SELECTED SEEDLINGS This is a group of mixed seedings 
also developed by Mr. George L. Slate. It is from these that 
he made his final selections for the series of new lilies that 
we are beginning to introduce this year. The first named 
clone is SATAN. Several others will be offered during the 
next few years. The SELECTED SEEDLINGS are not a 
chance group, but were carefully bred and those that are 
offered here are all so-called second bests. Almost any of 
them would be good enough to introduce as a new clone, 
but some of them are not sufficiently distinct from other 
lilies now in existence to warrant separate naming. Others 
of very fine quality are being discarded in favor of one of 
the slightly better named clones. The color range is pale 
yellow to orange, through flame, to deep blood red. A very 
few of them have outright-facing, wide-open, or reflexed 
blooms. Any of them is a first-rate addition to the garden. 
It is not possible for us to select from this group in terms 
of color or shape, but you may be certain that each plant 
will be both striking and distinctive. 
Each $1.25 Dozen $12.50 
VIOLET NILES WALKER Mr. Louis Vasseur considers this 
his finest seedling. It is a clear unspotted lily of vivid per- 
simmon orange, with slightly deeper shadings towards the 
center of the petals. The plant grows to 18 inches and bears 
from five to six wide-open blooms that measure six inches 
across. It holds its glowing color well in full sun or light 
shade and flowers at about the same time as W. N. CRAIG. 
Each $7.50 
W.N. CRAIG We are pleased to present this new hybrid 
by Mr. Louis Vasseur. It is a striking and graceful plant 
carrying up to six blooms of a clear unspotted orange-yel- 
low. The petals are slender and so well spaced that most 
forms of L. umbellatum seem coarse by comparison. It is 
a vigorous plant that grows 2 to 2% feet and is among the 
first of the umbellatum to flower. It is named in honor of 
Wm. N. Craig and was awarded the First Class Certificate 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1948. 
Each $2.50 Dozen $26.00 
VIOLET M. CONSTABLE A new hybrid introduced in 1941, by Mr. 
W. A. Constable. We quote his description: “This lily, raised in 
our nurseries, first flowered in July, 1938. It is in effect a superb, 
rich yellow Lilium Willmottiae, but with improvements in vigor 
inherited from its great grandparent, L. cromottiae. When ma- 
ture it produces a stiff erect stem densely clothed with narrow 
dark green foliage, bearing from 20 to 30 large pendant flow- 
ers of rich yellow, heavily spotted with deep purple. We con- 
sider the introduction of yellow to the easily grown Davidi 
group of lilies to be one of the most valuable achievements 
of the lily hybridist in recent years.” A very few bulbs avail- 
able. July flowering. Each $10.00 
VIOLET NILES WALKER See L. UMBELLATUM VIOLET NILES 
WALKER. 
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