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face of the flowers but also on the back of the petals. These plants 

 set no seed to any of the many pollinations that were made. The 

 seedling shown in Figure 4 is being propagated under the name 

 Nada daylily. 



Numerous seedlings from various hybridizations involving plants 

 of H. nana, H. plicata, and H. Forrestii are being grown which 

 have not yet flowered. 



Dwarf plants have frequently appeared among the seedling day- 

 lilies reared from parents that are semi-dwarf or even robust. 

 Some of these, which are now about ten years old, have small slen- 

 der leaves less than a foot long but no flowers have been produced. 

 Others that stand about 18 inches tall are rather attractive plants 

 and are perhaps worthy of culture provided better seedlings are not 

 obtained in this semi-dwarf stature. Several such plants are now 

 being propagated. 



Conclusion: The wild dwarf daylilies, and especially plants of 

 Hemerocallis nana, discovered in southwestern China, are without 

 doubt worthy of a more general trial in gardens of America. These 

 daylilies should, it would seem, be welcome additions to the rock 

 garden. Surely in various parts in the United States conditions 

 will be suitable for their culture. Daylilies of dwarf stature also 

 exist as variants in the species H. Dumortierii and H. minor and 

 they also appear among seedlings of more robust parents. Some 

 of these are worthy of garden culture. 



These dwarf daylilies should also be of value for further hybridi- 

 zation and selective breeding in the development of dwarf or semi- 

 dwarf clons comparable in flowering habits and flower colors to 

 the best of the more robust clons now available for garden culture. 

 A beginning has already been made in the production of such clons. 



A. B. Stout. 



