Asiatic lily named Pollyanna

Abstract

A new variety of Asiatic hybrid lily having large sized flowers of excellent form borne on a single stem in a compact raceme and particularly characterized by their unusual combination of yellow and gold color tones and by their widely spaced maculation, which extends across the base of the tepals, particularly the petals, from each side of the end portion of the nectary, providing a color pattern that is new in the upright Asiatic division of lilies. The flowers have a long persistence both on the plant and as cut-flowers and the plant itself is an excellent garden plant highly resistant to disease and showing high tolerance to virus. Its bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut-flower production and its flowers are produced in midseason, inbetween the flowering times of its siblings of similar appearance, so that it extends the season of cut-flower production.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its unique midseason time of flowering, and in particular, its unique yellow and gold flower color pattern and its heavy maculation; its vigorous growth and propagation character; and its versatility both as a garden plant and as a plant produced from precooled bulbs forced for cut-flower production.