“Saccess With Lilies” 
Its Not Luck --- Its “Know-how” 
By ROMAINE B. WARE 
Fully illustrated with Kodachrome 
Romaine B. Ware, horticulturist, author, editor and lecturer, designer and back 
yard gardener, offers a lecture on LILIES, exotic aristocrats of the hardy garden. 
His intimate familiarity, not enly with the enire tfield of species and hybrid 
lilies, but also with the problems of the home gardener, makes it possible for 
him to assure you success. All too many garden folk say they “have no luck 
with lilies,” when it’s not ‘luck,’ but “know-how” that spells the difference 
between success and failure. This lecture is based upon more than forty years 
of practical experience in gardens coast to coast, gardens large and small, both 
in the cold of the north and the heat of the south. 
Lily It's not luck when a gardener SU Gs se 
with these exquisite jewels of the hardy 
Know-how j,o:cer, it’s simply “know-how.” And this 
technique is neither difficult nor mysterious. Gardeners 
for whom “every bulb grows” are not ultra green thumb- 
ers. They have simply learned the few fundamentals of 
tily culture and it is these that Mr. Ware seeks to impart 
in his very practical lecture. No longer does one need to 
experiment with all the different varieties of lilies to Illustrated Natural color slides pine you ey of 
learn if they will thrive in his garden. This testing and with the newest hybrid lilies ale! e as 
experimenting has been done and the essentials of success shown as well as rare species from the 
are known. Almost any garden may enjoy the magnifi- Kodachromes far corners of the world. The tremend- 
cence of lilies, yes, even the garden of the novice. Mr. Piss bs te development of new hybrid lilies 
Ware, in his myriads of contacts with lily lovers all over in the Pacific Northwest means better lilies for every 
the country has the answer tc almost any problem which American garden. Among those illustrated are varieties 
: : eae 4 3 ‘ : from such hybridizers as Edgar L. Kline, Jan DeGraaff 
may arise and in this lecture it is his purpose to explain 
the “why” of success or failure. and Carlton Yerex, three of the top names among the 
world’s producers of fine lilies. Today their broad acres 
are growing hundreds of thousands of new lilies, truly the 
lilies of tomorrow. The outstanding quality of these new 
hybrid lilies is almost beyond imagination. Their surpris- 
ing perfection, their vigorous health and Superb perform- 
ance without any pampering, spells garden success with 
a minimum of effort. 
Many home gardeners need no introduction to Romaine B. Ware. More 
than one thousand magazine and newspaper articles from his pen have 
been published during the last thirty years on flowers and gardening. 
Seventeen of the leading magazines have featured them as well as 
scores of newspapers coast to coast. He has visited literally thousands 
of gardens throughout almost every state, has designed and built gar- 
dens, both large and small, judged flower shows, lectured in numerous 
cities. At one time he was garden editor of the Ladies Home Journal and 
also of several smaller publications. His personal, down-to-earth con- 
tacts, with the back yard garden clan make it possible for him to grasp 
their problems from the practical point of view. 
In 1936 his copious writings earned him enviable recognition by 
“Who’s Who in America.” Some of America’s largest nurseries have for 
years been distributing garden plans from his drawing board to the 
number of neariy a quarter million cop-es. Today his interest is primar- 
ily lilies. Within twenty-five miles of his Oregon home more than five 
hundred varieties of lilies are grown, doubtless a greater aggregation of 
fine lilies than is found in any similar area in the world. 
For more than forty years Mr. Ware’s avocation has been flowers. 
Welt over five hundred thousand miles of driving has taken him through 
almost every state in the Union. Forty years of experience with flowers 
... forty years of thinking, talking, writing, growing, planting and plan- 
ning... forty years that have made him nationally known as an expert 
in his line. Thus he is able to look at the gardeners problem, your 
problem, from your point of view and help you solve it. 
Dates Available During January, 1955 
For Information and Fees Write 
HNO) IRIE SORE AR, BOS KOGINE MUA. 
Liberty 2-2479 
