A FOREWORD FROM 
SLandylo.am 
The exciting thing about a lily garden is the great variety 
of form, color and stature during the season. The straw-yellow L. Szo- 
vitsianum, the pumpkin-yellow Duchess, the clear yellows of Golden 
Chalice, the delicate scarlet L. tenuifolium, the myriad violets, ivories 
and pinks of the Backhouse hybrids as well as the white Martagon al- 
bum and the clear pink L. rubellum all come in early summer. In mid- 
summer their places are taken by the vivid vermillion of Brenda Watts 
and Fire King, by the cherry-red of Edna Kean, the varied orange, red 
and yellow tones of L. canadense, superbum, and Shuksan. Just a little 
later great masses of the white trumpet lilies lend their fragrance to 
moonlight nights and in the woodland the delicate pink blooms of L. 
japonicum are coming to life. While all of these are still in their prime 
the great buds of L. auratum are starting to swell and one can count 
the weeks until the pink and white blooms of L. speciosum will open. 
Not only does the lily scene change each week of the summer, it 
changes too from year to year. Things are happening so fast in the 
broad field of hybridising that it is difficult to keep abreast. The trum- 
pet lilies have been crossed with the Turk’s caps, the Turk’s caps with 
the cup-shaped lilies and heretofore-undreamed of colors and shapes 
are coming to the fore. 
On the whole the new lilies are good garden subjects, easy to man- 
age and bred with that, as well as beauty of plant, in mind. It is diffi- 
cult not to mention several that we have been watching for a few years 
now that are decidedly worthy of attention from every gardener. The 
Golden Chalice hybrids are early, moderately dwarf, and the array of 
yellow they bring to the border is dazzling. Until recently most of the 
yellow lilies have been either expensive or difficult but times have 
changed. Since yellow is a color peculiarly appropriate to lilies, it is 
fortunate that not only can the Golden Chalice hybrids be recommended 
but both The Duchess, and Helen Carroll are excellent. All three are 
quite distinct and all of them should be planted in every garden. 
Among the new deep reds Dunkirk, Barbara and L. umbellatum Satan 
are probably the finest. Likewise, it is good after a number of years to 
have Lilium T. A. Havemeyer back with us. It has been absent too long 
and is an old and well-loved friend. 




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