Lily Descriptions and Prices (Continued) 
on tall, slender straight stems, the flowers are par- 
ticularly long lasting. The pyramidal flower heads 
bearing up to 20 flowers may be cut as the first 
buds open and will remain fresh until the entire 
spike is in bloom. The buds are long and narrow 
and reveal the attractive spotting of the petals long 
before opening. The color range is complete from 
clear yellow through the yellow-oranges to the bright 
orange-reds with scarlet tipped petals. Most of the 
flowers are intensely spotted with brown or reddish 
brown. 
The bulbs are typical of the West Coast native 
lilies, being composed of small white jointed scales 
which turn a pink color on exposure to light. The 
bulb is of the rhizomatous type and new crowns are 
formed annually along the scale covered rhizomes. 
Ideal for partial or light shade they prefer a cool, 
light soil. Since the majority of the basal roots are 
annual the bulb can be expected to give good re- 
sults the first year, but it is at its best when left 
undisturbed since the bulbs divide and branch rapidly 
to form large clumps. 
Plant 5 inches deep in ordinary soils. A winter 
mulch is recommended in the colder sections to pro- 
tect the bulbs against alternate freezing and thaw- 
ing. Stem roots and bulblets are not formed by this 
group and propagation is from scales and division. 
Smaller sized bulbs are mostly single crowned while 
the larger sizes often have two or moreand will pro- 
duce a like number of flowering stems. 
per 1000, 5-6’’, $150.00; 6-7’, $200.00 
L. callosum—A particularly attractive and dainty 
little lily from central China and Korea. It flowers 
in August and bears from three to twelve compara- 
tively small, bell-shaped flowers of an odd, dull 
mulberry-red coloring. The protruding stamens have 
orange-red pollen. This lily is sometimes compared 
to L. pumilum but it is altogether different. While it 
may be subject to the more common diseases of 
lilies, it has not given us any trouble and seems 
easily raised and well adapted to garden culture. We 
are experimenting with large-scale production of the 
best types and offer them in limited quantities, in 
random sizes. per 1000, $400.00 
L. candidum ‘‘Cascade Strain’’—One of the prides 
of our lily stocks is this new strain we have been 
slowly developing for the past several years. It is 
unusual in that the strain sets seed freely and pos- 
sesses a vigor far surpassing the best of the im- 
ported stocks. The foundation of these hybrids was 
an extensive collection of all forms of the Madonna 
Lily available to the trade, including several unus- 
val types obtained from a French priest. Careful 
selection and pollination has finally produced a 
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race of the Madonna Lily with tall straight stems 
and large flowers of unusual texture and perfect 
form. Greatly resistant to botrytis, these seedlings 
are really the first improvement of our times on L. 
candidum, the oldest lily in cultivation. Weeding out 
the less desirable forms has resulted in a group ex- 
hibiting a minimum of variation in flowering date 
and length of stem. Propagation of the best clones 
willenable us to supply absolutely uniform varieties 
of the most desirable types in the very near future. 
L. candidum is one of the few bulbs which re- 
quires very shallow planting and the top of the bulb 
should not be over an inch below the surface of the 
ground. It prospers in a heavier soil than do most 
lilies, but the soil must be well drained. Since the 
bulbs make a fall growth and are dormant for only a 
few weeks in August, early planting is necessary, 
preferably not later than September 15th. The 
Madonna lily suffers no set-back in transplanting, 
provided it is planted early enough in the fall to 
make its normal autumn growth. Consequently, the 
larger sizes will produce exhibition spikes the first 
year. It increases rapidly by natural division and 
will soon form a large clump which must be divided 
and re-set if large flowers are desired. August de- 
livery. List in spring catalog. 
per 1000, 6-7’', $200.00; 7-8’’, $250.00; 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 pro- 
portioned, the foliage is of a deep green, healthy 
coloring. The bulb is also smal! 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. 
6-7'', each $1.00 
L. centifolium ‘‘Olympic Hybrids’’—A major pro- 
ject 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, Sar- 
gentiae, Brownii and L. myriophyllum var. superbum. 
Careful selection of the finest and choicest plants 
fromthesecrosses has resulted in the present Olym- 
pic 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 
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