Hi Jim, Love, Just love these titles, and sources. I wouldn't imagine anyone is out there growing Bermuda Lilies anymore. Did those back in the 60's , and would LOVE to get my hands on a bulb or 2 these days. Rick K On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net>wrote: > Rick and others, if you liked that, check these other Griffiths' titles > out: > > A Score of Easily Propagated Lilies, circular 23, March 1928. The lilies > treated are Madonna lily, Nankeen lily, Easter lily, Regal lily, Umbellatum > lily, Orange lily, Thunberg lily, Redstar lily (L. concolor), Tiger lily, > Leopard lily, Lemon lily (few now would call this easily propagated), > Huboldt lily, Turk's cap lily (L.superbum), Columbia lily, Canada > lily,Coral lily, Martagon lily, Hanson lily, Henry lily and Speciosum > lily.. > > The Madonna Lily, Department Bulletin 1331, May 1925: from this I learned > that there was once a successful business growing Madonna lilies here in > Maryland! > > The Regal Lily, Department Bulletin 1459, December 1926 > > Some Hybrid Martagon Lilies, Circular 299, December 1933. This treats not > the European Lilium martagon and its hybrids but rather is an account of > the development of what came to be known as the Bellingham Htybrid > lilies. Three ounces of seed purchased from Carl Purdy in 1919 yielded > 3000 plants. From these three thousand plants, eleven were selected for > propagation and introduction. The circular includes includes color plates > of the inner tepals of ten of the hybrids and a plate showing the full > flower of an eleventh hybrid, "Peter Puget' . > > The Production of the Easter Lily in Northern Cimates, Professional Paper, > August 1921 > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, probably about 10 miles > north of David Griffiths' home in Washington, D.C. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >