Although best known for his hybridizing of lilium, Leslie Woodriff's greatest passion with flowers and hybridizing was actually with begonias. Almost all of those were sold to locals. Woodriff never registered or patented a single lily and only patented two of his begonias, claiming he didn't have time to keep up with patents and royalties--that he would rather spend his time hybridizing and breeding instead. Leslie called his nursery farm FIARYLAND, and it was open to the public. The pictures of Woodriff's business card and the shanty 'sales' portion of his greenhouse below are from Johan Mak's collection.
