PLANT THREE OF A KIND 
We earnestly suggest the planting of three bulbs of a kind in a 
group for the best effect. Though one lily stem is lovely, three of 
a kind together is many times more beautiful. Please note the 
considerable savings in lots of three. 
Here are two 1955 Introductions! 
LIGHTHOUSE, 421. A DeGraaff 1955 introduction. A giant 
among upright lilies, six to eight feet tall with the largest blooms ever 
seen in this type lily. The flower is an open cup-shape type and its 
huge size makes it a most outstanding garden subject. The color is 
a delightful pastel, pinkish-orange that is most pleasing and striking 
in the border. This giant lily is the sturdiest, largest and best pro- 
portioned of the Mid-Century-Hollywood type. July flowering. PD 
5 in. Supply limited. Each $7.75 
PALOMINO, 593. A DeGraaff ‘55 introduction. Here’s a most 
unusual lily with large recurved pendant blooms that form intriguing 
globes, well spaced and adequate pedicels. All in all an out of the 
ordinary lily. A free bloomer on five-foot stems. The color is best 
described as ‘‘beige’’, buff or Nankeen yellow, similar to the famous 
old Testaceum, but a bit more refined and pastel. Displayed with 
dark blue Delphinium, the effect is startlingly beautiful. For flower 
arrangements it is delightful. Early summer. Scarce. Each $10.00 
SIAM, 740. 1952 introduction by Palmer. A cross between two 
fine lilies, Skyrocket and Spitfire. Siam is clear salmon-scarlet, 
Turk’s Cap type, semi-out-facing. Early July. New and very scarce. 
Height 3 to 3% ft. PD 5 in. 3 for $12.50, each $4.35 
SIRDAR, 742. Another hybrid of Skyrocket and Spitfire, this one a 
glowing dark red, wide open, slightly reflexed and facing directly 
out. A mid-July bloomer of excellent quality. Height 3 to 4 ft. 
2D S fin, 3 for $12.50, each $4.35 
SMARKAND, 746. A third 1952 introduction, this one a cross of 
Skyrocket and Sultan. A large Martagon type, flowering July. 
Pendant blooms, pyramidal heads on 3 to 4-foot stems. Color deep 
glowing red. Reds, good ones, are in great demand and these three 
will be popular when better known. 3 for $12.50, each $4.35 
AURELIAN Hybrid “‘Eventide’’, 148. This variety should be listed 
with the rest of the Yerex Aurelians on page 5 but space did 1ot 
permit. Eventide is a vigorous, 4 to 6-foot lily with immense pyra- 
midal heads of semi-recurving flowers about 5 inches in diameter. 
The color is a lovely cream overlaid with saffron and blending to a 
deep sunburst-orange in the throat. It’s a very lovely new lily of 
exquisite charm and grace. Like all the Aurelians, it is very sturdy, 
a good grower and promises to be a grand garden lily when avail- 
able in quantity. August flowering. Each $7.75 
Protect Your Lilies with 
Wire Baskets 
During the past three years our customers 
have learned that planting their precious 
lily bulbs in wire baskets pays not only in 
protecting them from such pests as moles, 
gophers, ground squirrels and their fol- 
lowers, the field mice, but possibly, more 
important, the baskets prevent hurting the 
bulbs with the cultivator. The cost of the 
baskets is far more than offset by the 
losses they eliminate. The baskets are 
made of heavily galvanized half-inch 
poultry mesh, imported from Europe as 
this wire is not made in this country. We have them made by physi- 
cally handicapped people. 
After many experiments we have found that a basket 8 1/ inches 
deep, 6 inches across the top and 4¥% inches across the bottom is 
the most practical size and all are made this size. For extra large 
super-jumbo bulbs, special baskets have to be made. Roots spread 
freely through the baskets but burrowing rodents can not get at the 
bulbs nor is there any danger of injuring them with the hoe. No 
small percentage of bulb losses result from cutting them during 
cultivating either before they are up in the spring or after their 
foliage dies down late in the season. Bulbs may be planted right in 
the baskets and then be carried out and set in prepared spots. 
Baskets should be set with the top of the wire just at the surface of 
the soil. Each 55c, Doz. $6.25, 100 for $48.00. All prices postpaid. 
