OLYMPIC HYBRID LILIES 
L. “Olympic Hybrids” — A major project of our 
breeding program for the past several years, we are 
especially proud to offer this modern strain of trum- 
pet lilies to gardening America. Side by side, field 
tests have definitely proven them to be the finest 
strain of hardy garden lilies available. 
Their breeding history includes such varieties 
and species as L. lewcanthum, var. centifolium, Sar- 
gentiae, Browni and L. myriophyllum var. super- 
bum. Careful selection of the finest and choicest 
plants from these crosses has resulted in the present 
Olympic strain which is characterized by its extreme 
vigor and size, form, coloring and good placement 
of flowers. There is a pleasing variation among the 
individual plants of the strain and all types, from 
the stylized typical trumpet shaped flowers to the 
most unusual forms such as the widely opened bowl 
shaped flowers with petals slightly twisted and ruf- 
fled. The color range of all the parent plants is pres- 
ent in the Olympic Hybrids in addition to new 
combinations and types which include creamy trum- 
pets, soft fuchsia pink and the popular cool, icy 
green. The exteriors of the petals are delicately 
shaded with light greenish brown or soft wine tints 
and in some instances are a pure glistening white. 
July flowering, they bloom later than L. regale and 
their period of flowering extends from three weeks 
to a month. They do equally well in full sun or par- 
tial shade. The dominant colors do not fade appre- 
ciably in full sun, but, as with other plants, the 
flowers are at their best in very light shade and, 
when grown for show purposes, the plants should 
be given light shade as soon as the buds lengthen 
and begin to show color. 
The bulbs form strong stem roots in addition to 
the very extensive basal root system which provides 
good insurance against drouth. Plant the bulbs 5 to 
6 inches deep in well drained soil and they can then 
be left undisturbed for several years. 
per 100, 6-7” $15.00; 7-8” $18.00; 8-9” $21.00 
9-10” $27.00; 10-12” $30.00 
L. Olympic “Special Select”—For the more discrimi- 
nating gardener we are now able to offer a limited 
number of specially selected bulbs of the Olympic 
Hybrids. These plants are tagged in the fields dur- 
ing the flowering season and represent the choicest 
and finest as selected trom acres of trumpet lilies. 
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Every plant is of exhibition quality and is of out- 
standing character in all respects. Any one of these 
tagged plants might well be propagated as a clone, 
since each one represents the pick of several thou- 
sand flowering seedlings. Quantities are extremely 
limited and all reservations must be received before 
July Ist. The general types available are the large 
formal waxy white trumpets, characteristic of the 
trumpet family, of unusual substance and vigor and 
exhibiting ideal placement, with either white or 
light pink exteriors—the wide flaring open bowl 
shaped type, usually with brownish or light greenish 
exteriors to the petals and the very large flowered 
irregular form which has recently shown up in our 
seedling plots possessing longer petals which are 
often slightly twisted or ruffled, giving the flower 
a most informal shape. 
In random sizes only, each, $0.75 
L. Olympic “Pink Selections”—A strain which has 
had our closest attention for several years. Although 
in habit and in culture the plants are similar to the 
Olympic Hybrids, the flowers are shaded pink. This 
color extends over the inner surface as well as the 
outer surface of the petals and is indescribably beau- 
tilul. This offering is bound to become one of the 
most popular of garden lilies as soon as sufficient 
stocks are available. Our experience with these 
lilies, however, has shown that while they are a true 
and definite fuchsia-pink with us and other growers 
in cool, moist climates, they do not show this color 
when grown in regions where warm nights prevail 
during the flowering season. Apparently the heat 
bleaches the colors even before the buds open. We 
are intensifying our breeding program and hope to 
ship out only the very darkest forms. All lilies of 
this type shipped by us are tagged in the field by one 
or two of our most experienced men. These tagged 
plants are harvested by hand at shipping time and’ 
come in random sizes only. each, $1.80 
L. Olympic “White Selections’—From among the 
hundreds of thousands of trumpet lilies on our farms 
we select a few hundred that have pure white flow- 
ers. We can do this only during the flowering period 
and must have our orders in hand before July Ist. 
These lilies will be pure white and of finest form 
only. Most of them show a greenish rib or stripe on 
the reverse of each petal. 
In random sizes only, each, $1.80 
