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PATRICIA (Stout 1935) A clear and even tone of pale yel- 
low with a greenish throat. A charming and full formed flower 
with pronounced fragrance. July. 3 ft. $2.00 
PERSIAN PRINCESS (Nesmith 1938) The petals are deep 
velvety red with a heavy overfiush of purple, the sepals are 
a shade lighter, but with the same depth of color. An impres- 
sive hemerocallis. July-Aug. 40 in. $5.00 
PETER PUMPKIN 43-43 (Nesmith 1946) A _ perfectly 
branched hemerocallis that is as deep orange in color as a 
Hallowe’en Jack-o-lantern. A very full cup-shaped flower 
with broad overlapping petals and sepals that are fluted on 
the edges. An absolute self with many flowers of heavy 
vellum substance. July-Aug. 38 in. $6.00 
PICARDY 40-22 (Nesmith 1941) A light rosy wine self, 
faintly shadowed with a darker sheen toward the center of 
the flower. The stalks are very tall and carry 30 to 40 blooms. 
Long season of bloom. Aug. 50 in. $2.00 
PINK CHARM 38-181 (Nesmith 1940) Beautiful open flower 
with very recurving petals and sepals of soft Ocher red giv- 
ing the effect of a deeply colored coral pink lily. The center 
of the flower shows a star of light cadmium in pleasing 
contrast to the pink stamens. Aug.-Sept. $5.00 
PINK LASS (Nesmith 1938) A profusely flowering medium 
pink self with deeper throat. The blooms are not large, but 
the plants increase rapidly and form a lovely mass of color. 
Aug: 3 ft. $3.00 
PIQUANTE 38-383 (Nesmith 1940) An unusual and charm- 
ing self toned flower of Eugenia rose with cadmium yellow in 
the heart. The blooms have a decidedly raspberry pink color- 
ing. Aug. 40 in. $4.00 
POMEGRANATE 39-44 (Nesmith 1941). Radiant and glowing 
is this tall upstanding red with tints of copper and tan on 
the margins of the sepals and petals. The flowers are shaped 
like an open lily with wavy edges and hat graceful form, 
the stalks have wide branching. Aug. 50 $4.00 
POTENTATE 39-100 (Nesmith 1943) Luminous flower of 
pansy purple, so smoothly finished that the surface of the 
bloom has a distinet satiny sheen. It is a self with broad 
full petals and sepals with the purple going way down in 
the throat, even the stamens and pistil are done in purple. 
Outstanding in this color. This year we have only a few 
plants for sale. July-Aug. 42 in. NET $20.00 
PURPLE AND GOLD 39-40 (Nesmith 1940) Subdued yet 
glowing tones of deep ox-blood red heavily flushed dark 
velvety maroon purple with a contrasting shallow cup of 
marigold orange. The name gives a good description of 
this full rounded flower of most outstanding richness. 
July-Aug. 39 in. $6.00 
PURPLE DUSK 43-70 (Nesmith 1947) This very dark red 
purple always attracts attention in the garden. The large 
flowers with broad petals and sepals are Ox-blood red with 
no other color showing in the throat. It is one of the latest 
flowering in the dark red purple class, and is especially good 
for color accent in the garden. Aug. 42 in. $12.00 
PURPLE FINCH 39-117 (Nesmith 1942). A stunning hemero- 
callis with the same iridescence we see on the head of the 
colorful bird the Purple Finch. A very rich glowing flower 
with full recurving petals and sepals of red purple with a 
darker flush above the cup of yellow. The stalks are strong 
with twenty or more flowers. July-Aug. 42 in. $6.00 
PURPLE MOOR 39-122 (Nesmith 1942) Very dark glisten- 
ing purple with a yellow gilding in the center of the 
bloom, The color as near as it can be matched in Ridgway is 
Dahlia purple. The blooms are of good size of open cup 
shaped form. July-Aug. 40 in. $8.00 
RAJAH (Stout 1935) A hemerocallis with gaily colored 
blooms, the throat and background of the flower is orange 
with eye zone of garnet brown. July-Aug. 3% ft. $2.00 
REGAL LADY 38-28 (Nesmith 1941) A stately rose bicolor 
of early blooming habit. Large flowers with deep rose petals 
blending into a deeper rose zone bordering the pale yellow 
cup. The cream sepals are faintly flushed with rose giving 
the effect of a bicolor. July. 40 in. $5.00 
RODNEY 38-215 (Nesmith 1942) The color is Carnelian red 
with a cream midrib on the petals, and the sepals definitely 
bordered by the same creamy color. Over all there is a glisten- 
ing satiny sheen that is most unusual in a hemerocallis bloom. 
