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LILIES—Continued. 
L. CENTIFOLIUM (OLYMPIC HYBRIDS)—A major project of our 
breeding program for the past several years, we are especially proud to offer this 
modern strain of trumpet lilies to gardening America. Side by side, field tests 
have definitely proven them to be the finest strain of hardy garden lilies avail- 
able. 
Their breeding history includes such varieties and species as L. Centifolium, 
Leucanthum, C. G. Creelman, Sargentiae, Brownii and Regale. Careful selec- 
tion of the finest and choicest plants from these crosses has resulted in the present 
Olympic strain which is characterized by its extreme vigor and SiZemtorin col 
oring and good placement of flowers. There is a pleasing variation among the 
individual plants of the strain and all types, from the stylized typical trumpet 
shaped flowers to the more unusual forms such as the widely opened bowl 
shaped flowers with petals slightly twisted and ruffled. The color range of all 
the parent plants is present in the Olympic Hybrids in addition to new com- 
binations and types which include creamy yellow trumpets, soft fuchsia pink 
and the popular cool, icy green. The exteriors of the petals are delicately shaded 
with light greenish, greenish brown or soft wine tints and in some in- 
stances are a pure glistening white. July flowering, they bloom somewhat 
later than the Regale lily and their period of flowering exterds from three 
weeks to a month. They do equally well in full sun or partial shade. The 
dominant colors do not fade appreciably in full sun but as with other plants 
the flowers are at their best in very light shade and when grown for show pur- 
poses the plants shown be given light shade as soon as the buds lengthen and 
begin to show color. 
The bulbs form strong stem roots in addition to the very extensive basal root 
system which provides good insurance against drouth. Plant the bulbs 5 to 6 
inches deep in well drained soil and they can then be left undisturbed for sev- 
eral years. The larger exhibition sized bulbs are not at their best the first year 
after planting and for general garden purposes a 6 to 7 inch bulb is preferable 30.00 
memes 1 FOLIUM—OLYMPIC. HYBRIDS. SELECTED—For the 
more discriminating gardener we are now able to offer a limited number of 
specially selected bulbs of the Olympic Hybrids. These plants are tagged in the 
fields during the flowering season and represent the choicest and finest as se- 
lected from acres of trumpet lilies. Every plant is of exhibition quality and is 
of outstanding character in all respects. Any one of these tagged plants might 
well be propagated as a clone since each one represents the pick of several 
thousand flowering seedlings. Quantities are extremely limited and all reserva- 
tions must be received before July Ist. Requests as to type of flower desired 
will be complied with in so far as possible. “he general types available are the 
large formal waxy white trumpets characteristic of the trumpet family of 
unusual substance and vigor and exhibiting 1deal placement, with either white 
or light pink exteriors—the wide flaring open bowl shaped type, usually with 
brownish or light greenish exteriors to the petals and the very large flowered 
irregular form which has recently shown up in our seedling plots possessing 
longer petals which are often slightly twisted or ruffled, giving the flower a 
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