I've enjoyed reading these bits of history so much. Knowing the stories behind the lilies makes them all so much more meaningful. The part about all of Woodriff's breeding work being ploughed under - I can't fathom how anyone who appreciated lilies could do that. I can understand in dollar terms, but dollars aren't the only thing that drive human decisions. I can only imagine things must have been really bitter if a grower prefered to destroy all of Leslie's seedlings and breeding stock rather than let him retrieve them. What an amazing family the Woodriff's must have been to have kept going after such circumstances.
