Asiatic lily plant named `Forerunner`

Abstract

A new variety of hybrid lily plant particularly characterized by the rich orange color tone of its flowers and lack of spotting, as well as their unusually large size borne in large clusters of flowers having excellent form, strong color and long persistence, both on the plant and as cut flowers, these being features which are completely new in the upright Asiatic division of lilies suited to forcing and mass commercial cultivation. The new plant is highly resistant to disease and shows high tolerance of virus and is an excellent garden plant. Also, its bulbs may be precooled and forced for cut flower production, the clone being extremely vigorous and a good grower and propagator.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinctive variety of Asiatic hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its large sized flowers with rich orange color and unspotted tepals; the excellence of its flower form; its versatility both as a garden plant and as a cut-flower plant produced under glass and out of season from forced precooled bulbs; and by its vigorous growth and rapid natural propagation.