A FOREWORD FROM 
Landyloam 
This year we are offering a somewhat smaller list of garden lilies 
than heretofore’ The reasons are several: We are withholding stocks 
of L. Fire King, Scottiae hybrids, Sargentiae, Hurricane, T. A. Have- 
meyer, and a number of others. The demand for these is so great and 
constant that there has never been an opportunity to work up really 
appreciable stocks and actual propagating material is getting dan- 
gerously low. Bulbs of these outstanding lilies are therefore being 
held for propagation so that in a year or two we can meet the need of 
the American gardener for them. 
We have eliminated some Burmese and Pacific Coast species on 
which delivery is at present uncertain. We felt we should not whet the 
appetite of the gardener for them and then fail to make delivery. We 
are omitting those European lilies which are not good growers on this 
side of the Atlantic and are including only those which are reliable in 
American gardens. Also, cut from our list are a number of forms 
which are not distinctive, or for one reason or another, not as good 
as some of the newer hybrids which are replacing them. 
On the other hand we are adding to our list a number of very 
choice lilies native to Japan and Korea, which have not been available 
in this country since 1941. These include L. auratum platyphyllum, L. 
cernuum, L. japonicum, L. rubellum, and the various forms of L. speci- 
osum. These lilies, plus collected wild bulbs of L. auratum, will prob- 
ably arrive from our old collector in mid to late December. We shall 
ship them, on arrival, to those gardeners who can plant at that time. 
The bulk of these bulbs, however, will be held here for delivery in 
early spring. 
Our new book, Garden Lilies, published by Oxford University Press, 
has received unanimously enthusiastic reviews throughout the country. 
We shall be happy to accept orders. It is priced at $3.50. 

rhode 
