Your letters from Down East, from Georgia, Alabama 
and elsewhere, about the bulbs arriving in perfect 
condition after three thousand miles or more of 
travel, gives us positive assurance that there need 
be no hesitancy on your part in ordering from Oregon 
even if it does seem to be a long way off. The ideal 
climate out here produces bulbs that mature properly 
and can be depended upon to ship and arrive OK. 

WE ARE SORRY «oe. 
TRUMPET 
Trumpet shaped, usually 
white and held horizon- 
tal. Examples, Regale 
and Candidum. 
eee SO many customers were unable to get all 
the varieties of lilies they wanted when ordering 
late last year. Many lilies were in short supply 
last season. In fact, we sold entirely too close on 
numerous kinds and will be unable to offer any of 
them this season. As I've mentioned before, lilies 
require years to grow and due to limited help during 
the war years, some varieties were not propagated 
extensively. We are now stepping up the schedule 
but it will take time to catch up, and more people than ever 
are buying liliese Probably the reason for the great increase 
in demand for lilies is that you are discovering they are not 
as difficult as you thought. The scores of new hybrid lilies 
which have been introduced in recent years are far superior to 
the older kinds. They are more resistant to disease and not 
so particular in their cultural requirements. The home grown 
lily bulbs from the Pacific Northwest have proven themselves 
much more adaptable to American gardens than the previously 
imported stocks. 
Another reason for the limited supply of 
some varieties is the few growers who are today 
producing lilies for home garden usee Literally 
millions of lilies are grown here in the Oregon 
country but the vast majority of them are flor- 
ists varieties for greenhouse forcinge Other 
than a few small growers, there are less than 
a half dozen who specialize in these gorgeous 
gems for home gardense Mr. Kline, however, is 

greatly increasing his plantings and not only BOWL 
producing more of nearly all varieties we offer 
but he is also propagating almost as many addi- Open funnel or, bowl 
tional kinds which are not as yet in sufficient shaped, semi-erect or 
supply to offer. horizontal. Broad 
petals. Example, 
SULPHUREUM, OCHRACEUM, etc., Auratums. 
We were sadly disappointed in not being able to 
supply these fine lilies this season. A substantial 
quantity of the above two as well as Bakerianum and 
Wallichianum were prepared for shipment from Burma 
but due to a strike, the entire lot spoiled on the 
dock at Calcutta. So now there will be none until 
the spring of 1948 when we hope it will be possible 
to supply theme Those of you who wrote about them 
will be advised as soon as any information is avail- 
ablee None of the above have been arriving in this 
Large heart-shaped country since the war started. They are both unusual 
leaves. Bulbs flower and most desirable. 
and die, producing 
offets. Examples, 
Giganteum, Corda- 
tum. 

