New Developments in 
Centifolium Lilies 
Centifolium “Olympic Hybrids” 
A main project of our breeding program for the past several years, we 
are especially proud to offer this modern strain of trumpet Lilies to 
gardening America. Side by side, field tests have definitely proven 
them to be the finest strain of hardy garden Lilies available. Their 
breeding history includes such varieties and species as L. Centifolium, 
L. Leucanthum, C. G. Creelman, Sargentiae, Brownii and Regale. Careful 
selection of the finest and choicest plants from these crosses has re- 
sulted in the present Olympic strain which is characterized by its extreme 
vigor and size, form, coloring and good placement of flowers. There is a 
pleasing variation among the individual plants of the strain and all 
types, from the stylized typical trumpet-shaped flowers to the more 
unusual forms such as the widely opened bowl-shaped flowers with petals 
slightly twisted and ruffled. The color range of all the parent plants is 
present in the Olympic Hybrids in addition to new combinations and 
types which include creamy yellow trumpets, soft fuchsia-pink and the 
popular cool, icy green. The exteriors of the petals are delicately shaded 
with light greenish, greenish brown or soft wine tints and in some 
instances are a pure glistening white. They do equally well in full sun 
or partial shade. Bulbs form strong stem roots in addition to very ex- 
tensive basal root system which provides good insurance against drought. 
Plant bulbs 5 to 6 inches deep in well drained soil and they can be left 
undisturbed for several years. The larger exhibition size bulbs are not 
at their best the first year after planting and for general garden use a 
6- to 7-inch bulb is preferable. 
Top Size, Strong Flowering Bulbs, 6 to 7 inch circum. 
Each 45c, Three $1.30, Doz. $4.25, 25 $7.75, 100 $27.50 
Mammoth Size, Strong Flowering Bulbs, 7 to 8 inch circum. 
Each 50c, Three $1.40, Doz. $5.00, 25 $9.75, 100 $36.00 
Giant Size, Flowering Bulbs, 8 to 9 inch circum. 
Each 65c, Three $1.80, Doz. $6.50, 25 $12.00, 100 $45.00 
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Example of 
Lilium 
Centifolium, 
Olympic 
Hybrids 
Centifolium “Olympic Hybrids Special Select’ 
For the more discriminating gardener we are now able to offer a limited 
number of specially selected bulbs of the Olympic Hybrids. These plants 
are tagged in the fields during the flowering season and represent the 
choicest and finest as selected from acres of trumpet Lilies. Every 
plant is of exhibition quality and is of outstanding character in all 
respects. Any one of these tagged plants might well be propagated as 
a clone since each one represents the pick of several thousand flowering 
seedlings. Quantities are extremely limited and all reservations must 
be received early. The general types available are the large formal 
waxy white trumpets characteristic of the trumpet family of unusual 
substance and vigor, and exhibiting ideal placement with either white 
or light pink exteriors—the wide flaring open bowl-shaped type, usually 
with brownish or light greenish exteriors to the petals and the very 
large flowered irregular form which has recently shown up in our seedling 
plants, possessing longer petals which are often slightly twisted or 
ruffled, giving the flower a most graceful, informal shape. 
Each $1.00, Three $2.85, Doz. $11.00, 25 $21.75 
Centifolium “Pink Selections” Each $3.00 
This is the first offering of a strain which has had our closest atten- 
tion for several years. Although in habit and in culture the plants are 
similar to the Olympic Hybrids, the flowers are shaded pink. This color 
extends over the inner surface as well as the outer surface of the petals 
and is indescribably beautiful. This offering is bound to become one of 
the most popular of garden Lilies as soon as sufficient stocks are avail- 
able. Specially hand selected. 
Olympic Hybrids 
Special Select 
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