HYBRID LILY SEED 
Seed of hybrid lilies offers high advetnure to every flower lover. Undreamed of won- 
ders are found within this group. Some are easy and quick, others slow and sometimes 
difficult, reluctant, one might say, to come forth into the limelight. From these you may 
produce the world’s most beautiful lily—Who knows? 
These hybrid seeds are saved from the finest strains and from the named hybrids. 
One or two pods only are allowed to mature from each bulb to insure seeds of high vitality. 
See general cultural directions for handling the two groups—the easy or quick and the 
slow ones. 
Seed of hybrid lilies is sold by the group name—that is Backhouse Hybrids are a 
mixture of seed from the varieties Mrs. R. O. Backhouse, Brocade, Sceptre and Sutton 
Court. Seed from the individual varieties can not be had separately as they do not come 
true and we will not list them as distinct varieties. 
SEED FROM HYBRID LILIES 
(Do NOT order seed from the varieties 
listed in this column as they are NOT sold 
as separate varieties.) 
Order by the Hybrid Strain names 
in the list below. 
S—Backhouse Hybrids 
The four varieties listed to the right 
are included in this seed. collection. 
Brocade 
( Sceptre 
. Sutton Court 
Mrs. R. O. Backhouse 
Cyrus Gates *—Hasy and. Quick. — 
rae ; : Douglas Ingram Top growth ap- 
S Bear yrds | Dousla Larrabee pears in 3 to 8 
This strain includes seed from the 
=o : Kulshan weeks. 
seven varieties at the right. They Paran pe rs 
are not sold separately ecg ee i 
; ; Shuksan S—Slow—Germinate 
Star of Oregon 6 to 15 months. ~ 
‘ Ellen Willmott 
S—Marhan Hybrids } Re seleros 
*——Preston’s Hybrids Coronation 
Seed saved from these three named {4 Grace Marshall 
varieties. Lillian Cummings 
*—Princeps-Creelman Hybrids SU ae pie eteba eas 
Seed from these three varieties. SreIhoncn 
(PLEASE order by the Hybrid Strain name ONLY, not by the individual names in 
the right hand list as these varieties are not kept or sold separately.) 

*—Princeps, G. C. Creelman 
GENERAL DIRECTIONS— 
Lilies from Seed 
*—Crows Hybrids 
*—Davmottiae 
Many lilies may be successfully grown from seed 
4 pe sown outdoors in well prepared beds. However, it is 
Snowdrift quicker and easier, especially with small lots, if the 
seed is sown in flats or ground beds in a cool green- 
house or frame. The easy germinating species are 
*—Longiflorum 
*—Longiflorum 
“White Queen” best sown in early spring and the slower kinds in the 
summer or early fall for germination the following 
*—Maxwill spring. Provide shade during the summer by the use 
: of lath covers which may replace the cold frame sash 
S—Pardalinum Giganteum during the summer months. One-half inch is suffi- 
The Sunset Lily ciently deep to sow the seed when protection is offered 
from heavy rains. The seedlings may be potted off 
S—Roezlit Hybrids when the first true leaf appears or allowed to grow on 
in the frames until one year old when they may be 
S—Scottiae Hybrids set out into nursery rows in the open ground. Use care 
in transplanting so that the delicate young roots are 
*—Umbellatum Mixed not broken. 