Well branched stalks. July-Aug. 465 in. $3.50 
ROSY DAWN 40-9 (Nesmith 1947) Full, rounded, recurving 
flowers of Geranium lake with an overlay of deeper Rose 
purple toward the center of the bloom. The flowers have a 
smooth satiny finish, and the petals are a bit twisted at the 
tips as in Wau- Bun. The earliest Rose purple to bloom. 
June-July. 40 in. $6.00 
ROYAL RUBY 39-116 (Nesmith 1942) Withdrawn from the 
catalogue for several years in order to increase stock, this 
year we have enough plants to again list it. A marvelous 
flower of almost crimson red with glow and life throughout. 
It has the most intense red color that I have seen in a 
hemerocallis. A smoothly finished flower with full semi-re- 
flexed petals and sepals; a self with almost no yellow in the 
cup. The stalks are medium height with good branching. 
July-Aug. 388 in. $10.00 
ROYALTY 39-20 (Nesmith 1940) Large open flower of deep 
maroon with broad petals and sepals. The star shaped cup 
is rich yellow with the maroon coloring extending down in 
the throat. The flower is a true maroon with a velvety 
almost blue purple sheen on the petals and sepals. Fifteen 
to twenty blooms on each scape. July-Aug. 40 in. $10.00 
RUDDY RED 40-33 (Nesmith 1944) This hemerocallis has 
depth of color yet gives a glowing red effect. The petals of 
Vandyke red are smoothly finished, The sepals have a yellow 
background flushed with red. Well branched. July. 38 in. 
$4.00 
SACHEM (Stout) Rich deep red with a throat of yellow 
in sharp contrast to the outer red zone. The color holds well 
in hot sun, Well branched. 40 in. $3.00 
SAFFRON 39-23 (Nesmith 1940) Saffron yellow self with a 
full halo of brilliant zine orange. The petals are slightly 
twisted as in Wau-Bun. Very colorful with great garden 
value. Plant near Satsuma, China Sea, and Summer Gold 
for lovely gradation of color. July-Aug. 38 in. $2.50 
SATURN (Stout 1987) A multiflora hybrid with many clus- 
tered flowers of dark orange red blending into a yellow mar- 
ginal band. Slender but strong stems. 48 in. $3.00 
SATSUMA 39-30 (Nesmith 1940) A very delicate apricot 
flower with flaring slightly recurving petals, the halo flushed 
a deeper apricot buff. The flower has an opaque frosty sheen 
tinted with the faintest pinkish apricot near the throat. 
Aug. 40 in. $3.50 
SIENNA 38-290 (Nesmith 1940) A bell shaped flower with 
petals and sepals recurved, frilled and almost ribbed. The 
yellow background is flushed apricot orange with very little 
yellow showing in the cup. Aug.-Sept. 38 in. $3.00 
STARFISH 40-212 (Nesmith 1944) Open flaring bicolor 
with a fluting on both petals and sepals. The petals are 
Corinthian red, the sepals have a fawn undercolor touched 
with the same red. Tall and very floriferous. Long season 
of bloom. July-Aug. 40 in. $3.00 
STARSONG 41-49 (Nesmith 1943) In 1943 the demand for 
this variety was so great that we had to withdraw it from 
the catalogue in order to increase stock, but now we have 
sufficient stock to list it again. The flowers are neat and 
trim with sepals of pale salmon and petals of a deeper tone. 
Over all there is a lustre that gives a luminous glow to the 
whole flower. A gem for the rock garden. July. 12 in. $10.00 
