学会概况与宗旨
草原百合学会（CPLS）扎根在萨斯喀彻温省萨斯卡通，是一家以百合属植物为主题的爱好者团体。1967 年，几位钟情百合的园艺人把它办了起来，1973 年依照本省社团法取得注册。章程列了四条宗旨：推广在家庭花园里种百合，向会员和公众提供栽培方面的资料，每年七月办一次面向公众的评审花展并为优胜展品颁奖，鼓励百合杂交育种并表彰在这方面做出成绩的人。学会同时是北美百合协会（NALS）的加盟团体，日常事务由志愿者组成的理事会打理，设主席、副主席、前任主席、秘书和司库，另有六到八名理事，一年碰头四次。
从百合委员会到正式注册
起步要从 1967 年 3 月 10 日算起。那天一批信件寄给萨斯喀彻温各地的百合种植者，十位响应者在 4 月 1 日聚到萨斯喀彻温大学，组成最早的萨斯喀彻温百合委员会，多尔神父任主席，赫布·森利任副主席，埃德·马金尼斯任秘书。委员会借助该校园艺系的力量，在同年 7 月 13 日至 14 日办了一场百年纪念百合展，214 件展品加上来自俄勒冈的扬·德格拉夫的展示，让柯克礼堂里挤满了第一次认真打量百合的观众。头几年委员会还协助把帕特森留下的优良实生苗登录成正式品种，先后有红雀丽人、蜂蜜皇后、北地辉光、虎皇后等，1970 年又添了劳拉·帕特森、北地公主和玫瑰玛丽三个。到 1973 年 4 月，草原各省的兴趣已经扩散开来，几位骨干在园艺系的旧温室楼里议定成立草原百合学会，森利当选首任主席；同年 10 月第一期通讯印出，随刊附上 12 个品种的球根供应名单。
每年七月的评审花展
每年七月在萨斯卡通举办的评审百合花展，是学会最主要的公开活动，会员和非会员都能参展，不收参展费。收件一般安排在开展前的周四下午和周五上午，评审周五上午十点准时开始，采用北美百合协会的评审体系，其间展区对公众关闭；当天下午一点起对外开放，周六继续开到下午三点。奖项分得很细：全场冠军花茎由弗雷德·费尔纳奖杯表彰，另设亚军花茎和按缎带积分评出的全场累积奖，专项奖则涵盖最佳实生苗、最佳三茎组合、最佳八支亚洲百合收藏、最佳三支加拿大育成登录品种、青少年组最佳、最佳粉色百合、最佳帕特森育成品种、最佳加拿大育成品种、最佳竹叶百合和最佳红色百合。以百合为主角的花艺组另有最佳瓶花、最佳花篮和最佳插花三项。展后未认领的花茎会被出售，所得归学会用于各项事务。2020 年本该是第 54 届，因疫情停办。
球根义卖、奖学金与科研支持
学会的经费主要来自秋季球根义卖，通常排在九、十月，有些年份春天也会再办一场。球根多由会员在秋季起球分株时捐出，学会只要求干净、无病、达到可售规格；能报出品种名或花色最好，报不出就按混合园艺百合出售。捐赠一般希望在 9 月 22 日前送到，好留出分装时间，住在萨斯卡通以外的人可以事先说明，由学会补贴邮费。义卖收入加上承办 1977 年、1984 年和 1998 年三届北美百合协会年展积攒下来的结余，如今每年支持萨斯喀彻温大学园艺专业的两项奖学金，以及阿尔伯塔省奥尔兹农业学院的一项奖学金和一项助学金，学会也拿出资金支持百合属的科研工作。此外，学会在萨斯喀彻温大学校园里维护着一块传统百合园圃，用来展示园艺百合，也纪念加拿大育种人留下的成果。
会员服务与资料积累
入会不设门槛，对种百合、参展或育种感兴趣的人都可以加入，会员订购邮购球根可享九折，并能收到学会通讯——从 1973 年第一期起，通讯一直是会员交流栽培经验、发布展会结果的主要载体，站上的栽培文章也多由会员写就。学会另办了一个百合专题藏书室，藏书全部围绕百合属，可以函借，馆员收到申请后以挂号方式寄出，借阅者三周内按同样方式寄回。资料方面，英国皇家园艺学会作为百合国际登录机构发布的《百合登录名录》2007 年版及其八份增补，连同品种登录申请表都存档在站内供下载，历年球根义卖名单也从 2011 年起留了下来，方便种植者回查当年种下的品种。病虫害方面，2015 年春天有理事在萨斯卡通东学院公园一带确认发现百合负泥虫，学会此后持续提醒本地种植者留意，并建议把发现地点上报到北美百合负泥虫追踪网站，那里的数据会被研究人员用来寻找防治办法。
About the Society
The Canadian Prairie Lily Society (CPLS) is a volunteer-run group of lily enthusiasts based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was founded in 1967 by people with a strong interest in the genus Lilium and received its charter under the provincial societies act in 1973. Four aims have guided it from the beginning: to promote growing lilies in home gardens, to provide information to members and the public on lily culture, to sponsor a public judged exhibition each July with awards for winning exhibits, and to encourage lily hybridizing and recognise outstanding work in that field. The Society is affiliated with the North American Lily Society. Its executive consists of a president, vice president, past president, secretary, treasurer and six to eight directors, meeting about four times a year.
