Lily Descriptions and Prices (Continued) 
re-set if large flowers are desired. August delivery. List 
in spring catalog. 
per 1000, 6-7’’, $200.00; 7-8’, $240.00; 8-9’, $300.00 
L. candidum—“White Elf”—A unique clone that 
we have selected out of some fifty thousand new seedling 
Candidums of the “Cascade Strain”. White Elf is a true 
dwarf in every respect. The entire stem of a fully grown 
bulb measures not more than twenty-four inches. The 
flowers are very beautifully proportioned, the foliage is 
of a deep green, healthy coloring. The bulb is also small 
and apparently various factors in this curious plant have 
combined to keep it of miniature stature. It is for this 
reason an ideal lily for the rock garden, for borders and 
even more so for informal flower arrangements. 
each, $2.00 
L. centifolium ‘Olympic Hybrids”—A major 
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. leucanthum, var. centifolium, Sargentiae, 
Brownii and L. myriophyllum var. superbum. Careful 
selection of the finest and choicest plants from these 
crosses has resulted 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 bow] 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 trum- 
pets, soft fuchsia pink and the popular cool, icy green. 
The exteriors of the petals are delicately shaded with 
light greenish brown or soft wine tints and in some in- 
stances are a pure glistening white. July flowering, they 
bloom later than L. regale and their period of flowering 
extends from three weeks to a month. They do equally 
well in full sun or partial shade. The dominant colors do 
not fade appreciably in full sun, but, as with other 
plants, the flowers are at their best in very light shade 
and, when grown for show purposes, the plants should 
be given light shade as soon as the buds lengthen and 
begin to show color. 
The bulbs form strong stem roots in addition to the 
very extensive basal root system which provides good 
insurance against drouth. Plant the bulbs 5 to 6 inches 
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deep in well drained soil and they can then be left undis- 
turbed for several years. 
per 1000, 6-7”, $100.00; 7-8’, $140.00; 8-9”, $180.00; 
9-12’”, $300.00 
L. centifolium “Special Select”—For the more dis-. 
criminating gardener we are now able to offer a limited 
number of specially selected bulbs of the Olympic Hy- 
brids. 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 re- 
ceived before July 1st. 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 plots possessing 
longer petals which are often slightly twisted or ruffled, 
giving the flower a most graceful, informal shape. 
In random sizes only, $0.60 each 
L. centifolium “Pink Selections’—A strain which 
has had our closest attention 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 available. 
Our experience with these lilies, however, has shown 
that while they are a true and definite fuchsia-pink with 
us and other growers in cool, moist climates, they do 
not show this color when grown in regions where warm 
nights prevail during the flowering season. Apparently 
the heat bleaches the colors even before the buds open. 
We are intensifying our breeding program and hope to 
ship out only the very darkest forms. All lilies of this 
type shipped by us are tagged in the field by one or two 
of our most experienced men. These tagged plants are 
harvested by hand at shipping time and come in ran- 
dom sizes only. In random sizes only, $2.40 each 
L. centifolium — “White Selections” — From 
among the hundreds of thousands of trumpet lilies on 
our farms we select a few hundred that have pure white 
flowers. We can do this only during the flowering period 
