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L. auratum — 
The stock of this fine species as offered by us in our current price list is raised from seed furnished 
by various growers to which we have added some stocks of bulbs that have been collected for us in 
the mountains of Japan. All of our Auratum lilies have flowered on our nurseries and have been 
* most rigidly selected so that only the best types are retained in our collection. This stock is as 
nearly free from virus as any lilies of this type will ever be. We recommend it without hesitation. 
“Bulbs should be planted from eight to ten inches deep. . 
L. ‘Aurelian Hybrids” — 
The most important of all of the new races of hybrids, this group at present is the subject of large — 
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scale hybridizing by lily specialists. The seedlings are the results of crosses between L. Henryi, many 
of the white trumpetrlilies such as the “Olympic Hybrids,” L. Sargentiae and L. sulfureum in all com- 
binations. Although they are sometimes designated as Henyri Hybrids many of the plants more 
closely resemble the other parents. The variation is genetically complete in form and color, since the 
seedlings vary from straight Henryi types to almost straight trumpet lilies. The middle group, or 
those which show the characteristics of both parents are the basic plants of this new strain. The flowers 
of this middle group vary in shape from huge bowl shaped white or cream flowers with yellow or 
apricot centers to widely flaring or slightly reflexed flowers usually colored yellow, yellow-orange 
and light apricot. Thus far the general habit and placement of flowers more closely resembles L. 
Henryi and the culture is the same as for that species. The colors fade slightly in full sunlight and 
light shade should be provided when the first buds begin to open. Plant the bulbs six inches deep in a 
rich’soil that is well drained and slightly on the heavy side. Fertile to the pollen of many types, these 
plants are particularly valuable to hybridizers. 
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We are able to offer a limited quantity of different types as follows: 
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(1) “Sunburst” 
This group\is made up of the flowers which most 
closely resemble L. Henryi in shape. They are much 
"larger and more reflexed than those of L. Henryi 
and the colors. include white, cream yellow and . 
orange. The flowers are of unusual texture and sub- 
stance and are suitable for either garden or cut 
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(2) “Heart’s Desire”’ 
This selection is almost intermediate in shape be- 
tween the trumpet form and the L. Henryi shape. 
They are essentially shallow, widely-flared and bowl- 
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Many of them have a bright orange throat, shading 
to cream yellow at tips’ of the petals. 
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(3) “Golden Clarion” 
This type resembles the trumpet lily in all respects 
_ except in color and texture of the flowers. The shad- 
ing of the petals varies from clear butter yellow 
down to cream yellow. These forms are extremely 
rare and scarce at present, however they are a mag- 
nificent addition to the trumpet lily group and*we 
predict that these, along with the new pink trumpets, 
will become, in the very near future, as popular and 
as widely planted.as are the Olympic Hybrids today. 
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(4) Intermediate Types 
Flowers that do not fit into any of the other three 
categories, but that are of such merit that they must 
be tagged and preserved—all true Aurelians. 

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