NEW HARDY 
LILIES 
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT FOR COLOR, 
FRAGRANCE, DIGNITY, CHARACTER. 
FLOWERS FROM JUNE UNTIL OCTOBER. 
EASY TO GROW AND _ INEXPENSIVE. 
AURELIAN HYBRIDS. Most important of all 
the new races of Hybrids. 
Heart’s Desire. Shallow, widely-flared and 
bowl shaped flowers of white, cream, yellow orange. $2.50 ea. 
Golden Trumpets. The large fragrant trumpets 
are light golden yellow without a spot to mar their clarity. 
Truly a Lily of the future. 5-6 ft. tall, Aug. flring. $3.50 ea. 
Sunburst. With all the golden aureole of the 
sun in its clear coloring, this vigorous Aurelian Hybrid is 
an outstanding garden newcomer. Flowers are larger and 
less refiexed but resemble Lilium Henryi in shape. The colors 
include white, cream yellow and orange. Of unusual texture 
and substance they are suitable for either garden or cut 
flowers. Plant 6” deep. $2.00 each; 3 for $5.75. 
For Cut Flowers Superb. 
BELLINGHAM HYBRIDS. Robust 4-5 ft. plants 
bear pyramidal elusters of 20-30 blooms with strongly re- 
flexed petals. Colors range from clear yellow through orange 
to bright reds. Plant 5” deep. 3 for $1.35; 10 for $4.00. 
MADONNA LILY (Candidum) CASCADE HY- 
BRIDS. Careful selection and pollination has finally produced 
a race of Madonna Lilies with larger flowers and unusual 
texture and form. Seed grown, it is disease free. Plant early 
2” deep. 
Medium Bulbs: 50c ea.; 3 for $1.35; 10 for $4.00. 
Large Bulbs: 70c ea.; 3 for $2.00; 10 for $6.00. 
CALLOSUM. A particularly attractive and dainty 
rarity from Korea. It flowers in August, bearing from 3-12 
comparatively small, bell-shaped flowers of an odd, dull 
mulberry-red_ coloring. The protruding stamens have 
orange-red pollen. $1.00 ea; 3 for $2.75. 
FIESTA HYBRIDS. As cheerful and gaily col- 
ored as the name implies, this new race has neatly reflexed 
flowers, nicely spaced on thin wiry stems. The colors range 
from bright yellow through orange to a beautiful dark rich 
red. Sun loving, plant 5-6” deep. Excellent cut flowers. 
75c each; 3 for $2.00; 12 for $7.50. 
EASTER LILY (Longiflorum Estate) Pure white, 
tall form and best of this type for garden planting tho not 
entirely hardy and needs protection in the North. Excellent 
too for forcing into bloom for Easter Pot plants. 45c each; 
3 for $1.25; 12 for $4.00. 
FORMOSANUM Tall Late. Latest flowering of 
all. Large trumpet of white with emerald green throat. 
Plant 5” deep. 40c each; 3 for $1.05; 10 for $2.75. 
GOLDEN CHALICE HYBRIDS. Large upturned 
cups of clear, bright lemon yellow through the rich warm 
shades of gold and apricot. Vigorous, drought resistant. 
June firing. 3 ft. SPECIAL: 50c ea.; 3 for $1.35; 10, $4.50. 
HENRYI—tThe Yellow Speciosum. 5-8 ft. Bears 
Lily “Olympic Hybrid” 3 for $1.00 
OLYMPIC HYBRIDS—A new race 
of Centifolium Hybrid Lilies. 
strain 
treme vigor, size, 
from 
pink and cool 
Plant 5” deep in 
icy green. 
of Hardy Garden Trumpet Lilies 
available today. Characterized by their ex- 
form coloring and good 
placement of the flowers, they vary in color 
creamy yellow through soft fuchsia 
Flowers 
light shade or full sun. 
Pictured in color center spread. 
MID CENTURY HYBRIDS. Jan de 
Graaff’s Introduction reported in Saturday 
Evening Post last fall. Completely hardy 
strong growing Lilies varying in habit from 
pendant to large outward facing and upright 
types. Colors range from palest straw-yeliow 
to deepest maroon. Mixture from 20 named 
varieties. Set 5” deep. 65c ea.; 5 for $2.50. 
The finest 
in July. 
35c each; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00. 
EXHIBITION SIZE: 60c ea.; 10 for $5.00. 
EXTRA SELECT. “The Cream of 
the Crop’? individually selected by Jan de 
Graaff from 20 acres of Centifolium Hy- 
brids as the finest examples of trumpet 
lilies. They’re outstanding in every way. 
$1.25 each; 3 for $2.50; 12 for $8.0. 
Centifolium “PINK SELECTIONS.” 
In habit and culture the plants are similar 
to the Olympic Hybrids, but 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. How- 
ever, the color will bleach out in areas where 
high night temperatures prevail during flow- 
ering season. Not pink in the South. $4.00 ea. 
