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1941-42 
~Hemerocallis- Daylilies 
WYNDHAM HAYWARD 
Lakemont Gardens Winter Park, Florida, U. S. A. 
The rise of the modern daylily to favor 
with garden lovers in America is one of the 
great romances of horticulture. Known in 
a few varieties for many centuries, its vigor, 
thrifty growth and colorful flowering season 
always have attracted to the Hemerocallis 
a certain amount of attention in gardens. 
Fifty years ago George Yeld in England 
began to create new hybrids of the com- 
monest species and varieties. He was fol- 
lowed in England by the famous hardy 
plant specialist Amos Perry. Some of the 
Yeld varieties and more of the Perry intro- 
ductions are still popular and useful garden 
perennial subjects, and will hold their place 
for years to come. 
In the United States Carl Betscher, F. P. 
Mead, T. L. Mead, Bertrand H. Farr, Mrs. 
Thomas Nesmith, H. P. Sass, and most im- 
te : ” portant of all, Dr. A. B. Stout of the New 
Duchess of Windsor York Botanical Garden, have made signifi- 
cant contributions to the garden hybrids of Hemerocallis. In Florida, Dr. H. P. Traub, 
R. W. Wheeler, Dr. W. H. Hume, J. V. Watkins, Prof. E. L. Lord, and Wyndham Hayward 
have worked with daylilies and some notable introductions have resulted. Most of the 
new varieties are still very scarce, and not thoroughly evaluated for culture in all parts 
of the daylily world. But experimentation is the life of all progress in gardening, and 
the fact that the daylily is in its most interesting pioneer phase as a new garden plant 
in its new shapes and colors lends an added attraction to the study of the newer Hemero- 
callis for the courageous plant lover. 

Daylilies grow well from cold Canada to the tropics. Not all daylilies do equally 
well in all locations. The more or less evergreen varieties seem to do best in warmer 
climates, and deciduous ones in the North. There is no hard and fast rule, as some 
deciduous kinds are at home in Florida and the lower South generally, while certain 
deciduous kinds, prove somewhat unsuitable in cold regions. We are learning new 
facts all the time, and in the growing of the newer and better Hemerocallis, you will 
be adding to the sum total of our ever-increasing knowledge of daylily culture. 
We can ship daylilies in Florida every month in the year, but prefer to ship 
them from June to March, as they are usually in bloom here from April to July. However, 
the plants are hardy and vigorous, and will stand transplanting at any time with good 
care. 
U. 8. Department of Agriculture 
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