Introductions Of Daylilies In 1941 
By A. B. Stout 
WENTY CLONES of daylilies which have been developed at the 
New York Botanical Garden are here given horticultural names 
and described in print for the first time. 
All of these are seedlings of hybrid origin and many have a complex 
ancestry that includes several species and also several generations of 
selective breeding after the hybridization. In the descriptions of the 
coloring, references are made to “Color Standards and Color Nomencla- 
ture” by Ridgeway, to the first volume of the “Horticultural Color Chart” 
recently published by the Royal Horticultural Society, and to the plate 
of colors in the “Garden Dictionary” edited by Norman Taylor and pub- 
lished by Houghton Mifflin and Co. Some reference is here made to 
color patterns; it is planned to present in a later issue of the Journal a 
survey of the principal classes of color patterns in flowers of daylilies. 
It has already been reported to the readers of this Journal (February 
1931, page 32) that the New York Botanical Garden does not propagate 
the daylilies either for sale or general distribution. This is done by the 
Farr Nursery Co. All of the clones here described have been under 
observation and critical evaluation during several years of propagation in 
the nursery of this company, whose records on evaluations, on vigor and 
