Lily Descriptions and Prices (Continued) 
strain of seedlings which have shown marked improve- 
ment over the parent plants rather than segregate a few 
individuals and propagate them for eventual naming 
and introduction. After testing the best known varieties 
of the Dauricum-Umbellatum-Elegans types from Hol- 
land, England and the Orient, the possibilities for im- 
provement in color and shape of the flowers appealed to 
us. Our main objective of clearer, brighter colors with 
the elimination of the muddy oranges and orange-reds 
from the group has largely been realized in the Golden 
Chalice Hybrids. After roguing out the less desirable 
forms the range of colors of the remainder of the popu- 
lation varies from clear lemon yellow through the rich 
warm shades of gold and apricot-orange. As with all 
our other strains of seedlings the Golden Chalice Hy- 
brids exhibit exceptional vigor. The bulbs are uni- 
formly white, clean and sound. Plant the bulbs in a 
warm, sunny location where they will get full sun, at 
least 6 inches deep, since the stem roots are heavy and 
numerous underground stem bulblets are formed. Shal- 
low planting will reduce the increase from stem bulb- 
lets and tend to cause the bulb to split up in several dif- 
ferent crowns. Extremely drought resistant, these hy- 
brids are ideally suited for that warm, dry corner of the 
border where they will flourish and flower freely with 
a minimum of care. June flowering, height 214 to 4 feet. 
In random sizes only, per 1000, $500.00 
L. “Green Mountain Hybrids’’—tThis group re- 
sulted from seed obtained from the collection of Dr. L. 
Horsford Abel. It was originally a mixture of his finest 
selected white trumpets, including such forms as: L. 
princeps “George C. Creelman,” L. princeps “Shelburne 
Hybrid,” L. “Crow’s Hybrids” and L. centifolium. 
Re-selection of these in an effort to fix the character of 
unusual size of flower, combined with a green coloring 
of the throat and the brown shaded exterior of the petals 
has resulted in an impressive group of trumpet lilies. 
Quite distinct in shape and color from our Olympic 
hybrids, they are definitely a superior group of plants, 
particularly valuable for exhibition and specimen plant- 
ing as well as being a magnificent cut flower. They 
require the same cultural treatment as the Olympic 
Hybrids and are at their best when planted in very light 
shade, where their unusual coloring can be seen to their 
best advantage. 
per 1000, 6-7”, $250.00; 7-8’, $400.00 
L. “Green Dragon Strain”’—These magnificent lilies 
occur but very rarely in our plantings of trumpet lily 
hybrids. It is our belief that they represent a reversion 
to a species lily that is, as yet, unknown to us. The trum- 
pets are very short, and have very heavy, wax-like 
texture and substance. The colors tend towards green- 
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ish or chartreuse yellow with reddish-brown, broad, 
striping on the reverse. The pollen is either dark brown 
or orange. The plants grow as tall and as vigorously 
as any of our Olympic Hybrids. The inflorescence and 
habit are also identical with the Olympics, but the shape 
and color of the flowers is entirely different. The plants 
are extremely slow to propagate and are only found in 
small numbers. They do not come true from seed. 
Random size only, each $6.00 
L. Hansonii—A golden-yellow lily from Japan, with 
reflexed, pendant flowers of great substance, it is still 
rare in home-grown quality and hence rather expensive 
at present. Its main value lies in the fact that it crosses 
readily with L. martagon types to produce beautifully 
colored and spotted garden lilies. It is one of the har- 
diest lilies known, with deep green, glossy foliage in 
numerous whorls around the stem. From five to ten 
large flowers per stem. It does best in partial shade. 
each, $1.00 
L. Henryii—This grand lily from central China is now 
the center of attention in the lily world as the parent of 
the Aurelian hybrids. Yet, in its own right, it is a 
beautiful garden lily which should not be overlooked. 
The stems grow from five to eight feet tall, are of a pur- 
plish brown coloring and thickly covered with shining, 
dark green, pointed leaves. It flowers in late August 
for us with as many as twenty or more golden orange, 
recurved and pendant flowers. It is a stem-rooter and 
likes slight shade. Since the tall, wiry stems bend with 
the wind and rain this lily is at its best when supported 
by stakes or shrubbery. 
per 1000, 5-6’’, $400.00; 6-7’”, $500.00; 7-8”, $600.00 
HOLLYWOOD HYBRIDS— 
This entirely new strain of hybrid lilies, which we 
offer this year for the first time as a mixture and in two 
named clones, is the result of inter-crossing the Preston 
Hybrids with our Mid-Century lilies. The Mid-Centuries, 
being the result of crosses between L. tigrinum and vari- 
ous upright lilies, are thus further modified by the intro- 
duction of L. Davidii blood. The result has been a race 
of star-shaped lilies, like giant L. concolor, on tall, wiry 
stems and in a variety of colors. Again, as in the Mid- 
Centuries we have pendant, outward-facing and upright 
flowers. For the present, however, we shall confine the 
strain to the upright flowering, star-shaped lilies. The 
mixture comes in many shades of yellow, orange and 
mahogany-red. All are magnificent garden lilies. 
each, $1.00 
“Joan Evans”—Named after the popular young Holly- 
wood star, is a broad-petaled, bright, golden-yellow up- 
right lily. It is late flowering and therefore a particularly 
