Lily Descriptions and Prices -- 1955 Crop 
L. amabile—Brilliant grenadine-red flowers, nicely 
spotted with black, carried on strong, slender, three- 
foot stems. Because of its very free flowering habit, 
few bulbs are needed to make a brilliant dash of 
color in the garden. Best suited as a bold accent 
group in the border, L. amabile does well in full 
sun and will stand considerable drought. The in- 
tense color does not fade in direct sunlight. 
The bulbs are white, high crowned and composed 
of relatively large scales. Plant five inches deep in 
light porous soils, shallower in clay and adobe. Stem 
roots are sparse or entirely lacking; basal roots 
heavy and contractile. Underground stem bulblets 
are formed in profusion, especially on the smaller 
stems. 
per 100, 4-5” $15.00; 5-6” $21.00 
L. amabile luteum—One of the loveliest of the yel- 
low flowered Lilies, this rare form is identical with 
the type, except in color, and requires the same cul- 
ture. The healthy seedlings we offer are from par- 
ent plants selected for outstanding color, size and 
placement of the flowers. Flowering a few days later 
than L. amabile, the bright yellow flowers combine 
with almost any companion plant and are excep- 
tionally beautiful when seen against a background 
of evergreen foliage. Bulbs are similar to the type 
species but run somewhat smaller in size. 
per 100, 3-4” $30.00; 4-5” $45.00 
L. auratum platyphyllum—The stock of this fine 
species as offered by us in our current price list is 
raised from seed furnished by various growers to 
which we have added some stocks of bulbs that have 
been collected for us in the mountains of Japan. All 
of our auratum lilies have flowered in our nurseries 
and have been most rigidly selected so that only the 
best types are retained in our collection. This stock 
is as nearly free from virus as any lilies of this type 
will ever be. We recommend it without hesitation. 
Bulbs should be planted from five to seven inches 
deep. This is the Golden-Rayed Lily of Japan, with 
great, fragrant, waxy-white bowl-shaped, horizon- 
tal blooms, golden-streaked and often crimson- 
spotted. Flowers in August and September. Needs 
full sun and a rich, well-drained soil. 
per 100, 6-7” $45.00; 7-8” $60.00; 8-9” $75.00 
L. auratum platyphyllum — Special Selections — 
Among the thousands of seedlings raised here are 
many of outstanding beauty. These often cannot be 
fairly classified as named selections. They are, how- 
ever, so far superior to the regular Platyphyllum 
that we select a few and offer them to you at the low 
price of $1.50 each. The selection, obviously, is done 
as they flower and we can supply these lovely plants 
only if ordered before the flowering season starts. 
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L. auratum platyphyllum—As it is raised by us from 
seed, taken only from hand-pollinated plants, has 
produced a number of lovely new types and varia- 
tions. We are now able to offer a limited number of 
these novelties, selected by us to conform in as far as 
this is possible to older published names. All of them 
were chosen too for their good health and vigor, as 
well as for their distinctive coloring. Most of them 
possess the broad leaves and inherent vigor of the 
parent variety, L. auratum platyphyllum. 
auratum var. tricolor—A vigorous and handsome 
broad-leaved form, pure white except for the 
golden ray and a few inconspicuous yellow spots. 
(Usually sold as var. virginale which is narrow- 
leaved, and now rarely seen.) each, $3.00 
auratum var. pictum — Another vigorous and 
broad-leaved form, but with the upper part of 
the ray crimson, the rest golden, usually heavily 
spotted crimson. each, $6.00 
auratum var. rubro-vittatum—A very showy crim- 
son-rayed form, with a beautiful golden center to 
the flower. Vigorous but rare. each, $6.00 
auratum var. rubrum—A most beautiful and rare 
variety in which the whole of the ray and the 
center of the flower is rich crimson on a pure 
white ground. Spots are relatively few. 
each, $6.00 
auratum var. CRIMSON QUEEN—We include 
under this name all those forms in which the color 
from the rich crimson rays is spread out over the 
rest of the flower. These are equal in all respects’ 
to the fabulous hybrid Parkmannii which com- 
bined the color of speciosum with the size and 
growth of auratum. Our varieties have the vigor 
of the broad-leaved var. platyphyllum. each, $7.50 
L. auratum hybrid “JILLIAN WALLACE”—A.M., 
NSH Le ead be Lo 
This bold and lovely lily hybrid is now and may 
well be, for years to come, the best of all the new 
L. auratum hybrids. It was raised in Australia by. 
Mr. Roy M. Wallace of Warburton, from L. specto- 
sum “Gilrey”, pollinated by L. auratum “Crimson 
Queen”. The fully opened flowers are more than 
eight inches across and the plants bear as many as 
seven of the huge flowers on five to six foot stems. 
The best color description we can give is that the 
petals are of carmine-red color (Tyrean Rose, ac- 
cording to the R.H.S. color charts), with white 
margins and spotted with a really intense, deep crim- 
son. The petals are slightly crested on the inner 
edges, near the base of the flower. The flowers are 
strongly but nicely scented and the entire plant 
makes an unforgettable impression on anybody 
lucky enough to see it in flower. We have built up 
a substantial stock of this magnificent new Lily 
hybrid and offer it this year at the very low price 
of $3.00 each. 
