Lily Descriptions and Prices (Continued) 
widely divergent types and colors that no parallel can 
be drawn between these hybrids and any other group of 
lilies, ever introduced. The colors range from palest 
straw-yellow to deepest maroon-red. The habit of these 
lilies varies from pendant, as in the Tiger lily, to large 
outward-facing flowers, never before seen, to enormous, 
vividly colored, upright lilies. They also vary in flower- 
ing time, in height and in their rate of increase. With all 
these variants, we feel that some twenty different named 
varieties are not too many. 
The bulbs of all these lilies should be planted about 
four to six inches deep. They will thrive in any good, 
well-drained, porous garden soil, preferably in the full 
sun. They can be increased very easily from scales, 
underground bulblets, by bulbils that form in the axils 
of the leaves and by ordinary, natural division of the 
bulb. We repeat that our “Enchantment” is patented and 
that it may not be propagated commercially without 
special license. 
Ten of our 1950 Mid-Century introductions have 
flowers that face outwards. All these lilies will, under 
certain conditions, produce bulbils in the axils of the 
leaves. They do not depend on this means of propaga- 
tion, however, as they come quite readily from scales 
taken at flowering time or shortly after. The stems, in 
our nursery rows, are usually not over three feet tall. A 
small experimental planting in my garden of bulbs that 
had not been scaled, reached a height of four feet six 
inches and it is very well possible that these lilies, when 
full-grown, will be taller yet. We have selected the most 
contrasting colors and the widest variation in habit and 
flowering time for naming and cloning. The lilies we 
offer below were the outstanding ones in our trials. 
**Apache”—A rich Indian-red lily with immense, out- 
ward-facing flowers. Earlier than Fireflame, which it 
resembles, it advances the flowering season of these fine 
new lilies by a week. Slightly and attractively spotted 
with maroon-black speckles. each, $3.00 
“Fireflame”—lIs a short, sturdy lily which may have 
exceptional value as a pot plant in the greenhouse of 
the commercial grower or amateur, as well as in the 
garden where it can be planted in the foreground of the 
herbaceous border. The color is a solid mahogany-red, 
slightly spotted with black or deep maroon. Planted in 
the full sun in our nursery it grew to a height of 25 inches 
from scaled bulbs. The very large flowers face out and 
have broad, heavily textured petals. As many as eight 
flowers to a head, all of them well spaced on good pedi- 
cels, the buds open over a period of several days. 
each, $1.50 
Pace 18 
*“Goldfinch”—Outstanding golden-yellow lily with 
huge, outward-facing flowers, from three to five per 
stem. The beautifully spaced and proportioned head is 
borne on a deep brown stem with olive green, glossy 
foliage. A sensational novelty of great merit. 
each, $3.00 
**Harlequin”—Unusual shade of salmon-buff, entirely 
new in lilies and particularly attractive. The large, out- 
ward-facing flowers are well spaced and look one square- 
ly in the eye. The soft tones of this beautiful lily are seen 
at their best against a setting of glossy green foliage. 
Exquisite border plant but equally attractive as a show 
flower. each, $4.00 
“Parade”—A rich yellow-orange colored lily. Down 
the center of each petal there is a stripe of burnished 
gold. Heavily spotted with minute black or maroon dots. 
The flowers which stand out horizontally have very wide 
petals and make a glorious show. Twelve to fifteen flow- 
ers per stem are no exception, yet all are well spaced 
and have plenty of room to open and to develop normal- 
ly. The good, rich color sparkles in the sun so that 
“Parade” was a real favorite with all visitors to our 
farms. each, $2.50 
*‘Serenade”—Later than the others, it has a good, 
clean and clear orange coloring. It stands only a little 
over two feet tall in our nursery which makes it an ideal 
plant for the herbaceous border and for pots. The fine 
proportions, the sturdy stems and the healthy, glossy 
foliage make this an unusually fine garden lily, imper- 
vious as it is to diseases and pests. each, $1.50 
**Tangelo”—This curious name, derived from a fruit 
that is a hybrid between a Tangerine and an Orange, 
suggests the vivid orange coloring of this beautiful lily. 
Tangelo is medium early, has slightly star-shaped, out- 
ward facing flowers and scored high in many of our 
trials. each, $3.00 
*“*Tango”—The lightest colored of all our introductions 
to date is of palest amber or deep parchment coloring. 
Large, beautifully formed flowers face the beholder 
squarely, the soft colors, resembling a warm, glowing 
desert sand, are neatly offset by small black spots to- 
wards the throat of the flower. The foliage is, as it should 
be in such a grand lily, of deepest green and glossy. 
Stems from two to three feet tall, fine pot plants and 
equally outstanding in the garden. A color never before 
seen in lilies. each, $3.00 
““Vagabond”—Is of a distinct salmon-orange color- 
ing, in itself a most unusual shade and all the more re- 
markable and conspicuous when combined, as in this 
instance, with enormous flowers that face out and with 
their brilliance light up the garden. In all our trials 
