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 
greenhouse. If such facilities are lacking, it is best to delay 
the sowing of the seeds until the following spring because 
some of the seedlings might not be able to withstand the severe 
winters of some parts of our country. This applies only to 
the young, tender seedlings, as the mature plants can tolerate 
much cold. If allowed to grow through the winter months, 
the seedlings will become quite husky. By early spring they 
may he transplanted to wooden or paper bands, set out in the 
cold frame to harden and to establish themselves, and finally 
transplanted to their permanent place. Some may bloom the 
same year, but usually it takes two years from seed for the 
blossoms to appear. If sown in the spring, the seedlings 
should not be disturbed until the following spring; but where 
winters are mild, they may be transplanted in the fall.’’ 
Seed Offerings for 1947-48 
1. THE RED GROUP:—included here are all shades of 
red from deepest, darkest red to scarlet, ruby, cherry, and deep 
rose. No muddy colors, no brownish or fulvous cast are present 
in the parent plants. And while hybrids should not be expected 
to breed true, there will be many seedlings as good as, and even 
better than the parents. There are many ‘‘red’’ hemerocallis 
now on the market, glowingly and extravagently described, but 
in reality there very few REDS. I bring to you vivid, joy- 
ous, dazzling colors that will ripple and splash against your 
happy eyes. Also there will be a great many forms or flowers: 
broad sepals and petals opening flat and circular; or funnel 
shape, amaryllis-like; and long, narrow sepals and petals like 
the flowers of gigantic azaleas, several of them opening to- 
gether in one cluster. There will be large flowers and small 
ones; tall scapes and short scapes, and all the graduations in 
between. All these apply to the other colors as well. 
2. THE MAROON GROUP:—maroons so dark as to 
seem black; wine purple, plum purple, mulberry, old rose, and 
all intermediate shades are here. Rich, colors, irresistible to 
most men. 
3. PASTEL SHADES:—the most unusual colors and 
color combinations are here. Softest, glowing, silvery, salmons, 
pinks, lavendar, peach blush, light rose, raspberry pink, sunset: 
on-clouds shades, lilac and deep cream combinations, self colors, 
fused colors, and many soft delicate tints that cannot be de- 
scribed by mere words. See them, own them, and rejoice. 
4, BICOLORS:—We are offering these separately this 
year because we have a varied group of parent plants that 
should give vou light and dark values of maroon, nearly brown, 
red, a real pleasure: Quantity is limited. 
5. THE MIXED GROUP:—tThis is a mixture of the four 
color groups listed above, and will be selected by those whc 
want only one package of seed. 
The Price of Seeds 
Thirty seeds for $2.50. The supply is very limited because 
many of the mother plants are shy seeders. In sending your 
