EDGAR L. KLINE, Lily Grower and Hybridizer of Oregon, 
tells you about 
Growinc ities from seed brings a beautifully rich and 
satisfying reward, although it is an easy and not at all com- 
plicated thing to do. The fact that the process takes time 
and must be paid for in patience perhaps makes the lovely, 
fragrant result all the more precious. Certainly the long 
growing period required to bring lilies to bloom from seed 
is an antidote to the poison of our modern, pell-mell rush 
of living. Since we are prone to expect all results of any of 
our activities in the shortest possible time, the growing of 
lilies that won’t be hurried is not only a long term adven- 
ture, but is quite possibly a salutary experience for us. 
But, unless you are willing to wait two or three years for 
your bloom, buy lily bulbs instead of lily seed. 
If you have a spot in the back of your garden for a small 
lily nursery and a place for a cold frame, however, and 
if you have patience, and if immediate results are not your 
objective, you will have for very little money and effort, 
an imposing number of valuable lilies that will make your 
garden a fragrant and lovely place. Used as drifts at the 
edge of a planting of shrubbery or trees, in a border or in 
a bed, lilies are magnificent and mass gorgeously. 
In addition, there is always the chance that from your 
seed you might produce an especially choice hybrid, and 
if you have followed the story of the Croft and of other 
famous lilies, you know that this could mean a considerable 
financial success. At least it puts on your floral hobby 
horse a figurative saddle bag with an exciting, unknown 
factor as its freight. 
Seedling lilies are free of disease and unless infected 
from other lilies, remain so. This is another important ad- 
vantage in growing lilies from seed. 
Reference Chart 
of Lilies 
for Gardens 
and Greenhouse 
THE SEED offered to you in the accompanying list was 
grown by Edgar L. Kline, one of Oregon’s foremost lily 
growers, whose REFERENCE CHART is considered an 
authoritative contribution to lily data. We offered it to 
you in our fall bulb brochure. We are suggesting it again 
for your further consideration because of its helpfulness 
to the lily grower, whether the commercial grower or the 
home owner interested in including a planting of lilies 
in his garden. Mr. Kline’s CHART is a valuable addition 
to the horticultural library; every garden club interested 
in lily culture will find it a serviceable reference for 
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SEED OF TWELVE BEAUTIFUL 
VARIETIES OF LILIES 
FULL Instructions by Edgar L. Kline for growing lilies 
from seed will come with each order. These will be in the 
notebook format. While we will be glad to quote you prices 
on larger amounts of this seed if you wish, the following 
packets will each contain enough seed, if properly grown, 
to fill a good sized plot of ground with a magnificent dis- 
play of lovely lilies. The price of each packet of seed 
STL ral Ie as th Re Em We Pe Oe ae aa ae Le $1.25 
L. auratum 
This variety is commonly known as the Gold Band Lily because of the 
rich gold band down the center of each segment of the crimson- 
spotted, large white bowl. Needless to say, with such coloring, it is 
a showy, gorgeous lily. It does not need additional charms but it has 
the one of delightful fragrance. LZ. auratum likes partial shade, and 
since it grows from 4 to 6 feet in height and blooms from July to 
September according to location, it is very useful in a border, and 
quite striking grown with blue delphinium. 
L. Bellingham hybrids 
These handsome, brilliantly colored lilies are varied in color, rang- 
ing from lemon yellow through all the varying shades of orange 
yellow, orange, red orange and red. In type they are semi-recurved 
to recurved. There is also a variation in their height. They are a great 
improvement on the older varieties, bear pyramidal clusters of bloom 
on stiff stems that require no staking. Mid-July flowering. For mass 
display few strains equal them. 
L. centifolium hybrids 
These large white trumpet lilies have a green blotch at the base of 
each segment and are shaded brownish purple or green externally. 
In fact, this is also called the Green Stripe lily. Since it reaches 5 
to 8 feet in height, it is ideal to use as background material in a 
border. It wants full sun, and blooms in July when its fragrance 
fills the garden. This is an especially easy lily to grow as seed 
germination only takes from 3 to 6 weeks. 
L. Davidi Macranthum 
The recurved, medium sized blooms of this exceedingly showy lily 
are a brilliant orange-red, spotted black. These also are July bloom- 
ers, easy to grow, and like full sun. They are not fragrant. Since they 
grow from 4 to 6 feet and require the same growing conditions, they 
may be used in front of L. centifolium for an unforgettable rich 
color effect. 
L. formosanum (late variety) 
The large trumpets of this lily are white with emerald green throat 
shaded violet externally. It is another sun lover, and because it 
blooms in September to October, extends your season of lily bloom- 
ing late into the year. It is delightfully fragrant. Growing from 4 
to 6 feet in height, it is beautiful planted with low growing pink or 
lavender chrysanthemums or dahlias. 
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