A FOREWORD FROM 
SLandylo.am 
We have just returned from the annual meeting and show of the 
North American Lily Society which was held this year in Buffalo. Pub- 
lic interest was intense and the floor was constantly crowded with vis- 
itors. The range of the exhibits was very wide indeed and the quality 
consistently excellent. 
What was specially intriguing was the forecast of things to come 
in the way of new hybrids that have been created but are not yet 
ready for commercial distribution. Some delicate Alstromeria-like 
many-bloomed lilies in shades of yellow from Canada were delightful. 
Beltesville sent a great many new things, including some of the recent 
L. auratum-speciosum crosses. Dr. Skinner presented his recent cross 
of The Duchess on L. amabile luteum that was a glorified Duchess in 
a paler color. Mr. W. C. Horsford showed several hybrids derived from 
L. cernuum that are full of promise. Mr. Slate had a wonderful lot of 
Martagon-Hansonii hybrids as well as crosses of L. testaceum and L. 
candidum. Dr. Palmer, as always, had a splendid and showy group. 
Sweep-stakes for the show were won by Carlton Yerex with a spectac- 
ular stem of one of his pale-yellow trumpet-shaped Aurelian hybrids. 
It is clear that in the field of lilies, more than with any other group 
of garden plants, things are happening and happening fast. We feel 
that it is our responsibility to test and offer the new hybrids as rapidly 
as they become available. There are so many fine new hybrids coming 
to the fore that it is no longer even faintly advisable to offer to the 
public those that will not take the gaff of the garden nor those that 
are not sufficiently distinguished to clearly hold their rank and place 
once introduced. This season we are offering only two completely new 
lilies but others will be along as soon as we know more about them and 
as bulbs become available. 
At this writing may we urge those of you who do not already 
belong to the North American Lily Society to send in your member- 
ship to Dr. Robert Stewart, Carter’s Lane, Riverdale, Maryland, for 
gardeners in the United States; to Reverend E. Rigby, 170 Concession 
Street, Hamilton, Ontario, for those from Canada. 
Next year, the annual meeting and exhibit will be held at either 
New York or Boston, probably the former, and in 1952 it is scheduled 
for Cleveland. At Buffalo it was suggested that gardeners who will be 
able to attend and/or exhibit at either of these shows should be aware 
of them well in advance, so you can plan your gardens now to have 
good stems to bring. The shows are generally held in mid-July and the 
only other Lily Show of major importance in the country is that an- 
nually staged by the Lily Committee of the Garden Club of Virginia in 
mid-June. 
ALAN AND ESTHER MACNEIL 
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