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sulphur as soon as they appear, in March or April. Repeat once a 

 week until blossom time. The sulphur dust will also help to control 

 the red spider mite. 



B. O. Dodge. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDLING DAYLILIES 



Early in July a notice was sent to all members of The New York 

 Botanical Garden that seedling daylilies to the number of 1200 

 would be distributed and that as long as this supply lasted ten 

 plants would be given to any member who called or sent for them. 

 The response was such that 1400 plants were distributed. 



These seedlings were grown in connection with the work of ex- 

 perimental breeding and were being discarded to make room for 

 new seedlings. They are of value chiefly for use in naturalistic 

 plantings at this time when plants of most of the named varieties 

 of daylilies can not be supplied in quantity by nurserymen. Many 

 of these seedlings surpass certain of the varieties that have been 

 named for culture as garden plants ; but they are not considered as 

 good as the selection seedlings and it is not expected that any of 

 them will be named and propagated for special culture in gardens. 



Several hundred of the best seedlings in the cultures of day- 

 lilies have been selected for critical study and comparison, and for 

 use in further breeding. The New York Botanical Garden is not 

 able to propagate these choice seedlings either for sale or general 

 distribution and this is being done by nurserymen. Already thir- 

 teen selection seedlings have been named as clonal varieties and 1 

 described and illustrated in Addisonia, in the Journal of The New 

 York Botanical Garden, or in other publications available to garden- 

 ers. Several are being offered to the trade in the catalogs of 

 nurserymen. There are also many seedlings of special charm and 

 merit and there are various distinctly new types, especially in dwarf 

 plants and in plants with numerous small flowers, with bicolored 

 flowers, and with a wide array of attractive red colors. Nearly all 

 of these seedlings are complex hybrids that do not breed true 

 from seeds. The individual seedlings of special merit must be 

 multiplied by repeated division. This is being done by nursery- 

 men as rapidly as possible. 



A. B. Stout. 



