G olden Harvest Aybrids 
PRODUCED BY MR. KLINE 
GOLDEN HARVEST HYBRIDS 
SPECIAL COLLECTION No. 52-H 
HYBRID LILIES 
11 varieties — 12 bulbs 
Here’s your opportunity to add some of the more recent 
hybrids to your garden at a special price. We can make 
these special offers because in selling identical collections, 
packing and handling costs are substantially reduced. 
Included are eleven different varieties, twelve bulbs in 
all. Each variety packed separately and labeled. I’m giv- 
ing the page number on which each is described. Five of 
them are introductions by Mr. DeGraaff, namely, Pagoda 
(page 12), Rainbow Hybrids (page 13), Golden Chalice 
Hybrids (page 11), Valencia (page 12), and the fine 
Sunburst Strain Hybrids (page 16). Older but excellent 
hybrids include Princeps Creelman Hybrids (page 15), 
Edna Kean (page 15), Oregon Giant (page 26) and 
Shuksan (page 18). The final two are fine new things, 
new this year by Mr. Kline, namely, Grand Canyon Hy- 
brids (page 10) and Golden Harvest Hybrids (page 32). 
All in all, this is a wonderful collection in a wide variety 
of types, colors and season of bloom. Several of them are 
among the best of the newer things, all are good. 
Hybrid Lilies are recognized as the best in the field. They 
have to measure up to extremely high standards to even 
be considered for introduction. Please let me urge you to 
study the descriptions of those with which you are not 
familiar. Several in the group are outstanding, two of them 
new this year. Only because we have substantial stocks can 
they be included in this collection. That you may have 
full cultural directions before you. plant, when your order 
arrives for this collection, we immediately mail you a copy 
of the $1.00 book ‘’Success with Lilies’’. The catalog 
value of this collection including the book is over $15.00. 
They are yours for only 
COLLECTION $ 95 
52-H POSTPAID 
12 BULBS 
11 VARIETIES 
GOLDEN HARVEST Hybrids—367-—These are Sulphureum-Henryi 
hybrids similar to the famous T. A. Havemeyer. Their blooms are 
large, six to seven inches in diameter and are beautifully held on 
strong, stiff stems five to seven feet tall. Colors vary from ivory and 
deep buff through many shades of yellow and apricot. Mr. Kline 
has been working with these for more than a d2cade and a half, 
selecting and re-selecting, back-crossing and re-selecting only the 
outstanding specimens as seed parents. The results are a truly won- 
derful group now available at not too high a price. Most of us can 
have three or more of them in our borders without mortgaging the 
homestead. 
Imagine a group of them against a background of dark green 
shrubs. Plant some August flowering deep blue perennials in the 
foreground and enjoy the Oh’s and Ah’‘s of your friends and n2igh- 
bors. It is garden pictures like this that make gardening worth while. 
And they are comparatively easy to make with these new lilies. 
You will find these new hybrids vigorous and healthy. They seem 
at home in ordinary soils and while they will reward you for careful 
planting, they thrive without any pampering. To enjoy their delight- 
ful colors to the fullest, plant in light shade. Brilliant sunshine 
fades some of their beauty all too quick. They are excellent for 
cutting and flower arrangements. You need not cut long stems 
which may sap the strength of the bulb. Rather cut with short 
stems and use them in the base of arrangements with other har- 
monious things to get height. The possibilities with them are won- 
derful. I’ve kept them in a vase on my desk for eight days without 
spoiling. 
These Golden Harvest Hybrids flower from mid-August into Sep- 
tember when comparatively few lilies are in bloom. This makes them 
doubly welcome. They are offered in mixture only and planted as a 
mixture, they make a stunning display as they all harmonize to 
perfection. Give them plenty of room, planting about fifteen inches 
apart. Planting depth (PD) 6 inches. Mixed only. 
3 for $8.15, each $2.95, Doz. $32.45 
Painted Lady Hybrids 
PAINTED LADY Hybrids—592-Poised almost like butterflies, these 
Painted Lady Hybrids make never to be forgotten pictures in the 
hardy border. They are indescribably delightful in their lovely pastel 
colors with blending and contrasting spots and a few brilliant sub- 
jects lending highlights to the ensemble. This strain of hybrids re- 
sulted from crosses, re-crosses and back-crosses of Martagon and 
Hansoni. First developed before the turn of the century, those early 
hybrids are still with us in the lovely Backhouse and Marhan strains. 
About two decades ago, Mr. E. L. Kline duplicated the original 
crosses and since then has been working for improvements. His suc- 
cess is demonstrated by these he now offers as Painted Lady Hybrids. 
They are true aristocrats not only in their modest size but in their 
charming and delightful array of color. Their basic color is shades 
of yellow and pearl white, though a few are basically orange or red. 
However, it is in the combinations of these basic colors with their 
spotting and shading of various tones of brown, red, orange, yellow, 
green and purple that their real charm lies. 
The wide range of excellent color variations in them preclude selec- 
tion of individual clones for propagation and naming and really, it 
is in their variations that much of their charm is held. The harmony 
and contrast within and among the group make them all the more 
lovely as a group. The type of bloom is recurved and semi-recurved 
as with Martagon and Hansoni but many blooms are substantially 
larger than their parents. They are very healthy and vigorous. The 
four to six foot stems carry up, to sixty blooms and the variation 
in their flowering period extends their blooming period for six 
weeks during June and July. Culture same as for Hansoni. PD 6 in. 
| can not recommend them too highly. Mixed only. 
3 for $11.95, each $4.30, Doz. $48.50 
