LANDSCAPE ECONOMICALLY: START YOUR 
SEEDS OF LILIES 
Why not transform your garden to give it exclusive individu- 
ality? Nothing will do this more completely than Lilies, for in 
this flower Mother Nature has achieved the ultimate in serene 
beauty. Even a few, from various parts of the world, will cause 
your visitors to exclaim with admiration and wonderment. Last 
year the unexpected wave of orders for bulbs so depleted our 
stocks that we regretfully withdraw all Lily bulbs for this year. 
However, the real way to enjoy Lilies, and to do so with a mini- 
mum of expense, is to grow them from seed, which is the way 
we propagate all of ours. We supply only the finest hand- 
pollinated seed from flowers personally pollinated by us with 
pollen from the best individual specimens of the same species 
in our entire gardens. Such seed gives maximum germination 
and the finest results, You can buy a whole packet of Lily 
seed for no more than the cost of a single bulb, and often for 
less. Many kinds marked with an asterisk (*) are quick and 
easy to germinate; others are slower. Details given in directions 
supplied with all Lily seed. Available the year around. 
*—=New listing this year. 
You can have Lilies from May to October. To aid your choice 
we list the species in the order of blooming within each of our 
color classes. 
WHITE LILIES 
*MARTAGON ALBUM—wWhite Turk’s Cap Lily. June—54”. 
Visitors are drawn irresistibly to this charming little Lily because 
of its pure white, waxy flowers, with strongly recurved petals. 
One of the loveliest in cultivation; the only very early white 
Lily. Rare, sweetly fragrant. Pkt. 75¢ 
CENTIFOLIUM*—Hundred-leaved Lily. July—84”. Rare and 
almost mythical, this Reginald Farrer introduction from China 
ranks first among the white trumpet Lilies. Gigantic both in 
flower size and stature. White, lightly tinted green or purplish. 
Pkt. $1.00; 3 for $2.50; 14 oz. $4.00 
REGALE*—Regal Lily. July—48’’. This will add regal splendor 
to your garden, and keep doing this, too, for it is the easiest of 
all Lilies to grow, and the most adaptable to varying soils and 
climates. Plant it generously for it is lavish in the production 
of its gigantic white trumpet-flowers. Easy from seed. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 for 60c; 1% oz. $1.25 
*REGALE HYBRIDS*—Hybrid Regal Lily. July—54”. A mix- 
ture of seed from several magnificent hybrids resembling Regal, 
but. somewhat taller. Preferred by most gardeners because it 
supplies a slight but pleasing variety in form and markings, and 
also a very desirable lengthening of the blooming season. 
Pkt. 35c; 3 for 90c; 2 oz. $2.75 
AURATUM—Gold Banded Lily. July-Aug.—58”’. See photo on 
back cover. The most gorgeous member of the genus. Com- 
paratively few Americans have ever seen this breath-taking 
Asiatic queen of flowers. Immense, white, bowl-shaped, banded 
with purest gold, and.emitting an oriental fragrance. Simply 
superb. Pkt. $1.25; 3 for $3.25 
AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM—Mammoth Gold Banded Lily. 
July-Aug.—60"’. Very similar to the above, but even larger and 
more robust. The most magnificent of Lilies. Seed scarce. . 
Pkt. $1.50; 3 for $3.75 
SARGENTIAE*—Sargent’s Lily. July-Aug.—52". Wholly un- 
surpassed among the late-blooming white Lilies is this noble 
and imposing species sent to this country from the interior of 
China by explorer Ernest Wilson. Spectacular in size, coloring 
and height. Ivory-white, decorated inside with gold and out- 
side with red-russet. The only white Lily to produce bulbils 
in the axils of the upper leaves of the stem. Unlike the com- 
mon strain of this species, ours is a superior clone that regularly 
produces seed. Pkt. $1.00; 3 for $2.50; 1% oz. $4.00 
FORMOSANUM, EARLY *—Early Incense Lily. July-Aug.—18”. 
Wondrous fragrant white trumpets produced in midsummer, when 
flowers are scarce. Easiest of all Lilies from seed, often blooming 
the first year. Pkt. 35c; 3 for 90c 
FORMOSANUM, LATE*—Late Incense Lily. Sept-Oct.—60”. 
A taller and later form of the above—in fact, the latest of all 
Lilies. Pkt. 50c; 3 for $1.25 
RED AND ORANGE 
DAURICUM*—Dahurian Lily. Late May-June—20". Many 
have not seen this unique type of ereet, bowl-shaped Lily. Just 
the thing for poolside or border. Scarlet, yellow at base. Usually 
the first Lily to bloom. Pkt. 35¢ 
PUMILUM* (TENUIFOLIUM) —Coral Lily. Late May-June— 
20’’. Gayest of the low rock-garden Lilies is this bright one in 
cheery coral red. Very early. Pkt. 25¢ 
PARDALINUM GIGANTEUM—Sunset Lily. June-July—68”. 
