OPHIR 



MIKADO 



MANDARIN HARVEST MOON 



HemerOCalliS— the NEW Day Lilies 



"If you are a lover of fairy tales or flowers, here is a story of how the Daylily, an old-fashioned garden Cinderella, 

 long neglected and abused, has become the princess of the garden, when dressed up in a satin gown by the magic 

 of the plant hybridizers. ... In fact, within the past five years the old-fashioned Daylily, made over through hybridiz- 

 ing work, has become fashionable and has taken its place among the elect in our present day flower gardens. . . . 

 This Daylily is known botanically as HEMEROCALLIS. The word comes from the Greek and means 'beauty for a day', 

 for most Daylilies flaunt each individual large lily-like flower for just one day and then collapse. The bloom you see 

 the next day is another that has opened. . . . These Daylilies are among the hardiest perennial flowers we have. They 

 will grow in glaring sun or in considerable shade; along banks of streams or in dry upland soil. They flourish with 

 cultivation, but keep right on when neglected. They take no special care, and they have no known insect or disease 

 pest." — From an article in the Country Gentleman, March, 1934, by Harry R. O'Brien. 



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