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binations between species, (2) typical plants of later generations 

 which illustrate the ranges of variation for various hybrid prog- 

 enies, and (3) many hybrids that are ranked as excellent and of 

 possible merit for culture as garden plants. One bed (no. 17) is 

 filled with hybrids that have Hemerocdllis multiflora as one 

 parent. Bed no. 18 is planted with hybrids having some type of 

 H. fulva in the parentage and which have a robust habit of growth 

 and mostly flowers in fulvous colors. In general this section 

 demonstrates in living plants the results that are obtained in hy- 

 bridizing daylilies and the effectiveness of continued selective 

 breeding in the development of new types of daylilies of value in 

 floriculture. 



The assemblage of species, named varieties, and wild plants in 

 this collection of daylilies has been in active progress since 1921. 

 A few plants have been purchased, but only from three nursery 

 firms in Europe. All other plants have been donated to the 

 Garden. 



The nursery firms and growers who list plants for sale that have 

 contributed living plants, mostly species and clons of the types in 

 cultivation, are as follows: Amos Perry, Enfield, England; Bay 

 State Nurseries, North Abington, Massachusetts ; Bristol Nur- 

 series, Bristol, Connecticut; Carl Purely, Ukiah, California; Fair- 

 mont Iris Gardens, Lowell, Massachusetts ; John Lewis Childs, 

 Flowerfield, Long Island, New York ; Farr Nursery Co., Weiser 

 Park, Pennsylvania ; Franklin Mead, Fort Wayne, Indiana ; 

 Lovett's Nursery, Inc., Little Silver, New Jersey; Midwest Gar- 

 dens, Washington, Nebraska ; Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, 

 Maine; R. and J. Farquhar Co., Boston, Massachusetts; Willy 

 Miiller, Hortus Nucerensis, Naples, Italy; and Yokahama Nur- 

 sery Co., Yokahama, Japan. 



Botanical gardens that have supplied plants and in some cases 

 also seeds of species include the following: Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew, England; Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scot- 

 land; The Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society at W'isley, 

 England; 1 Botanic Garden of the Universite de Strasbourg, 

 France; Botanical Garden of the L T . S. S. R. Academy of Sci- 



1 Various of the plants thus obtained were sent by permission of 

 nursery firms that had supplied the plants for trial and display at 

 Wisley. Several new varieties introduced by Barr ami Sons were thus 

 obtained. 



