Daylilies in the outdoor living-room of Mrs. A. D. Thompson. 
Carlisle, Penna. “Stars in the twilight of the summer garden.” 
DAYLILIES 
As Improved by Dr. A. B. Stout of the New York 
Botanical Gardens 
New Colors. The most desirable and radical color developments 
include buffs, pinks, reds, and bicolors in varying shades. Practically 
every conceivable shade of yellow, orange, and fulvous has also been 
produced in a wide range of sizes, types, and seasons. 
New Seasons. New varieties have already extended choice bloom 
for a month later than the previous and conventional July-August 
prevalence. Blooms for yet another month, to late October, and for 
earlier spring flowering also exist, and selections for these are now 
being made for introduction in the near future. 
Some of the new varieties have a decided tendency to bloom during 
early summer and again during fall. Many new plants with the 
“eyed” flower pattern seen in Mikado have been obtained for bloom 
during other months. It will soon be possible to have the Mikado 
type in bloom throughout the ent re season. 
New Sizes. Size of the new Daylily blooms now ranges from that 
of the dainty freesia to beyond that of an enormous amaryllis. 
New Foliage. Foliage types range from the grassy clumps of 
H. mulliflora to the “palm-leaved” mass of Maculata. 
More Blooms. A single stem of a new type Daylily may bear 
25 to 30 bloom-buds, each opening in succession and overlapping for 
25 to 30 days. A plant will bear as many stems as age and room 
permit. Hundreds of blooms to a plant are comprehendable. 
More Durable Bloom. Most of the older Daylilies open in the 
morning and wilt by nightfall. Others open at sunset and wilt in 
the morning. Many of the Stout varieties remain open throughout 
all hours of daylight and until midnight. Several of them remain 
open as evening cut-flowers and none of them are of the so-called and 
thoroughly objectionable “night-blooming” habit. 
More Shapely Blooms. Hundreds of otherwise outstanding and 
unusually colored or giant-sized seedling selections have been rejected 
because the flower was unbalanced in design, or its petals were too 
narrow and “spidery.” Mere size is regarded as only one of many 
important points of desirability; instead, an artistically attractive 
and full construction of sepals and petals is preferred. 
Clean Habit. Before it is deserving of any further consideration, 
a new introduction should be decidedly “self-cleaning,” i.e., the 
wilted blooms must drop promptly or be rather inconspicuous and 
not blemish the beauty of the newly opened flowers. 
Lower Prices for 1939. Ten Daylily varieties of the General List 
and eight of the Stout List are now priced at 25 to 50 per cent lower 
than in 1938. 
KEY: Bloom-season and height immediately precede full de¬ 
scriptions. Capitalized varieties are 1939 catalog introductions. 
AUGUST PIONEER. (1939.) Mid-Aug. to mid-Sept.; 34 in. This 
variety has bloomed at Weiser Park with conspicuous profusion 
during late August and has even continued into September. 
Blooms are medium in size, 3J4 i>i- wide, lavishly set on slender, 
strong scapes which are well branched and slightly extending 
beyond the grassy foliage. Colored chrome-orange with outer 
half of petals delicately flushed red. $3. 
Bagdad. June, July; 42 in. A combination of several rich colors is 
characteristic. Clear orange throat, with outer parts of petals 
coppery red over orange, veins and midzone madder-brown; 
sepals more uniform, of one color. Flower is large, 5 in., full and 
wide open. $2. _ 
Bijou. July; 25 in. Distinct, small-flowered H. multiflora hybrid. 
Blooms are profuse, full, and spread about 2J^ in. on many branches. 
Ground-color orange, overcast rich fulvous-red with darker mid¬ 
zone. $3. 
BOUTONNIERE. (1938.) July, Aug.; 36 in. Decidedly small 
flower, as the name implies. Blooms are 2L^-in. maximum spread, 
with wide open, overlapping, and recurving petals. Sepals almost 
clear yellow but petals are light rosy peach with trace of mid-stripe; 
general effect somewhat bicolor. Similar to Bijou but in lighter 
shades; smaller and blooming as Bijou ends. Grassy foliage. $3. 
Chengtu. July, Aug.; 36 in. Sprightly, brilliant orange-red, with 
a deeper velvety carmine midzone. Spread 4)/^ in., pleasingly 
recurved. Exceptionally good foliage in hot, dry summer. $3. 
Cinnabar. July, Aug.; 30 in. Extra-long bloom-season. Fine deli¬ 
cate shade of brownish red sprinkled cinnamon and strongly gold- 
glistening; throat is cadmium-yellow. Medium-large flower, 5-in. 
spread, with recurving petals and sepals. Up to 18 flowers on one 
stem, attractively displayed just above foliage. $1. 
