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About the Lyondel Hybrid 
Daylilies 
I sell seeds only. My seedling plants and named variet- 
ies are handled by Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio. I am 
offering seeds, cross pollenized by hand, to advanced day-lily 
fanciers, and to gardeners advanced in their taste. To them 
I bring tomorrow’s daylilies today. Even in their formative 
period the LEONIAN daylilies were ahead of their time. Mr. T. 
A. Weston, the well known editor and horticultural authority 
has the following to say in Herbertia, the 1942 Yearbook of 
the American Amaryllis Society: ‘‘I obtained a packet of 
hybrid hemerocallis seeds from Dr. Leonian several years ago 
and raised some thirty plants, all but one being red and better 
color than any of the named sorts I had seen up to that time, 
ranging from bright crimson to chocolate maroen.’’ In the 
1941 issue of Herbertia Mr. Wyndham Hayward, then the sec- 
retary of the American Amaryllis Society, has this to say in 
connection with the Second National Daylily Show: ‘‘Of 
special interest was a group of three flowers exhibited by Mr. 
Tlayward for Dr. Leon H. Leonian. These were early seedlings 
from Dr. Leonian’s collection, and each received a First Class 
Certificate. They were given provisional exhibition names of 
*“Cherry,’’ ‘*Dr. Leon’’ and ‘‘ Cerberus.’’ Cherry was the clear- 
est red in the show, and Dr. Leon the best pink. Cerberus was a 
huge flower, mahogany black in color, with lighter throat and 
edges.’’ When at random I picked about a dozen plants from 
a collection of two hundred and sent them to Mr. Hayward, I 
had no idea that he was going to enter them in the show. Yet, 
three seedlings, not the best by a long-shot, won top honors 
against stiff competition. Had I named these seedlings then, 
they would have been ready to be placed on the market now. 
Thus I would be introducing as novelties some ancient things 
with grey whiskers. But I did not even keep them. The rarest 
things that I am using as seed or pollen parents are new as 
tomorrow’s news; some are blooming for the first time this yea-, 
and the majority are not older than two blooming seasons. 
Vegetutive propagation is very slow in daylilies; by the time 
there are enough colors of any given variety to supply . the 
market, the new variety is st least eight years old, and there- 
fore six or seven years behind my own seedlings. Tremendous 
advances can be made in six years. And while other breeders 
wait until their choice variectics multiply before placing them 
on the market, I make my newest things available to my cust- 
omers immediately. This is the reason why by growing your 
plants from my seeds vou will have the daylilies of TO- 
MORROW TODAY. Otherwise I am neither a magician, nor 
do I possess any secret formulae. I just have a passion for 
colors, deep, clear, brilliant, different colors. I am not satisf- 
ed with just any kind of red, or maroon, or pastel shades. 
They must have life, sparkle, depth of color, freedom from mud- 
diness: they must be to the eye what a perfect symphony 
is to the ear. Toward that goal my daylilies have been push- 
ed and are being pushed vigoronsly and enthmsiastically, so 
that today even the most case-hardened daylily fan will find 
endless thrills in my seedlings. 
How to Grow Daylilies from Seed 
Seeds may be sown either in the fall or in the spring. 
Fill the flats or the pots with rich garden soil, and plant the 
seeds. In about ten days or two weeks the seedlings will be 
up. However some of the seeds will remain dormant for months 
or even for a year, therefore the soil should not be discarded 
too soon, Upon the approach of winter months, the flats or 
the pots should be taken indoors, to a sunny window or to a 
