


No. 20 Hemerocallis Publication by J. B. $. Norton 
February 10, 1948 
Daylilies succeed under a great variety of conditions. They bloom 
for two to six weeks, from spring to late fall, nearly all colors and 
color combinations except blue and white. They are hard to kill. 
Favored planting times are April and August, or just after blooming. 
They are usually at their best the third year after planting. 
Visit our Garden about May 20 to see most early kinds in bloom; 
June 15, to see the japanese iris garden. July 10 is the peak of bloom 
for the hundreds of kinds of summer blooming daylilies, and soon 
after, Lilium superbum, wild among the iris. In mid-August our new 
late hemerocallis hybrids are in flower. But a visit each month from 
March to November is needed to see all our 2,700 kinds of plants in 
bloom. There are about 450 named kinds of daylilies, and thousands 
of unnamed hybrids to be seen. 
PRICE LIST FOR SPRING 1948 
J. B. S. Norton, 4922 Fortieth Place, Hyattsville, Md. 
Prices are for divisions shipped prepaid; they are 10% less for 
delivery at the Garden, or on orders of $i0 or more. Figures give 
height in feet. Colors are approximate. Daylily colors vary with 
light, temperature, moisture, and time of day. 
Each week in blooming season, the best of each kind and color 
is marked with a *, and°a few of these with **, as the cream of all. 
These marks of quality are given in the list below. Those that do not 
get a * for at least one week in three years’ trial are discarded and 
not included in the price list, but we can supply many others not 
listed if you ask for them. 



Very early ‘yellow Other late spring 
BA DYICOD GY GLO). op ee $ .40 Ruth (Norton), 2, orange buff 
ATUL EGLO Ree eh may ee oes Tes) star, faint “red spots .in 
Betta CNOTLON is eee ee ee 80 Chie: eine. aioe eae es CO 2.00 
Gold) DusueGY eld) tone ash 40 Early summer yellow 
Gracilis, 2, narrow leaf______ 49  Amaryllis (‘Betscher), 2-3... .59 
Very early orange Girces (Stout) aseet oe hee ee 80 
HS Dumortieri: Morren,i-22-) = 40. +Cressida (Betscher),, 352. 25. .40 
elizabeth (NORton) «oe al00 ae! (Betscher), 3 large 
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“H. fla res epirns. vate 40 May Morn (Nesmith), poe hae mes 
Me. eka pn eo, See ‘s0 The Gem (Betscher), 3 -_____ 49 
Sovereign (Yeld), 2 --__-___ 39 ~ B,Ladhams, 2-3 1.00 
ae ore CN 70 Lemona (Betscher),.3;- light.’ "35 
? ? Ce Lee : Modesty (Betscher), Sees 2a 
Late spring orange Pollyanna; 2-3.22° 635 
H. Middendorffii Tr. & Mey., ae Michael Foster (Mueller), 
OR ne ee Ae SEN 50 % ison at Sah eget eA l) 

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