‘*Serenade”— Later than the others, it has a good, 
clean and clear orange coloring. It stands only a 
little over two feet tall in our nursery which makes 
it an ideal plant for the herbaceous border and for 
pots. The fine proportions, the sturdy stems and the 
healthy, glossy foliage make this an unusually fine 
garden lily, impervious as it is to diseases and pests. 
each, $0.40 
“*Tangelo” — This curious name, derived from a 
fruit that is a hybrid between a Tangerine and an 
Orange, suggests the vivid orange coloring of this 
beautiful lily. Tangelo is medium early, has slightly 
star-shaped, outward facing flowers and scored high 
in many of our trials. each, $0.75 
“Tango” —The lightest colored of all our introduc- 
tions to date is of palest amber of deep parchment 
coloring. Large, beautifully formed flowers face the 
beholder squarely, the soft colors, resembling a 
warm, glowing desert sand, are neatly offset by 
small black spots towards the throat of the flower. 
The foliage is, as it should be in such a grand lily, 
of deepest green and glossy. Stems from two to three 
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feet tall, fine pot plants and equally outstanding in 
the garden. A color never before seen in lilies. 
each, $0.80 
“Vagabond” — Is of a distinct salmon-orange col- 
oring, in itself a most unusual shade and all the 
more remarkable and conspicuous when combined, 
as in this instance, with enormous flowers that face 
out and with their brilliance light up the garden. 
In all our trials ““Vagabond”’ received the highest 
scores. No description can do it justice nor do we 
expect that the color plates now in preparation will 
be able to show the unusual quality of this fine lily. 
each, $0.75 
“V alencia’’— Is the last of our outward-facing lilies 
to be introduced this year. It is a mid-season lily of 
fine soft orange to rich yellow coloring. We consider 
it of very fine habit, placement and form and have 
rated it very high during the four seasons we have 
been privileged to observe it. “Brilliant,” “clear,” 
“clean,” “‘sparkling’” are some of the adjectives 
noted down by us during the flowering season. The 
very large, rather flat flowers have a slight midrib 
of coppery gold. Quite a few spots of maroon dot 
the petals. each, $0.40 
Seven of the introductions are upright lilies. These are true Tigrmum-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. “En- 
chantment” 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. Beau- 
tiful garden lily, it is the largest flowered lily among 
our upright introductions. each, $1.50 
“‘Bonanza”’—Is 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, $0.75 
*“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 hly grew from seed planted in the 
spring of 1942 and that, while our stocks are still 
small, only ten years later, we have enough bulbs 
to warrant color plating and commercial introduc- 
tion. 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 lly which has been so well endowed 
by nature, carries large numbers of bulbils in the 
axils of the leaves. It can also be propagated quite 
readily from scales and we have found that its vivid 
coloring is a dominant factor, so that it is transmit- 
ted 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, $0.24 
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