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flowers would add somewhat to its value as a garden plant, and 

 selective breeding is being carried on to this end. 



The hybrid seedling which is now being propagated as the Cin- 

 nabar Daylily was one of about 150 seedlings obtained by crossing 

 the old garden clon Luteola with a plant of H. aurantiaca. The 

 Luteola Daylily is itself a hybrid, presumably between H. Thitu- 

 bergii and a type known as H. aurantiaca major. The seedlings 

 of this particular progeny are, hence, rather complex hybrids, with 

 yellow-flowered and light fulvous-over-orange types in their an- 

 cestry. As was expected, the flower colors of the seedlings varied 

 greatly. There were many shades of yellow and of orange both in 

 clear colors and in an overcast of fulvous. In Cinnabar the ful- 

 vous coloring is more intensified than in the H. aurantiaca and 

 this together with other good points makes the plant worthy of 

 general culture. 



The above is the first full description and account of origin of 

 the Cinnabar Daylily to be published. A brief mention of the plant 

 was made by the Farr Nursery Company in offering it to the trade 

 in the autumn of 1930. 



The New Daylilies Mikado, Wau-Bun, and Vesta 



The two daylilies named Mikado and Wau-Bun were described 

 and illustrated in color in a recent number of Addisonia (March, 

 1930, plates 487 and 488). Also mention of these and of the Vesta 

 Daylily was made in House and Garden (January, 1929). Hence 

 only a brief statement of their most striking characteristics needs 

 to be made here. 



The Mikado Daylily surpasses all other known daylilies in the 

 bold color contrasts in its flowers. In the center of each petal 

 there is a large area of purplish red which is in sharp contrast to 

 the orange colors of the rest of the open flower. The flowers are 

 rather large, full, and widely spreading. The plant blooms during 

 Jul)'. In habit of growth it is semi-robust, with scapes almost 

 three feet tall. The appearance of a plant is well shown in 

 FlGl RE 2. 



The distinctive feature of the Wau-Bun Daylily is the unusual 

 form of its flowers. The sepals are large and stiffly and smoothly 

 recurving; the petals are much larger than the sepals, less re- 



