A New Bach! 
“SUCCESS WITH LILIES” 
IN THE HOME GARDEN 
hy Romaine 3. Ware 
If | could sit down with each of you and talk over the problems 
of growing lilies in your gardens I’m sure you would think of count- 
less questions to ask. And, quite likely many of them would stump 
me but I’d do the best | could. And so it was in writing this little 
book. Thousands of you have written me, asking about this and 
that in connecticn with growing lilies and in as far as possible 
I’ve tried to answer your letters. But the writing of hundreds of 
letters has grown to be a heavy burden and much as | would like 
to do it, adequate answers are impossible. 
This little book is an attempt to answer your questions adequately 
in as far as it is possible to do so. It is a how-to-do-it book, telling 
the how, when and where of lily planting, soil preparation, choosing 
varieties, winter care, watering, feeding, a few pages on diseases 
and a wealth of other information. | know there will be some 
questions unanswered as it was impossible to think of everything, 
but if you will study it carefully, your chances of success with lilies 
will increase many fold. 
Lilies, the most of them, are not really difficult, BUT, they do 
demand a bit more knowledge than it takes to grow zinnias or 
marigolds. And I’m sure you will agree with me that lilies are worth 
a little more effort than ordinary flowers require. You can grow 
a goodly variety of them in the average garden and if you do so, 
your cup of joy will overflow because you will lcok on them with a 
thrill of achievement and your garden will become famous. 
This little book is priced so reasonably that every customer, even 
if they grow but a few lilies, can afford to own it. Cloth bound for 
$1.00 or paper bound 50c. It is my sincere wish that each of you 
will send for a copy and maybe an extra one for your neighbor who 
should also grow a few lilies. The indescribable joy of success with 
these aristocrats of the garden is almost beyond imagination but 
it is yours if you wish it and are willing to learn the answers. 
Planting and 
Only the major essentials can be covered in this limited space so 
| earnestly suggest you send for my booklet described above. 
Whether you plant a dozen lilies or several hundred, ‘‘SUCCESS 
WITH LILIES” will be invaluable. 
In the description of each variety | have tried to give the correct 
planting depth and requirements as to sun or shade. These should 
be followed carefully. Depths should be varied as much as 25% in 
very heavy o1 very light soils. That is 4 inches in average soils would 
be five in light soil and only three in heavy. Using judgment in this 
respect will pay well. 
Good drainage is vital. Practically no Lilies will thrive in wet soggy 
soils. If yours is heavy and poorly drained, excavate two to three 
feet deep, fill bottom six to twelve inches with gravel, crushed rock 
or similar material that water may drain readily. Then lighten the 
soil by adding a third to a half by bulk of sharp sand and peat moss 
or leafmold. Old compost is valuable also. Good soil for Lilies has 
been described as ‘‘frothy,’” a most apt description. It should be 
loose and very friable. In soil the least bit heavy, plant in a little 
pocket of sand, above, around and beneath the bulb. ‘’Frothy’’ soil 
allows air to penetrate, this aids bacterial action, a factor highly im- 
portant to soil fertility. 
The best fertilizer is bone meal and potash—wood ashes are fine 
when mixed with the soil. Avoid ordinary commercial fertilizers as 
they are inclined to burn the roots. Good compost is excellent. Leaf- 
mold soils are the natural habitat of many Lilies. 
Plant your Lilies as soon as they arrive. They resent being kept out 
of the ground a moment longer than necessary. We ship our Lilies 
as soon as dug for this reason rather than hold the early ones until 

GRENADIER 
GRENADIER HYBRIDS-365-This is the first offering of this new 
strain, a cross of Maximowiczii Wadai and Dauricum Wilsoni. 
Grenadier (True) will not be on the market for several years. It 
was awarded a First Class Certificate by the Massachusetts Horti- 
cultural Society in ‘46. These hybrids we are offering are from a 
group of selected clones from the same cross which are practically 
the same in color and form as the true Grenadier. The clones are 
described as shades of Chinese coral, heavily spotted garnet brown. 
The blooms are large, held horizontal to the stem and are somewhat 
recurved at the tips. Height 3 to 4 feet. PD 4 inches. Early July 
blooming. 
Care of Lilies 
the later maturing varieties are ready. This means thousands of extra 
packages mailed but we feel it worth the trouble. 
Spring planting is not recommended as we do not carry bulbs over in 
storage. The late maturing varieties can be planted any time before 
the ground freezes. If a cold spell comes before the late maturing 
varieties are ready, prepare the soil ahead and mulch it heavily so 
that it will not freeze. Freezing solid the day after planting will not 
harm any of the hardy varieties and this applies to all except those 
specifically listed as tender. Dry leaves, straw or peat moss or even 
evergreen boughs can be used as a mulch to forestall freezing. 
A new mulch is now available called vermiculite, a home insulating 
mineral product, available from building material dealers. It is prob- 
ably the best of all. In addition to mulching, it has many other uses 
in the gardening field which can not be mentioned here. We will hear 
lots about this new product in the future. 
All stem rooting Lilies, and this includes most every one we plant 
five inches deep or deeper, should have the soil replaced to a depth 
of four inches in an area eighteen inches in diameter each spring. 
The new soil you use to replace that which served the bulb the pre- 
vious year should be enriched with thoroughly rotted manure or 
compost that it may feed the new stem roots which grow above the 
bulb and are so important to its growth and blooming. The time 
to replace this upper four inches of soil is just as soon as the stem 
breaks through the surface in the spring. 
Cultivate around Lilies with extreme care as their roots are close 
to the surface. Better that the surface should be mulched to prevent 
weeds becoming established and to keep the surface cool and moist. 
The above mentioned vermiculite is ideal for this. The mulch, about 
two inches thick, can be applied early in the spring and left on 
throughout the season. Vermiculite is good protection from early 
frost damage. 
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