. 20c; + oz. 40c; 1% oz. 5c. 
DAVURICUM—ekt(2-3)28. Candlestick Lily. Upfacing cup- 
blassoms in interesting and beautiful combinations and 
blendings, from softest yellow, through buff-apricot, tawny 
orange and scarlet, to near maroon. Illustrated page 31. 
Pkt. 20c; 7 oz. 40c; % oz. 75e. 
FORMOSANUM—ekt(3)50. Wilson’s Variety. An _ exceed- 
ingly easy, and altogether lovely Lily that will often give 
some bloom first year from seed. Hardy in Maine. The long 
trumpets may be of purest snowy white or again white 
with delightful rosy suffusions. Illustrated page 20. Pkt. 
20c; zs oz. 35c; 14% oz. 60c. 
FORMOSANUM PRICE’S VARIETY—ekt(2)25. Flowers 
same coloring and form as in last, but in this alpine race 
the blooming season is about two months earlier, and the 
plants are rather dwarfer. Pkt. 25c. 
FORMOSANUM INTERMEDIATE—In both seasons and 
height it comes between the Price and the Wilson strains, 
intermediate in both respects. The thrce give a long con- 
tinuous season. Pkt. 20c; x oz. 40c; %& oz. T5e. 
FORMOSANUM SNOWDRIFT—Particularly vigorous New 
Zealand selection. Big wax-white trumpets open to 6-inch 
diameters. Flowers sometimes rose-flushed without. Will 
live for years. Reaches 5 to 6 feet of height, and a 10- 
foot flower stem has been recorded. Pkt. 50c. 
GIGANTEUM—-yt(3)120. The noble Himalayan Lily. Lofty 
spikes of down-hanging white trumpets above great, glossy, 
heart-shaped leaves. Spectacular. Needs mulching about the 
plants in summer, and over the crowns in winter. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
inches. Tender Burmese Lily with 
spotted red-brown within. 
adaptable species with 
faintly purple-dotted. 

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is the true 
Easter Lily. Immense trumpets of purest whiteness, wax- 
LONGIFLORUM TAKESIMA—kt(2-3)30. This 
like, unstained. Delightfully perfumed. May be grown in 
pots, as florists have it for Easter, but it also makes an 
excellent garden Lily in all save the more winter-extreme 
climates, for it has a very fair degree of hardiness. Here, 
near Philadelphia, we have nursery plantings of it several 
years old that have yet to show any winter injury, and at 
Boston it needs only a bit of leaves or straw over the 
planting to carry through in fullest safety. Seed germinates 
quickly from either late autumn or early spring sowings, 
and some of the bulbs are likely to give bloom first sum- 
mer. Illustration photograph above, taken at Old Or- 
chard, shows part of the planting from which this seed was 
saved. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00; 25 for 
$4.40 (customer limit). 
GRAYI—y(3)30. Open-segmented bells in orange and scar- 
let, dotted ruddy brown. Pkt. 20c. 
HANSONI HYBRIDS—yt(3)60. Hansoni crossed with Mar- 
tagon. Colorings range from rich cream, through apricot 
buff and orange, to purple. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
HENRYI—kt(3-4)50. In late summer the arching stems of 
this graceful Lily carry wax-petaled blossoms of deepest 
golden amber. Fine species for the mixed herbaceous bor- 
ae Tolerant of shade or sun. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 40c; \% oz. 
c. 
HENRYI HYBRIDS—This strain likely carries some blood 
of L. myriophyllum superbum. Flowers averag: close to 
Henryi, but sometimes vary into buttercup yellow, or show 
buff and creamy tones. Pkt. 25c. 
HOWELLI—y(2)36. Thimble Lily. 
darker purple. Pkt. 25c. 
HUMBOLDTI MAGNIFICUM—yt(3)60. It can be a Lily of 
spectacular showiness, big orange blossoms set over with 
crimson-ringed purple dots. Pkt. 20c; + oz. 35c. 
KELLOGGI—y (3) 48. The Clematis-scented flowers open pale 
pink, deepening to lilac. Not one of the easier Lili-s, but 
assuredly one of the more beautiful. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70e. 
MARTAGON-—y (2-3) 60. Towering spires of blossoms in rosy 
violet to soft purple. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 50c. 
MARTAGON ALBUM—Here the piled blossom-pyramids are 
snowy white. An exquisite beauty. Pkt. 25c. 
MARTAGON DALMATICUM—Deepest and richest of the 
Martagons, a velvety purple near-black. Pkt. 25c. 
MAXIMOWICZI—ekt(3)65. A superb species of latter sum- 
mer weeks with reflexed blossoms of salmon red, black dot- 
ted. Follows Davidi and Amabile in season. Easy from 
seed. A variety of L. Leichtlini. Pkt. 20c; + oz. 35e. 
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MAXWILL—ekt (2) 60. Flowcrs of apricot-orange on vigor- 
ous, upright plants. Cross of Maximowiczi and Wilmottiae. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
MICHAUXI—yt(38)36. Flowers with reflexed petals, 
orange-red, dotted maroon-violet. Pkt. 20c. 
NEPALENSE—kt(w) (3)30. Rather tender Lily from north- 
an India, the flowers pale yellow trumpets with wine stains. 
ta 20Cx 
Soft violet, spotted 
deep 
