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HARVEST MOON 



"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 hyl)ridizing work, has become fashionable and has taken its j)laee among the elect in our 

 present day flower gardens. . . . This Daylily is known botanieally 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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