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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1951
Page
4
The article outlines hardy lilies suitable for new growers. It highlights Lilium Tigrinum and L. Tigrinum Splendens as easy, with reflexed flowers, and notes Speciosums like Roseum, Rubrum, Magnificum, and Melpomene as robust choices. Pardalinum, Leopard Lily, and Henryii are described for their colors, forms, and cultivation traits.
Frederick Kelly of Bowraville pleaded guilty to assaulting Mary Wilson an Aboriginal woman after a disturbance at the aboriginals camp in Coffs Harbour on May 29 1951. He was fined £5 and ordered to pay 15 medical expenses with 12 days hard labour if default.
The article describes hardy lilies including Lilium Longiflorum Harrisii the November lily and Lilium Candium the Madonna lily. It highlights Snow drift an Australian white lily with eight inch blooms, and Lilium Philippinense used in the cut flower trade. It also notes Sargen tia and Sulphurgale hybrids and the elegant cup shaped lilies such as Elegans Wilsonae Superbum with primrose yellow and puce spots.
Rose collection priced at 24 shillings for six roses with freight free. Describes color notes Yellow cerise edge Etoile de Hollande crimson and editor McFarland Bright rose. Mentions Una Wallace Cherry pink Crimson Glory and Eclipse deep yellow citrus fruits seven to six pence each with freight packing extra. References oranges Washington Navel Valencia lemons Eureka mandarins Emperor Imperial Grapefruits and Marsh's Seedless Wheeney.
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