Lily Descriptions and Prices (Continued) 
Mid-Century Hybrids — Upright 
Seven of the introductions are upright lilies. These are true Tigrinum-Umbellatum hybrids. All of them 
will show bulbils in the axils of the leaves, if the flower or the buds are removed early in the season. 
‘‘Enchantment’’ will have bulbils, even if allowed to flower normally. All of them flower with us around the 
first of July. Their blazing colors and their straight stiff stems made them stand out in our nurseries. 
Their radical departure in form, habit and coloring from anything that has been seen in lilies up to the 
time these novelties flowered was noticed by every visitor. 
‘*Bolero’’—Unusual shade of cinnamon-brown and 
mahogany. Tall, late-flowering upright with fine 
placement of the individual flowers. The petals are 
nicely dotted with small, maroon spots. Beautiful 
garden lily, it is the largest flowered lily among our 
upright introductions. each, $1.50 
**Bonanza’’—|s later than the others and of a clean 
orange-yellow coloring. The flowers are smooth and 
have a wonderful texture. The spotting is very slight 
and attractive. ‘‘Bonanza’’ was three feet high in 
our nursery planting in the full sun and in hard 
ground. It should be taller than that in the garden. 
each, $0.65 
‘*Campfire’’—Was the best of the upright red- 
colored lilies in our planting. The color can best be 
described as a rich, deep, fiery Indian red. It has a 
few spots on each petal, but since they are maroon- 
red, they are hardly noticeable. The petals are 
pointed and rather narrow, giving distinction to the 
plant which, in a nursery, is three feet high and 
probably much taller in the garden. each, $0.75 
‘*Enchantment’’, U.S. Plant Patent 862——Seems to 
be the most prolific, as well as the most beautiful 
of all the lilies that we have raised. It may be 
worth noting that this lily grew from seed planted in 
the spring of 1942 and that, while our stocks are 
still small, only eight years later, we have enough 
bulbs to warrant color plating and commercial intro- 
duction. Enchantment is an upright lily of excellent 
habit, with many well-formed flowers of a vivid 
Nasturtium-Red. Full of life and depth the color 
blazes in the sun and even on dark days the little 
stock of Enchantment could be seen from miles 
away. This lily which has been so well endowed by 
nature, carries large numbers of bulbils in the axils 
Mid-Century Hybrids — Mixed 
of the leaves. It can also be propagated quite readily 
from scales and we have found that its vivid color- 
ing is a dominant factor, so that it is transmitted to 
nearly all its seedlings. 
We believe that in Enchantment we have raised 
the most promising new hardy lily of the century. It 
is a completely new type of lily, vigorous, hardy, 
disease-resistant, and virtually indestructible, if 
only the very slightest care is given to it. We ob- 
tained a plant patent on this lily and it may not be 
grown commercially without our express consent. 
each, $0.40 
‘*Harmony’’—Wide-petaled, upright flowering lily 
in shades of rich and. brilliant orange. Early flower- 
ing, it proved to be one of the finest in all our 
trials and was much admired by visitors. Long 
pedicels, large flowers, fine for cutting and large 
flower arrangements. each, $0.60 
** Joan Evans’’—Named after the popular young Hol- 
lywood star, is a broad-petaled, bright, golden- 
yellow upright lily. It is late flowering and therefore 
a particularly fine addition to our garden lilies. 
Carrying as many as from six to nine flowers ona 
thin, wiry and tough stem, it stands from four to five 
feet tall. Magnificent cut and show flower but equally 
good in the herbaceous border. Flowers attractively 
spotted maroon. each, $0.50 
‘*Pagoda’’—-Is one of the tallest uprights in our 
present collection. Scaled bulbs grew good three 
feet stems and we believe that in the garden mature 
bulbs will produce stems of four feet. The flowers, 
six to eight carried on good pedicles and nicely 
arranged, are of a true orange-chrome or Marigold 
orange. This lily seems to be a ‘‘natural’’ for large 
flower arrangements. each, $0.50 
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After selecting some twenty clones out of these fine new hybrid lilies we had another sixty or more 
that were far too good to discard, yet looked too much like the named varieties to continue as clones. This 
large group we have propagated as a mixture and we offer it at sharply reduced prices in order to acquaint 
as large as possible a group of gardeners with their beauty and usefulness. 
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per 1000, 4-6’’, $300.00; 6-8’’, $400.00 
