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FLOWERS OF THE RAJAH DAYLILY 



Figure 2. The color pattern is conspicuously eyed in a garnet-brown 

 with blades of English red, traversed by darker-colored veins, and the throat 

 is greenish orange. The colors differ from those of the Mikado daylily. 



two generations of seedlings obtained were as a rule paler than 

 the Europa Daylily. But selections were made for both the inten- 

 sity and the area of the red pigmentation. After five generations 

 of such selective breeding plants were obtained which have the 

 entire flower area outside of the throat deeply and richly colored 

 with dark red pigments. The most attractive and distinctive of 

 these seedlings was named Theron. Thus a new garden class was 

 developed from the old types. 



These four cases are representative of the various projects in 

 the production of new horticultural types of daylilies by hybridi- 

 zation and selective breeding. 



The nursery trade has taken an increasing interest in daylilies. 

 Various dealers in the United States are now propagating certain 

 of the older clones and there is considerable stock of some of these. 

 The newer clones are also propagated but for most of these the 



