New Hybrid Lily Straims 
AURELIAN HYBRIDS 
Flowering in July and August, all of the Aurelian hybrids are of 
the rarest beauty and easiest culture, the result of complex crossing 
and backcrossing a number of trumpet Lilies and the nodding orange, 
recurved L. Henryi from China. Flowers of trumpet or semi-trumpet 
form in clear yellows, brilliant orange and yellow-orange; intermed- 
iate types which show dominant characteristics of both parental 
types; and those more nearly resembling L. Henryi with large, flat, 
or gently reflexed star-shaped flowers of tremendous substance 
ranging from pure white through cream, primrose yellow, gold, yellow- 
orange and vivid orange necessitate three classifications: Sunburst, 
Heart’s Desire and Golden Clarion groups. 
SUNBURST. The group which more closely resembles L. Henryi 
in form with flowers greatly increased in size, pendant or outward- 
facing, petals of unbelievable thickness, flat or slightly recurved 
varying from cream to buff, yellow-green and gold to waxy orange. 
Many are bicolors, yellow or orange shading to cream at the tips. 
Height 5 to 8 feet when established, with from 3 to 30 flowers. It is 
an Aurelian Sunburst which is featured on the front cover. 
HEART’S DESIRE. Intermediate forms between the trumpet Lilies 
and L. Henryi, flowers very large, shallow bowl-shaped, with the 
tips of the petals slightly recurved. Entirely new and enchanting in 
form, texture, and shading, the throat usually yellow-orange or orange 
tapering to ivory, cream or buff at the petal tips. Height 4-6 feet. 
GOLDEN CLARION. Golden trumpets combining the form of one 
parent line and the color influence of the other. Unique and distinct 
in form and substance, flowers range from forms having bright 
yellow-orange throats shading to cream to those tinted orange or 
yellow throughout the flower. Height 4-6 feet. 
The Aurelian Hybrids are as easy to grow as their parents and 
multiply rapidly. Plant 6 inches deep in partial shade where flowers 
will be protected from the hot afternoon sun. 
Top size bulbs for specimen plants of Sunburst, Heart’s Desire and 
Golden Clarion, $3 each. 
