Exciting New Lilies 
Aurelian Hybrids 
“The Lilies of the Future’ 
Produced by Carlton Yerex 
Without doubt these Aurelians are the most important group of 
new hybrids available today. Their blood lines are superb and their 
garden behavior has been excellent. In form they vary from true 
Henryi types to full trumpets and every form in between. Colors 
vary from white to deepest yellows and apricots as well as almost 
every shade of cream, ivory and yellow. They are large to very large 
and beautifully held on strong 4 to 7 foot stems with up to 20 
blooms per stalk. 
They are best in part shade with good drainage and even seem 
to thrive in heavy soils. Aurelians are so superior that over state- 
ments are almost impossible. Only by seeing them can their per- 
fection be appreciated. Mid-summer blooming. PD 6 in. 
AURELIAN “Golden Trumpet’’—156—We introduced this strain of 
yellow trumpets last year. They are big flowers in rich yellow. Form 
much like the famous Centifoliums and fully as vigorous. The pic- 
ture fails to do them justice. Every bulb is full flowering size but 
the supply is limited. They propagate very readily from stem bulb- 
lets. Golden Trumpet is one of the most important new lilies in 
many decades. 3 for $10.95, each $3.85 
AURELIAN Hybrids ‘‘Delight’’W-158-These are a selected strain 
with semi-trumpet and bowl-shaped flowers, large to very large in 
size. They are white with apricot and yellow centers, the flowers 
have great substance and are freely produced on stiff vigorous stems 
five to seven feet tall. Flowering in August, they are especially 
welcome. Well may they be the highlight of the garden year. 
3 for $11.10, each $3.95, Doz. $45.00 
Believe Jt 
On Net! 
This Auratum has 
flowered regularly for 
the last seven years. 
This doesn’t seem unusual 
unless you examine the loca- 
tion. It’s growing in poor 
uncultivated soil heavily in- 
fested with roots from a 
nearby poplar tree and has 
never been culitvated or 
weeded, 
The garden is in the country 
at Sandwich, N.H., at the 
summer home of a Boston 
gentleman and he tells me 
it was either a chance seed- 
ling or a tiny bulblet that 
happened to get in the spot 
with a load of garden refuse. 
It is entirely away from his 
garden proper and has never 
been weeded nor cultivated. 
It just grows as if in the wild 
and seems to like it. Summers 
frequently get 100 degrees 
and winters down to 20 be- 
low but year after year this 
Auratum has had a dozen or 
more perfect blooms. Can 
you beat this? 
A TYPICAL AURELIAN 
Here Are Some You've 
Been Waiting For! 
AURELIAN “Pink Trumpet’’—154-There is probably no other lily 
more desired than a good pink trumpet and now we are able to 
offer it. Mr. Yerex has produced it by crossing his pink Regal strain 
with the finest of his wonderful Aurelians. This year we are able to 
offer a limited number of ‘’pinks’’ selected while in flower from his 
fields. Their Henryi and Regal blood gives them a quality and tex- 
ture much to be desired. They prefer a semi-shady spot, protected 
from the heat of the mid-day sun. Give them good soil, a well 
drained spot and ample humus. In quality, they measure up to the 
high standards of Mr. Yerex’s other fine Aurelians. I’m sure you 
will like them. 3 for $10.95, each $3.85 
AURELIAN “Green Gold Trumpet—153-This is another break we 
are most happy to offer. A selected strain having a lovely cool, dis- 
tinctive greenish-yellow color. A few customers who have seen this 
strain in flower are most enthusiastic about them. We debated about 
offering them this year as the supply is still limited but so many 
have asked about them we are doing so. In growth they are the 
same as the other Aurelians, simply top quality and we know you 
will like them. Please order early. 3 for $12.50, each $4.35 
AURELIAN Special Selection ‘“Mei Ling’’—155-This very unusual 
and beautiful variety received an Award of Merit at the Boston Show 
in 1947. It’s a free flowering lily with as many as 25 yellowish- 
cream colored blooms shading to old gold in the throat, flat faced 
with recurving tips. As | checked the block of them last summer, 
their perfection was almost unbelievable. All Aurelians are of par- 
ticular value to lily hybridists as they are fertile to pollen of many 
type. Always plant Mei Ling in partial shade to enjoy the exquisite 
perfection of its coloring. 3 for $10.95, each $3.85 
AURELIAN “Bright Cloud’’—157-This is one of the truly fine new 
hybrids. Established plants reach six feet and more, carrying as 
many as twenty large recurved blooms with margins and tips pure 
white and centers bright yellow. An exceptionally effective lily in 
the garden because of its extra long flowering period due to pro- 
ducing secondary blooms on lower pedicels, starting as the primary 
flowers are fading. Culture as per other Aurelians. PD 6 in. July. 
3 for $12.00, each $4.25 
