REPRINTED FROM THE EDITORIAL PAGES OF HOUSE & GARDEN, AUGUST 1950 
OLYMPIC HYBRIDS of Lilium centifolium have waxy trumpets tinged pink or brown 
Plant lies to bloom all summer 
GOLDEN CHALICE hybrid lilies are hardy, dis- 
ease resistant; include many shades from 
pinkish-orange to orange-reds to deep reds. 
by JAN DE GRAAFF, noted Oregon lily hybridizer 
tT is fun to plan a garden around lilies. They flower from early June to 
I October or until frost sets in. They lend it a keynote not only of color 
but of character, intrinsic value and dignity. Lilies are new and not yet well 
known. They are easy to grow and inexpensive. This is gardening at its best, 
not the kind only a few people can afford, but appealing to anyone who en- 
joys nature and loves to work with plants. 
Lilies require a good fertile soil that is well-drained. They do not require 
pockets with sand or humus or particular locations where soil is especially 
dry or damp. We grow them well in a field that is treated in our routine 
manner of farming. And our lilies do grow well! This is partly because we 
build up the soil. For two years we plant cover crops of oats and vetch and 
then alternate with bulbs for the next year or two. The green cover crops 
are plowed under early in the year and from then on until fall, the land is 
summer-fallowed. Like all our land, the field is perfectly drained, an im- 
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LILY GROUPS IN MANY COLORS. Here in the foreground, Pagoda, a marigold- 
orange, with the orange Valencia, mid-right, the recurved orange Shuksan, top, and 
the recurved red Lilium pardalinum giganteum Sunset, center and top right. 
