INTRODUCTIONS 
The following list of lilies is new to our catalogue this season and 
those starred (*) are new to commerce. We are delighted to present 
them to American gardeners. 
L. DUNKIRK 
L. iridollae* 
L. REGALE, FREIMANN’S PINK FORMS* 
L. iridollae is a new species found in the wild by Mrs. J. Norman 
Henry, well-known American field botanist. 7 
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 
SAMEL L. EMSWELLER was born in 1898 at Tarentum, Penn- 
sylvania. His undergraduate work was in the College of Agriculture at 
the University of West Virginia where he majored in Horticulture. 
Subsequently he attended the University of California where he was 
given his Ph. D. in 1932. In California he majored in Genetics and 
Cytology. 
Dr. Emsweller was Assistant Professor at the University of Cali- 
fornia until 1935 when he came to the U. S. Department of Agricul- 
ture as Principal Horticulturist in charge of Floricultural and Orna- 
mental Plant Investigations. At present he is directing this program 
of the Department from the. Plant Industry Station at Beltsville, 
Maryland. 
While in California he developed a strain of rust resistant snap- 
dragons and worked on other flowers. At Beltsville, he has made a 
real contribution to our knowledge of the genus Lilium and has also 
worked extensively with chrysanthemums. The hybridizing program 
at the Field Station is extensive, and fine new things are expected from 
there during’ the coming years. 
Dr. Emsweller married Frances P. Fitzgerald in 1920. They have 
two children, Eugene S., aged 20 (a G. I. attending the University of 
Maryland), and Francis T. (who likes horses). 
E. F. PALMER is considered by many authorities to be the great- 
est plantsman on the continent. He was born in British Columbia in 
1891 and attended school in Victoria. After graduating from college 
he plunged directly into his agricultural work, primarily the breeding 
of fruits and vegetables. In 1915 he was appointed Director of the. 
Horticultural Experiment Station at Vineland, Ontario, the position 
which he holds at the present time. 
His work with gladioli is famous and he was awarded the North 
American Gladiolus Council Achievement Award in 1946, the first 
time it was offered. Likewise he is the holder of the New England 
Gladiolus Society Gold Medal for Advancement of Gladiolus. Lilies 
have interested him since 1934 and he has developed a number of dis- 
tinct and outstanding hybrids, representing years of work and selec- 
tion. These will be introduced shortly. In addition to the awards al- 
ready mentioned, Mr. Palmer has been given the Massachusetts Horti- 
cultural Society’s highest honor, the Thomas Roland Medal, the Carter 
Medal of the Canadian Horticultural Council, and the Ontario Horti- 
cultural Association’s Award for horticultural service. 
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