“Vagabond” received the highest scores. No description 
can do it justice nor do we expect that the color plates 
now in preparation will be able to show the unusual 
quality of this fine lily. each, $1.50 
“Valencia”—Is the last of our outward-facing lilies 
to be introduced this year. It is a mid-season lily of fine 
soft orange to rich yellow coloring. We consider it of 
very fine habit, placement and form and have rated it 
very high during the four seasons we have been privi- 
leged to observe it. “Brilliant”, “clear”, “clean”, “spark- 
ling” are some of the adjectives noted down by us during 
the flowering season. The very large, rather flat flowers 
have a slight midrib of coppery gold. Quite a few spots 
of maroon dot the petals. each, $1.50 
Seven of the 1950 introductions are upright lilies. 
These are true Tigrinum-Umbellatum hybrids. All of 
them will show bulbils in the axils of the leaves, if the 
flower or the buds are removed early in the season. 
“Enchantment” will have bulbils, even if allowed to 
flower normally. All of them flower with us around the 
first of July. Their blazing colors and their straight stiff 
stems made them stand out in our nurseries. Their radi- 
cal departure in form, habit and coloring from anything 
that has been séen in lilies up to the time these novelties 
flowered was noticed by every visitor. 
“‘Bolero’’—Unusual shade of cinnamon-brown and 
mahogany. Tall, late-flowering upright with fine place- 
ment of the individual flowers. The petals are nicely 
dotted with small, maroon spots. Beautiful garden lily, 
it is the largest flowered lily among our upright intro- 
ductions. each, $4.00 
‘*Bonanza”’—Is later than the others and of a clean 
orange-yellow coloring. The flowers are smooth and 
have a wonderful texture. The spotting is very slight 
and attractive. “Bonanza” was three feet high in our 
nursery planting in the full sun and in hard ground. It 
should be taller than that in the garden. each, $1.50 
“Campfire’’—Was the best of the upright red-colored 
lilies in our planting. The color can best be described as 
a rich, deep, fiery Indian red. It has a few spots on each 
petal, but since they are maroon-red, they are hardly no- 
ticeable. The petals are pointed and rather narrow, giv- 
ing distinction to the plant which, in a nursery, is three 
feet high and probably much taller in the garden. 
each, $1.50 
“‘Cinnabar”—Strong-stemmed, maroon-colored up- 
right lily with deepest green, glossy foliage. The flowers 
are borne on long pedicels and are well-spaced. The deep 
maroon-red color glows in the sun and shows a remark- 
able depth. Fine in slight shade as well as full sun. For 
cutting and for border planting. each, $5.00 
OREGON BULB FARMS 
GRESHAM, OREGON 
“Enchantment”, U.S. Plant Patent 862—Seems 
to be the most prolific, as well as the most beautiful of 
all the lilies that we have raised. It may be worth noting 
that this lily grew from seed planted in the spring of 
1942 and that, while our stocks are still small, only 
eight years later, we have enough bulbs to warrant color 
plating and commercial introduction. Enchantment is 
an upright lily of excellent habit, with many well-formed 
flowers of a vivid Nasturtium-Red. Full of life and depth 
the color blazes in the sun and even on dark days the 
little stock of Enchantment could be seen from miles 
away. This lily which has been so well endowed by na- 
ture, carries large numbers of bulbils in the axils of the 
leaves. It can also be propagated quite readily from 
scales and we have found that its vivid coloring is a dom- 
inant factor, so that it is transmitted to nearly all its 
seedlings. 
We believe that in Enchantment we have raised the 
most promising new hardy lily of the century. It is a 
completely new type of lily, vigorous, hardy, disease-re- 
sistant, and virtually indestructible, if only the very 
slightest care is given to it. We obtained a plant patent 
on this lily and it may not be grown commercially with- 
out our express consent. each, $1.00 
**Harmony’’—Wide-petaled, upright flowering lily in 
shades of rich and brilliant orange. Early flowering, it 
proved to be one of the finest in all our trials and was 
much admired by visitors. Long pedicels, large flowers, 
fine for cutting and large flower arrangements. 
each, $1.50 
**Pagoda”’—Is one of the tallest uprights in our present 
collection. Scaled bulbs grew good three feet stems and 
we believe that in the garden mature bulbs will produce 
stems of four feet. The flowers, six to eight carried on 
good pedicels and nicely arranged, are of a true orange- 
chrome or Marigold orange. This lily sems to be a “nat- 
ural” for large flower arrangements. each, $1.50 
We offer a limited number of Mid-Century 
Hybrids in mixed types and colors, flowering 
size. each, $1.00 
L. nepalense—We are very glad to be able to offer 
this rare and most beautiful lily from central and west- 
ern Himalaya. The bell-shaped, pendant flowers are of 
a rich emerald-green color, stained deepest wine-purple 
on the inside. The largest specimen on our farms showed 
five flowers, well spaced on a four foot stem. It may be 
that mature specimens will be taller. This lily, which re- 
putedly is not hardy, withstood our coldest winter with- 
out difficulty. We believe that its main requirement is 
not so much warmth as moisture, for test lots grown by 
us in entirely different locations did uniformly well. It 
produces bulblets on the long, wandering, underground 
part of the stems. each, $2.00 
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