From Lily Committee to Chartered Society
The story begins on 10 March 1967, when letters went out to lily growers across Saskatchewan. Ten enthusiasts answered and met at the University of Saskatchewan on 1 April, forming the first Saskatchewan Lily Committee with Father M. Doll as chairman, Herb Sunley as co-chairman and Ed Maginnes as secretary. Working with the university’s Horticulture Department, the committee staged a Centennial Lily Show on 13 and 14 July 1967 that drew 214 entries plus a display from Jan de Graaff of Oregon, filling the Kirk Hall auditorium. In its early years the committee also helped register meritorious Patterson seedlings, among them Cardinal Beauty, Honey Queen, Northern Splendor and Tiger Queen, with Laura Patterson, Northern Princess and Rose Marie added in 1970. By April 1973 interest had spread across the prairies, and a small group met in the Horticulture Department Header House to create the Canadian Prairie Lily Society, electing Herb Sunley as its first president. The first newsletter appeared that October, carrying an offer of twelve bulb varieties.
The Annual Judged Lily Show
The judged lily show held each July in Saskatoon is the Society’s main public event. Members and non-members alike may enter, and there is no entry fee. Entries are usually accepted on the Thursday evening and Friday morning before the show, judging starts promptly at 10 a.m. on Friday using the official North American Lily Society judging system, and the floor closes to visitors while it is under way. Public viewing opens at 1 p.m. on Friday and continues on Saturday until mid-afternoon. The award list is detailed: the Fred Fellner Trophy for grand champion stem, a reserve champion stem, a grand aggregate plaque scored on ribbons, and specific awards for best seedling, best three-stem entry, best collection of eight Asiatic lilies, best collection of three registered Canadian hybrids, best junior exhibit, best pink lily, best registered Patterson hybrid, best registered Canadian hybrid, best martagon and best red lily. Floral design classes add awards for the best vase, basket and arrangement. Unclaimed stems are sold afterwards, with proceeds going to Society projects. The 2020 edition would have been the 54th but was cancelled.
Bulb Sales, Scholarships and Research Support
Most of the Society’s income comes from its fall bulb sale, usually held in September or October, with a spring sale in some years. Bulbs are largely donated by members lifting and dividing their own stock; the Society asks only that they be clean, disease-free and of saleable size. Named varieties or colours are welcome, and unnamed bulbs are sold as Mixed Garden Lilies. Donations are requested by 22 September so there is time to package them, and growers outside Saskatoon can arrange reimbursement for postage in advance. Sale income, together with reserves built up by hosting North American Lily Society shows in 1977, 1984 and 1998, now funds two annual scholarships for horticulture students at the University of Saskatchewan and a scholarship and bursary at Olds College of Agriculture in Alberta. The Society also contributes to scientific research on the genus Lilium and maintains a heritage lily plot on the University of Saskatchewan grounds that displays garden lilies and honours the work of Canadian hybridizers.
Membership, Library and Grower Resources
Membership is open to anyone interested in growing, showing or hybridizing lilies, and members receive a ten percent discount on mail-order bulbs along with the Society newsletter. Published since 1973, the newsletter remains the main channel for sharing cultural notes and show results, and much of the growing advice on the site was written by members. The Society also keeps a lending library devoted entirely to lilies; books are mailed insured on request and returned the same way within three weeks. Reference material includes the Royal Horticultural Society Lily Register 2007 edition with its eight supplements and the registration form for naming new hybrids, all archived for download, plus bulb sale lists going back to 2011 so growers can look up varieties they planted in past years. On pests, a confirmed sighting of the scarlet lily beetle was reported in the East College Park area of Saskatoon in spring 2015; the Society has since urged local growers to watch for it and to report locations to the North American lily beetle tracker, whose data helps researchers develop control methods.
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