Are you looking for more information about lilies? The list below is an interesting list of books about lilies, complied from various sources. If you have a book that is not listed, please let us know so we can add it to the list. Most of the books are out of print, but can be found in used book stores or in on-line book stores.
Perhaps the best source of information is the Yearbooks of the North American Lily Society which are available for sale in our NALS website Store. Hard copies and digital versions versions are available.
| Lilies | Adams, H.S. 1913. NY:McBride, Nast & Co. 116 pp. |
| Lilies | Baranova. M.V. 1990 (in Russian) |
| Lilies | Campbell, J.G. 1957. London:W.H. & L. Collingridge Ltd. 92 pp |
| The Modern Flower Garden 6: Lilies | Constable, W.A. Qureshi Press. 2010. 34 pp. |
| The New Book of Lilies | De Graff, Jan. 1951. NY:Barrows & Co. 176 pp. |
| Lilies | De Graff, Jan, and Edward Hyams. 1967. London:Thomas Nelson and Sons.142 pp. |
| A Monograph of the Genus Lilium | Elwes, H.J. (1877-) 1880. 1933-1962. London. (The work was issued in three separate and distinct stages, that is the “Monograph” between 1877 and 1880, with 48 handcolored plates by W.H. Fitch, then the first seven parts of the “Supplement” by A. Grove and A.D. Cotton between 1933 and 1940 and parts 8 and 9 of the “Supplement” by W.B. Turrill between 1960 and 1962.) |
| Lilies | Feldmaier, Carl. 1970. NY:Arco. Translated from German by Matt Templeton. 228 pp |
| Lilies and their Cultivation | Fogg, H.G. Witham.1961. London: garden Book Club. 157 pp. |
| Growing Lilies | Fox, Derek. 1985. London:Crown Helm. 264 pp. |
| Lilies | Fox, Derek. 1985. London:Cassell Ltd. 64 pp. |
| Garden Cinderellas | Fox, Helen Morgenthau. 1928. Macmillan. 269 pp. |
| The Book of the Lily | Goldring, W. 1905. London:John Lane. 98 pp |
| Lilies | Grove, A. (circa 1905-1911). London:E.C. Jack. 116 pp. |
| Lilies of China | Haw, Stephen G. 1986. Portland:Timber Press. 172 pp. |
| Modern Lilies | Jefferson-Brown, M.J. 1965. London:Faber & Faber. 137 pp. |
| The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Lilies | Jefferson-Brown, Michael, and Harris Howland. 1995. U.K.:David & Charles 160 pp. |
| Lilies for English Gardens | Jekyll, Gertrude. 1901. London:Country Life. 72 pp. |
| Praire Phoenix Lilium – Philadelphicum | The Red Lily in Saskatchewan – Lawrence, Bonnie J and Anna Leighton. 2005. Saskatchewan Natural History Soc. 139 pp. |
| Lilies and Their Cultivation | Leeburn, M.E. 1955. London: W.G. Foyle Ltd. 96 pp. |
| Garden Lilies, Their Selection and Cultivation |
Leeburn, M.E. 1963. London:W.H. & L. Collingridge Ltd. 139 pp. |
| Lilies for the Garden and Greenhouse | Macfie, D.T. ND (pre 1947). London:W.H.&L. Collingridge. 143 pp. |
| Garden Lilies | Macneil, Alan and Ester.1946. NY:Oxford University Press. 226 pp. |
| Consider the Lilies | Marshall, William. 1928. NY. DeLaMare. 92 pp. |
| Lilies in Their Homes | Maxwell, Alice Constable. 1953. New York: Van Nostrand. 256 pp |
| Lilies: A Guide for Growers and Collectors | McRae, Edward Austin. 1998. Portland:Timber Press. 392 pp. |
| Lily Disease Handbook | McRae, E.A. North American Lily Society. 1985. 28 pp. |
| Consider the Lilies | No Author. 1927. NY:W.E. Marshall & Co. 86 pp. |
| Constable’s Lilies | No Author. Circa 1937. Great Britain: W.A. Constable, Ltd. 128 pp. |
| Garden Lilies | Preston, Isabella. 1929. NY:Orange Judd. 126 pp. |
| Lilies for Every Garden | Preston, Isabella. 1947. New York: Orange Judd. 160 pp. |
| How to Grow Lilies in the Garden | Quint, I. George. 1935. Garden City: Double Day Duran. 96 pp. |
| Lilies in the Garden | Quint, I. George. 1936. Garden City:Double day Duran. 96 pp. |
| Observations of a Lily Breeder | Robinson, Charles. 1979.Ontario regional Lily Society. 70 pp. |
| Complete Book of Lilies | Rockwell, F.F and Esther C. Grayson and Jan De Graff. 1961.NY:Doubleday. 352 pp. |
| Lilies for American Gardens | Slate, George L. 1939. NY:Scribner’s. 258 pp. |
| A Guide to the Cultivation and Care of Lilies | South African Lily Society. circa 1963. Pretoria:South African Lily Society. 45 pp. |
| A Book of Lilies | Stoker, Fred. 1943. London:King Penguin. 32 pp. |
| Lilies: A Revision of Elwes’ Monograph of the Genus Lilium | Synge, P.. 1980. London:Batsford. 276 pp. |
| Lilies | Synge, Patrick. 1980. London:Batsford. 276 pp. |
| Lilies for the Beginner | Taylor, George M. 1947. London:John Gifford. 70 pp. |
| Notes on Lilies and Their Cultivation | Second Edition – Wallace, Dr. 1879(2009). London: H.M. Pollett & Co. 213 pp. |
| Success with Lilies in the Home Garden | Ware, Romaine B. 1948. Canby, OR: Published by the author. 36 pp. |
| The Lilies of Eastern Asia | Wilson, Ernest H. 1925. London: Dulau and Company. 110 pp. |
| Lilies in Australia | Victori – Withers, R.M. 1967. Australian Lilium Society. 252 pp. |
| Lilies of the World: Their Cultivation and Classification | Woodcock, H. Drysdale and William T. Stearn. London: Country Life. 1950. 431 pp. |
| Lilies, Their Culture and Management | Woodcock, H. Drysdale and J. Coutts. London:Country Life. 1935. 242 pp. |