L. longiflorum Croft x Snowdrift 
The flowers are trumpet shaped, varying somewhat in size, but all 
are of the typical Easter lily type. The color is pure white, with 
golden anthers, and the height will vary from 14 to 3 feet, although 
some individual plants might be taller than this under certain ¢on- 
ditions. 
L. maximowiczii wadai (early) 
This early Tiger lily has large recurved blooms of deep orange-red 
with rich mahogany spots. They grow from 4 to 6 feet and like either 
full sun or partial shade. Their July bloom is delightful in the bor- 
der when brilliant marigolds carry out the golden theme, or when, 
for instance, Echinops ritro (Steel Globe thistle) makes a blue and 
orange-red contrast. 
L. ntaximowiczii (late) 
The description of this late variety is similar to that of the early, 
both as to color and form, and habit, with these exceptions. The late 
variety blooms in September and early October and is one of the 
latest of all lilies to bloom; it wants full sun and the blooms are 
a little lighter in color and smaller in size. 
L. pardalinum giganteum 
The Sunset lily. Since the true Sunset lily does not set seed when 
self-pollenized it is necessary to use other lilies of a similar type in 
order to get seed. The pollen parent of this seed is L. Cyrus Gates, 
one of the most vigorous and beautiful of the Bellingham hybrids. 
Naturally there will be some variance in the result from seed and 
all of the seedlings will not be the true Sunset lily. All of the varia- 
tions in this seedling, however, are very interesting and some very 
fine plants will result from this combination. The Sunset lily is a 
large brilliant bloom, recurved in type, in color a rich crimson shad- 
ing to deep gold at the throat and with deep purple spots. It is a 
June flowering variety, liking both sun and partial shade and grow- 
ing from 5 to 7 feet in height. 
L. Preston’s hybrids 
There is a variation in color, height and form in this hybrid lily. 
The seed is collected from such named hybrids as Grace Marshall, 
Edna Kean, Coronation, Brenda Watts, Lillian Cummings, and 
others of this strain. The height varies from 2 to 4 feet; some blooms 
are orange-vermillion and spotted, others are plain, but the huge 
pyramidal flame of blooms is always vivid and beautiful. They may 
be grown in full sun or partial shade, but preferably the former. 
The blooming period is July. 
L. princeps G. C. Creelman 
Here again we have a lily which does not set seed when self-pollen- 
ated, but must require the pollen of one of the other late blooming 
trumpet lilies. As in the case of pardalinum giganteum, and the Pres- 
ton’s hybrids, there will be considerable variance in height, form 
and blooming time and only a certain portion of the seedlings will 
approach the true Creelman. Nevertheless, all of the forms are in- 
teresting and many fine plants will result. The L. princeps G. C. 
Creelman has large white trumpets with a yellow throat shaded 
brownish lavender externally. It is fragrant, grows from 4 to 6 feet, 
likes sun or partial shade and blooms in July to August. 
L. Washingtonianum purpureum 
The beloved Mt. Hood lily, Oregon’s own native, blooms in our 
gardens from June to July. The medium funnel shaped trumpets 
are white with small purple spots. The bloom turns to lilac purple 
with age. The matured lily carries up to 30 fragrant blooms. It grows 
from 3 to 6 feet in height and likes partial shade. It is charming 
in a border with Heuchera sanguina (Coralbells) , veronica incana 
(Woolly speedwell) and other low growing late summer annuals and 
perennials. 
L. willmottiae 
This Szechwan lily from China has recurved medium sized blooms in 
orange-red which are dotted black in a spectacular fashion. It grows 
from 3 to 6 feet and likes full sun or partial shade and is one of the 
easier lilies to grow. A July bloomer it makes a beautiful picture 
when planted with hemerocallis thunbergi (Japanese Daylily), 
heliopsis pitcheriana (Pitcher heliopsis) and lychnis haageana 
(Haage campion) in the foreground. 

Dear MEMBER: 
We hope yours is a happy, joyous Christmas and that 
the coming year brings you wonderful experiences, includ- 
ing that of many pleasant hours in your garden. 
Did you notice the new use to which we’ve put the de- 
scriptive phrase we've used under our All America Garden 
Club name? That’s right! It’s become the new name of 
your Club. We have felt for some time that it was more 
truly expressive of the type of services offered to you 
through your membership in the Club, and we hope you 
agree with us and like it well enough to not mind the change. 
We hasten to assure you, however, that it’s the same 
Club, with the same personnel serving you, with the same 
high standards and ideals, and with the only changes being 
improved facilities for bringing you the best plant mate- 
rial that it is possible for us to find. 
The color insert which comes to you this month is, as 
you see, punched to go into your Plant-of-the-Month Club 
Garden Notebook. Next month’s color sheet will illustrate 
some of the very fine roses we will have for you in January. 
These will not be new roses, but especially vigorous and 
well grown specimens of very choice roses that have proved 
to be particularly satisfactory. We will have also several 
interesting new perennial and annual seed varieties and 
an offering of William Steinhaus’ superior primrose which 
we are certain will interest you greatly. 
Yours very sincerely, 
THE PLANT-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB. 
by EARL F. HUBBARD, President 