Most glorious of all the Tiger Lilies, is this greatly improved form 
of PARDALINUM in gold and brilliant scarlet. Larger and more 
vigorous than the type. Don’t pass this one by. Pkt. 75c¢ 
ELEGANS*—Cottage Lily. June-July—24"’. Much like DAURI- 
CUM, but larger, taller and finer. An ancient hybrid Lily from 
cultivated gardens in Japan. Yellow to orange and dark red. 
Pkt. 50c; 3 for $1.25; %4 oz. $2.00 
CONCOLOR*—Redstar Lily. June-July—16”. Dainty erect 
stars in bright red. Imagine it in your rock garden. 
Pkt. 35c; 3 for 90c 
DAVIDI*—David’s Lily. July—60’’. A fine cinnabar-red Turk’s 
Cap Lily from western China; attractively marked with black 
spots. Pkt. 35c; 3 for 90c 
AMABILE*—Korean Turk’s Cap Lily. July—30’. A dainty 
nodding Lily in bright grenadine red, spotted black. Much in 
demand. Pkt. 35c; 3 for 90c 
HENRYI*—Golden Speciosum Lily. Aug. Sept.—84". A nod- 
ding many-flowered Lily in rich orange, with attractive green 
band on each petal. Pkt. 50c 
TIGRINUM*—True Tiger Lily. Aug.-Sept. — 54’. Nodding 
flowers in orange-red, with reflexed petals. Succeeds almost 
everywhere. Pkt. 75c 
MAXIMOWICZI*—Korean Tiger Lily. Aug.-Sept.—7/0". With 
us this has been one of the grandest of Tiger Lilies. Orange-red 
flowers speckled with purplish brown, sometimes reaching up 
to 7 feet. Pkt. 50c; 3 for $1.25; 4 oz. $2.00 
LILY BED GROUND COVERS 
A Requisite for Successful Lily Cu'ture 
BLUE-BUGLE (Ajuga genevensis). Low mats of pretty green 
foliage; 10” spires, in deepest blue. 
Plants, 4 for 50c; 50 for $2.50 
*LOVE ENTANGLE (Sedum acre). The easiest to grow of the 
thousand kinds of plants in our collection... Admirably adapted 
for (1) Lily-bed ground covers, (2) pockets in stone walls or 
rock gardens, (3) carpeting arid spots or sandy wastes where 
little else will grow. A hardy succulent from Africa that makes 
an attractive evergreen carpet about |” thick, for areas seldom 
walked on. Plants, 1 doz. 50c; 100 $2.50 
INTERESTING FLOWERS 
We list here some flowers we consider especially interesting. 
We grow them because we like them, and believe you will, too. 
*PINK BUTTONS (Amberboa glauca). A very pleasing, rarely- 
seen annual, much like large bright pink Bachelor’s Buttons. 
With us it flowers continually from June to November. Try it. 
R Pkt. 20c 
RUFFLED SATIN POPPY (Papaver schinzianum). A delight- 
ful perennial poppy, bright salmon, like ruffled satin. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c 
EVENING PRIMROSE (Oenothera). Youngsters from 6 to 60 
like to watch these large lemon-yellow flowers visibly open in 
the evening. Five feet tall. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c 
CALIFORNIA POPPY (Escholtzia californica). Most famous of 
California wild flowers. Pkt. 25c¢; 3 for 60c 
BLUE BEARD-TONGUE (Pentstemon laetus). A fine bright 
blue native pentstemon, 1’ high. 
Pkt. 25c; 3 for 60c; 1% oz. $1.50 
INTERESTING FLOWER SPECIAL—Seed of all 5 kinds for $1.00 
SEEDS OF NATIVE BULBS 
While the purchase of these seeds is by far the most eco- 
nomical and interesting way to get a good start of these charm- 
ing California natives, we recommend them chiefly for the 
flower enthusiast who delights in watching plants develop 
through their various stages, like a child growing up. Often- 
times it takes several years for native bulbs, started from seed, 
to bloom, but the results are well worth the care you give 
them in the meantime. 
GOLDEN MARIPOSA (Calochortus luteus). See photo on back 
cover. Deep yellow, blotched maroon. Striking. 
Pkt. 35¢; 3 for 90¢ 
BUTTERFLY MARIPOSA (C. superbus). Creamy-white, deco- 
rated like a butterfly’s wing. Unusual. Pkt. 25¢; 3 for 60c¢ 
LANTERN OF THE FAIRIES (C. albus). Exquisitely dainty 
satiny globes of pearly white. Pkt. 25¢; 3 for 60¢ 
HARVEST BRODIAEA (B. coronaria) Loose umbels bearing 5-10 
violet-blue flowers like small lilies. Pkt. 25c¢; 3 for 60¢ 
NATIVE BLUB SPECIAL—Seed of all 4 kinds for— $1.00 

20 "A lily flower, the old Egyptian’s emblematic mark of joy immortal and of pure affection.” —WORDSWORTH. 
