Canby, Oregon, Spring 1946 
To you who love fine Lilies: 
With a feeling of sincere gratitude we greet you as another garden year begins. Please accept our 
thanks for your patience with our shortcomings upon taking over Miss Clark’s business. We made 
numerous mistakes but you very kindly overlooked them. Maybe things will move more smoothly 
this year. We will be in much better shape to serve you. 

Too, many thanks for all your nice, friendly letters and good wishes; especially the gratifying com- 
Trumpet shaped, usually ments on our packing. We will strive even harder this year to pack the Lilies to reach you in prime 
condition, just as they are dug. We wish it were possible to answer all your letters personally but in 
the summer and fall rush and with help almost unobtainable, it is simply a physical impossibility. The 
white and held horizontal. 
Examples, Regale and Can- 
didum. days are not long enough by half. 
This year we have rewritten the entire catalog, trying to answer in advance the questions you might 
ask. Too, we have elaborated upon planting directions to give a clearer picture of their simple re- 
quirements. 
You will find many additional varieties included this year; not all are new introductions, but many 
which have been unobtainable during war years or which were sold so short it took several years to 
build up stocks again. The new introductions warrant careful consideration. They've been selected 
by some of the keenest Lily experts in the country. When better known they will be greatly in demand. 
We wish it were possible to present true-life color illustrations of every Lily but that is impossible. Word 
pictures will have to do so I’ve tried to make them as true to life as possible. You who know Lilies 
appreciate the difficulties. Our beloved Lilies are far too beautiful for mere words. The new Specio- 
sums, Havemeyers, Auratums and many others transcend any adjectives | can offer. They are simply 
Open funnel Of bowl indescribable. You will just have to draw upon your imagination and do the best you can with the il- 
shaped, semi-erect or hori- 
zontal. Broad petals, Ex- 
ample, Auwratums. To the scores of you who have written me of your garden successes, I’ve enjoyed your letters, every 
one. In years gone by I’ve visited so many gardens from coast to coast, that | can just see them and 
enjoy them with you. 

lustrations available. 

This year we expect to have a more ample stock of fine Lilies than ever before. The vast propagation 
experiments made here in Oregon have developed new and improved techniques and the favorable cli- 
mate of this north coast, especially of the famous Willamette Valley, produces the world’s finest 
Lilies. Mr. Kline is rapidly expanding his plantings and we hope to more nearly be able to supply 
your needs. 
But in spite of everything, there will not be enough bulbs to go around. As this is written, we are 
getting several times as many catalog requests as at the same time last year. This means but one 
thing; if you want Lily bulbs this year, GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY. Many varieties will be entirely 
sold out by mid-summer. We enter all orders in strict rotation and fill them accordingly. Lilies require 
years to produce. The beautiful Backhouse Hybrids take seven years from planting the seed until 
flowering bulbs can be sold. Many others almost as long. We offer nothing but top quality bulbs and 

Flowers erect and wide Where these are sald can accep: no! furthemorderss Seu PLEASE Get aVOURTORDER SINT EARIYV! 
open. Mostly reds and or- 
anges. Examples, Rubes- Yours for better gardens, 
cens, Elegans, Dauricum. 
WY, 
CM ALUN Ee e ATE 
“God made the Flowers to beautify 
The earth, and cheer man’s careful mood: 
And he is happiest who hath power 
To gather wisdom from a flower, 
And wake his heart in every hour 
To pleasant gratitude.” 

Pendulous, nodding. 
Strongly reflexed. Wide 
color range. Examples, 
Martagon, Hansoni, Tes- 
taceum. 
Large heart-shaped leaves. —W ordsworth. 
Bulbs flower and die, pro- 
ducing offets. Examples, 
Giganteum, Cordatum. 

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