“The garden mystically ...a place of spiritual 
repose, stillness, refreshment, delight.” 
—John Henry Newman. 
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Last summer an order from New York state was accompanied by a letter saying 
they had sent for the catalog because our bulbs were recommended by the garden 
editor of the local newspaper. The day the catalog arrived, the customer stated she 
was entertaining out of town friends she knew loved fine flowers and naturally 
showed them the catalog. Imagine her astonishment when both friends said they 
had been buying our lily bulbs for years. Truly, it’s a small world after all. Many of 
you are familiar with my name from reading the hundreds of magazine articles from 
my pen in more than a dozen publications during the past two decades. I’ve visited 
gardens in almost every state in the Union during the past quarter century, gather- 
ing first hand how-to-do-it knowledge on all kinds of flowers and plants. And this 
store of data makes it possible for me to write this catalog with YOUR garden in 
mind. Whether it’s California or Massachusetts, Missouri or Minnesota or almost 
any other state, I’ve been there and know somewhat of the local problems. 
And when | urge you to order your lily bulbs by mail from Oregon, it’s not just 
because we sell them. It’s because experience has proven that ‘Oregon Grown 
Fresh Dug Lily Bulbs’’ are definitely ‘‘different’’. Lily bulbs are not like glads or 
daffodils or tulips. They are not dormant corms to be stored for months like onions. 
Lilies are live plants, they never sleep. The sooner you plant them back after they 
mature and are dug, the better. And during the twenty-six years since this business 
was established, many thousand gardeners have learned this, much to the better- 
ment of their results. 
“Oregon Grown Fresh Dug” lily bulbs are recognized all over the country 
by those who ‘‘know”’ lilies as the height of perfection. From the fertile valleys and 
mountain slopes in this area, millions of lily bulbs go each fall into every state. The 
ideal climate of this section produces bulbs literally bursting with rugged vigor, 
vibrant with vital health. They mature and are dug to fill your orders during our 
long mild falls and come direct to you by speedy parcel post with a minimum of 
delay. Every bulb packed in slightly moist peat moss in moisture proof cellophane. 
They reach you almost as fresh as if dug in your own garden. There’s a reason when 
customers write us ‘‘that every bulb grew’’. You get them at the right planting time 
in the fall, ready for you to tuck them into your garden with visions of their coming 
beauty to dream about all winter. 
We are proud to add to our offering this year a considerable number of new 
and recent introductions. Each of them has been carefully tested under a wide 
variety of conditions and has thoroughly proven their worthiness. Each has been 
tested alongside all other known similar varieties and has won the right to 7 
introduction strictly on merit. We consider admittance to our catalog to be 
a sacred trust and only offer what we KNOW to be worthy, what we know has 
the quality to measure up in your garden. 
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Again we thank you for this opportunity of offering you the world’s finest 
lilies. 
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