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‘On the other hand, while we do not sell directly to 
the public, we are always glad to receive your custom- 
‘ers and to assist them in making a selection for their 
gardens. We aim to maintain a small, but attractive, 
Aue Mio in one of our buildings and the-arge fields 
of lilies and daffodils have induced many an amateur 
-gardener to purchase considerable numbers of high- 
priced bulbs from their regular dealer or mail-order 
house. Our large scale breeding projects have been of 
particular interest to many visitors to our farms. In 
almost endless variety of form and color, acre upon 
acre’ of new lilies invariably create «mew enthusiasm 
-among the amateur gardener. If we could only show 
' these lilies in the major gardening centers of our 
country, our sales problem and yours would be con- 
that extended out a yard around each clump of bulbs. 
Then we had one of the heaviest falls of snow that 
the country has ever seen and it did not go until the 
end of April. 
- .Amabile luteum: All wintered and all had bloom, 
but they had few buds. I think that they should be 
better next year. I took the buds off the weaker ones - 
and only three to bloom and none to go to seed. 
They grew from 18 to 24 inches high. - 
“Golden Chalice: These bulbs were very vigorous. 
They all grew to 24 inches and had wonderful heads 
of bloom. I-am sure that they can weather our 
climate and are a wonderful addition to my garden. 
Many people stopped to ask about it when it was in 
: siderably lighter. bloom. j 
hy With this in mind, we have sent out trial collections “Fiesta hybrids: These were late coming through, 
at eas _ to many sections of the country. In particular, we but certainly made up lost time. They were ‘about 
P, \ want to acknowledge the cooperation of “Sunset” mag- 41% feet high, all bloomed and the bloom was almost 
azine, which enabled us to place some twenty-five col- as late as the Tiger lilies, early in August\ I found 
; lections of new trumpet lilies in as many locations that the stem wandered about underground before 
throughout California. All these individuals or firms coming through. I feel sure that they are established. 
ee | neve. Sas eee collections of bulbs and we shall EGatifoltim: (Yatriuybridaye This tothe" inet 
-) publish a complete report in one of the national maga- oF itihat tb a beed Th b 
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z : : tiful. About four feet in height, but the flowers 
: i It is our intention to use the experience gained by were like those grown by Frank Palmer of Vineland 
these first trial collections to continue to improve upon Station in Ontario. If only these can be established 
this service. Reports already received on the 1947 I shall have something that I have wanted for thirty 
% ‘trials were more than gratifying and certainly most years and could never get. None of the white trumpet 
ee eae “instructive. Since at tlfat time we were somewhat in lilies have ever wintered before and these came 

doubt as to the hardiness of our trumpet lilies, we sent 
small samples to a friend in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 
Canada, to another friend in Bolton Landing, New 
York, where the temperature went down to 47 degrees 
_ below zero, and to several other gardens. One of these 
was in New York City, in the shadow of the Merck 
_ Chemical Company’s warehouses on lower Manhattan. 
In all locations the lilies did well and flowered pro- 
fusely. The report from Saskatchewan is so significant 
that I shall quote it here in full. Jt must be remem- 
bered that the L. centifolium hybrids have in the past 
been considered rather tender or, at best, half- hardy. 
“We have now Feathed the end of our season. In 
fact, we have had a long open, dry autumn and can 
expect Old Man Winter any day now. I want to give 
_ you a full report on your children of the Kingdom of 
_ Flowers, Speaking generally, we could not have had 
a more t fivorable winter for them. They were all 
well covered under at least a foot of sphagnum moss 
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through early and were very vigorous. They were 
greatly admired. 
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“Bellingham hybrids: These did not do so well. 
Some bloomed, but they only grew about thirty 
inches high and were very late in coming through. 
have covered them carefully and hope that they 
live and thrive as they are a beautiful colour. 
“Candidum: I regret to say that these did not sur- 
vive, but to get five out of six to survive the first 
winter was pretty good, I think.” 
On the next pages will be found a sane report on 
lilies, some special points in connection with our sales 
terms and conditions and prices that will prevail for 
the 1949 season. In setting the prices we have been 
governed only by our desire to quote the lowest possi- 
ble prices consistent with the best quality. We realize 
only too well that the increased cost of living, the 
higher costs of shipping and ae increased merchandis- 
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