L. speciosum “Red Champion” — A variety of the 
red showy lily of Japan. A grand clone for garden 
decoration, cut flowers or pot culture in a cool 
greenhouse. Our strain is uniform, disease free and 
vigorous. The foundation stock was discovered lo- 
cally on the slopes of Mount Hood, where it has 
grown undisturbed for some forty years. This lily 
has not proven to be as difficult as many writers 
would have us believe. A situation in well drained 
soil where it can receive light shade during the 
hottest part of the day is the main requirement for 
successful culture. The heavy basal roots make a fall 
growth and consequently it may require a year to 
become well established. The smaller size bulbs 
suffer less shock in transplanting and are recom- 
mended for general garden purposes. Plant the bulbs 
6 inches deep. Late August and early September 
flowering. 
per 100, 6-7” $30.00; 7-8” $45.00; 8-9” $60.00 
L. speciosum “White Champion”—The highly prized 
white form of Speciosum “Red Champion.” Our 
stocks are free from basal rot and mosaic infections 
so prevalent among imported bulbs and these two 
factors have in the past been largely responsible 
for the frequent failures with this lily. Flowering 
ten days to two weeks later than the red form, it is 
one of the loveliest of cut flowers. Light shade is 
necessary in warmer climates to prevent flowers 
from burning and opening too rapidly. 
per 100, 6-7” $45.00; 7-8” $75.00; 8-9” $100.00 
L. “Sunstar”’—Those of our customers and friends 
who have followed our offerings during the past 
few years will have noted that we have introduced 
a strain of Lilies known as the Hollywood Hybrids. 
Several named varieties have been listed by us in 
the past, all of them lovely, star-shaped flowers of 
great elegance and beauty. The demand for these 
Lilies was disappointing, and since we obviously 
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cannot continue to raise these Lilies if they do not 
find ready public acceptance, we have withdrawn 
them and retained only a very few for breeding 
purposes. From them, crossed with various other 
Lilies, a still newer strain has come, Lilies so daz- 
zling in color and so intense that in our opinion 
they must find their way in the world. SUNSTAR 
is one of these new Lilies, FIRECROWN another. 
Both are upright flowering, both have flowers as 
large as those of ENCHANTMENT but carried in 
a flatter umbel, the individual flowers having a 
flattish cup shape. They retain both their shape and 
their color in the hottest sun. From three to four 
feet tall, on slender stems, the star-shaped flowers 
will highlight the garden. We offer you this exqui- 
site novelty at only $4.50 each. 
L. Wilsoni flavum “Marlyn Ross”—A.M., R.H.S. 
1953. We have great pleasure in being able to offer 
you some bulbs of this lovely lemon-yellow, upright- 
flowering Lily. The large flowers of exceptionally 
graceful habit are a unique sulphur yellow with a 
broad orange band down the center of each petal 
and attractively spotted with small deep maroon 
dots. The stout erect stems are from three to four 
feet tall, covered with dark green lanceolate leaves 
three and a half inches wide. When fully expanded, 
the flower has a flattish cup shape and is two and a 
half inches high and six and a half inches wide. 
“Marlyn Ross” was raised by Mr. J. D. Ross of 
Hawera, New Zealand, and is named after his two 
daughters, Margaret and Jocelyn. While at first it 
was thought that this Lily was the result of hybrid- 
ization, it has now been established that it is a yel- 
low mutation from the well-known, late-flowering, 
upright L. Wilsont, in itself not of special value in 
the garden. A beautiful color reproduction of this 
Lily appeared in the Tenth Anniversary Issue of 
the New Zealand Gardener. each, $6.00 
