
A FOREWORD FROM 
SLandyloam 
This season, for the first time in a number of years, we are able 
to list a group of imported bulbs. Our collectors in Burma and India 
are busy, and again we shall have the magnificent L. sulphureum for 
our gardens. Other lilies, equally attractive, but not so well known in 
this country, are coming too, and these include L. Bakerianum, L. 
nepalense, L. ochraceum, and L. Wallichianum. From Holland we are 
importing L. Brownii, L. aurantiacum (croceum), and some of the 
speciosums — all lilies that have been grown here throughout the war 
—but in so limited a quantity as to be negligible. 
New lilies and formerly rare ones, are available in increasing 
numbers, as well. Stocks of the Backhouse hybrids, of several of Miss 
Preston’s and Mr. Skinner’s hybrids, and of L. tsingtauense are larger 
than they have ever been: this in spite of acute shortages of labor and 
material during the past five years. American growers are finding 
what lilies thrive in our gardens and how to increase them, so that 
presently every gardener can have them if he so desires. 
For the first time, too, since 1940, we have an adequate and able 
staff on our grounds, and this means that our propagation program 
can move ahead in swift and steady paces — that we shall be able to 
grow many things in quantity, as well as to keep them weeded and 
sprayed while they are growing. Bulbs are still short, yes, and will be 
for some little time. It is very likely that with many species and 
hybrids there will never be enough to go around. But here at Sandy- 
loam we are on the way to overcoming some of these shortages. And 
our aim, as always, is to bring you the finest bulbs that are grown 
anyplace in the world. 
Beginning next year we are expecting from the Chino-Tibetan 
borderland a number of lilies that are probably not in cultivation 
anywhere in the world: romantic and fabulous species such as L. 
papilliferum, L. Stewartianum, and L. taliense. Along with these we 
expect fresh stocks of L. Wardii, L. lankongense, and L. Duchartrei. 
These western Chinese and Tibetan lilies, together with azaleas, 
rhododendrons, and primulas, that are coming from the same territory, 
will not be distributed for several years: not until such time as we 
have had the opportunity to experiment with them and to work up 
stocks, so that we can feel certain they will not be lost. All too many 
new and rare plants from western.China have been lost by nurseries 
and arboreta in the past. 
A word to those who may wish to visit our plantings: We are 
looking forward to meeting gardeners with whom we have cor- 
responded for years and who again are able to travel. It will be more 
profitable, though, in case you must come a distance, if you will wait 
a year or so before making the trip to Sandyloam. Because of our 
handicaps during the past several years, and because of the changes 
we have been making in our plantings there is not a great deal to see 
at the present time. We are beginning an extensive propagation pro- 
gram and for a year or two there will be a great many bulblets in the 
ground, very little above the ground, and even less in bloom. In add- 
ition to this we have been experimenting for several years with 
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