FESTIVAL. (1939.) Named by Rev. John Allan Blair, Charabers- 
burg. Pa. July; 48 in. Petals orange, with reddish brown tinges. 
The blades of the petals are nearly English red, with darker veins 
and an orange mid-stripe. The general effect is that of a bicolor. 
Elowers of about 4-in. spread, with throat rich orange. Vigorous 
and robust, with erect and much-branched scapes. $3. 
HANKOW. (1939.) July, Aug.; 42 in. A clone of the species 
Hemerocallis Julva which is extensively cultivated near Hankow, 
Ghina, for the commercial production of the flower-buds which 
are used for food and medicine. The flowers are large, wide- 
spreading (53^ in.), rich yellowish orange with a bold scarlet eye- 
zone in the petals. Compared with the Chengtu Daylily, another 
of the clones cultivated in China, the flower is more spreading, 
the general color is more yellow-orange, and the scapes are taller. $3. 
Linda. July; 30 in. Petals based golden yellow, pastel shaded, 
cinnamon flecked with red eye in sharp contrast to its bright 
and clear yellow sepals—practically a bicolor. Petals pleasingly 
crinkled. Large flowered, 5 in. $3. 
Midas. June, July; 40 in. Clear, uniform glowing orange. Flowers 
full and spread about 5 in. Very tall and erect, excellent for peren¬ 
nial background. $2. 
Mikado. June, July; 36 in. Flowers of striking color; the large spot 
of mahogany-red in each petal contrasts sharply with the rich 
orange of the rest of the flower. Tends to bloom again during 
Sept. One of Dr. Stout’s first and most popular selections and 
now propagated to abundant supply. $1 each; 5 @ 80 cts. 
HEMEROCALLIS MULTIFLORA. (1939.) Aug., Sept. We are 
now able to distribute seedlings that are true and authentic for 
this species. These plants begin bloom in Aug. and often continue 
in flower through Sept, or even later. The scapes are upstanding 
and much branched. Flowers clear orange, and smallest of the 
Dayl ly species. The foliage becomes dormant and rich reddish 
brown in winter. $3. 
Summer Multiflora Hybrids. July; 30 in. Clear orange blooms, 
numerous flowers to a scape. Long bloom period. Small to minia¬ 
ture blooms, 2-3 in. across. $2. 
Patricia. June, July; 30 in. Pale yellow with tinge of lemon-chrome 
and throat of flower greenish. Petals and sepals of uniform tone. 
Large flowered, 5 in., full, with pronounced fragrance. Good 
evenings. Exceptionally resistant to hottest sun. $2. 
I consider Patricia the best of the 36 Hemerocallis varieties that I have. 
Perfect in form, color and growth. It has good fragrance and has a charm 
found in no other variety.— Pope M. Long, Cordova, Ala. 
I evaluate Patricia as the best of the present named yellow Daylilies, as a 
garden plant and as a cut-flower. It will always be rated as one of the best of 
the Daylilies.— Dr. A. B. Stout, The New York Botanical Gardens. 
Rajah. July, Aug.; 40 in. Large and gaily colored, with conspicuous 
eye-zone. Throat pale orange, with greenish tinge; blades English 
red, traversed by darker-colored veins, with eye-zone, as in Mikado, 
near the shade of garnet-brown. Scapes coarse branched, bearing 
as many as 20 flowers. Eoliage to a level of about 12 in. below the 
flowers. In summary, a darker and later Mikado of very robust 
stature. See illustration on front cover. $3. 
Serenade. June; 48 in. Very light pastel shades of yellow and pink 
in pleasing harmony. Petals twisted and crinkled, with faint halo. 
Flowers medium large, on tall, slender, stiff stems. $2. 
Soudan. June; 36 in. Empire yellow, broad-petaled flowers, very 
full and lily type with pleasingly crinkled petals and sepals. Me¬ 
dium-large flowers, 4 in. across. $1.50. 
Vesta. July; 30 in. IDeep orange flowers with a glistening gold sheen. 
Spread exceeding 4 in. Low-growing, semi-dwarf habit, holding 
up well in hot weather. $1.50. 
Wau-Bun. June, July; 36 in. Large flowers of light cadmium- 
yellow, slightly sprinkled with faint traces of fulvous-red, abun¬ 
dantly gold-glistening. Petals large, broad, with ends slightly 
twisted, a characteristic found in no other Daylily. $1.50,^ 
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