JAPONICUM. Rose pink to light 
pink trumpets. Rare and beautiful. Ht. 3 ft. 
Enchantment. (Pat. 862) Best of the 
Mid-Centuries. Upright flowers of vivid 
Nasturtium-red. Vigorous, hardy; disease re- 
sistant. Most of them have a bright orange 
throat. Set 5” deep. 65c ea.; 5 for $2.50. 
Fireflame. Rich Indian-red, lightly 
spotted maroon. The very large flowers face 
out and have broad, heavily textured petals. 
A short sturdy 24” lily exceptional in the 
foreground of the hardy border, or as a pot 
plant. $1.50 each; 3 for $4.00; 10 for $12.50. 
“JOAN EVANS” A_ magnificent 
broad-petaled, bright, golden-yellow upright 
lily. It is late flowering carrying as many 
as 6-9 flowers on thin, wiry, tough 4-5 ft. 
stems. $1.25 each; 3 for $3.00; 10 for $9.00. 
Pagoda. One of the tallest uprights, 
8-4 ft. in height. 6-8 flowers are nicely ar- 
in late August, 20 or more golden orange, recurved, pen- 
ranged on strong stems and of a true orange- 
dant firs. Plant 6” deep, partial shade. 45c ea.; 3 for $1.25. 
Set 4” d 5 rt shade. $1.00 Py 
2 Sie Par esaden? eae chrome or Marigold-orange color; a stand- 
: out in the garden. $1.00 ea.; 3 for $2.75. 
Tango. Palest amber to deep parchment, this is 
the largest of all Mid-Century Hybrids and a color never 
seen before in Lilies. Large, beautifully formed flowers 
face the beholder squarely, the soft colors, resembling a 
warm desert sand, are neatly offset by small black spots 
toward the throat of the flower. Foliage is of deepest 
glossy green. 2-3 ft. tall. $1.50 ea.; 3 for $4.00. 
Valencia. Best of the outward facing Mid-Cen- 
turies, a mid-season lily of fine soft orange to rich yellow 
coloring. The very large, rather flat flowers have a slight 
midrib of coppery gold. $1.00 ea.; 3 for $2.75. 
MARTAGON, Symmetrical pyramids of recurved, 
waxy, purple lilac flowers on 4 ft. stems. Plant 4” deep 
in sun. Most permanent of Lilies. 45c ea.; 3 for $1.20; 
12 for $4.00. 
MARTAGON ALBUM. The pure white form 
whose dainty waxy flowers are gracefully placed forming 
a symmetrical pyramid. 4 ft. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.75. 
REGALE—Glorious, most popular Lily. Ivory 
white trumpet with canary yellow throat flushed purple- 
rose without. Hardy easily grown. Set 6” deep. Top size 
Bulbs 8-9”—45e ea.; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.50. 
REGALE ALBUM. The New Pure white Regale. 
90% pure white. 45c each; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.75. 
RAINBOW HYBRIDS. Cup shaped flowers that 
stand straight up. Colors vary from true golden yellow to 
deepest mahogany red. Mixed. 45c ea.; 3 for $1.20; 10 for 
$3.75. 
RUBRUM RED CHAMPION (Speciosum Amer- 
ican Grown). Disease free and vigorous, this is the finest 
stock of this favorite Lily grown today. $1.25 ea.; 3 for 
$3.50; 10 for $10.00. 
SPECIOSUM RUBRUM. Dutch grown. Color 
picture center spread. Rose-pink spotted crimson. Large 
recurved firs. in August. 65c ea.; 3 for $1.75; 10 for $5.00. 
TALISMAN. In a class all its own, Talisman will 
bear up to fifteen large, nodding flowers with reflexed 
petals, orange-red in color and densely spotted purplish 
black. The thin but very strong wiry stem grows up to 
six ft. tall. Flowers in July when its brilliant coloring 
makes it quite conspicuous. 75¢ each; 3 for $2.00. 
TENUIFOLIUM (Coral Lily) 2 ft. scarlet flowers 
in June. Very hardy. Set 3” deep. 25¢ ea.; 3 for 65c; 10 
for $2.00. 
DELIVERY DATES: 
Candidum—aAugust, Sept. ; 
most other lilies Oct., Nov. ; 
possibly one or two Decem- 
HYBRID AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM (Gold 
Banded Lily) American grown, disease free strain. The more 
vigorous plants produce more freely, larger flowers with bet- 
ter coloring than the type. Fragrant, flaring trumpets of 
ivory white, lightly spotted crimson with broad golden band. 
6 ft. Set bulbs 5” deep. $1.25 ea.; 3 for $3.50; 5 for $5.50; 
10 for $11.00. 
Hardy Lilies are “The Glory of any Garden”. 
ber. Prepare your bed. Mulch 
heavily to prevent freezing. 
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