

All the varieties 
listed in this 
Catalog 
except older 
varieties on page 18 | 
are 
RUSSELL 
ORIGINATIONS 


TRULY A LAZY MAN’S FLOWER 
Daylilies are the answer for planting that 
long bed that you have been trying to fill up 
and to plant it for keeps. Perhaps you need lots 
of color among your shrubbery borders or 
along the bank of a lake. Try planting Daylilies 
in hot patios or in that shady place where nothing 
else will grow. They need no coddling and will 
take hold immediately after transplanting if 

watered well once or twice. Best of all, perhaps, 
is the fact that Daylilies are not bothered with 
any insect pests or diseases, and you are therefore 
saved the trouble and expense of spraying and 
dusting. 
We send only excellent blooming-size plants, 
all postpaid. Plant early for next season’s bloom. 
CONCERNING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS 
All the color photographs in this Catalog are 
made from Eastman Kodachromes. The com- 
plaint is often made that catalog pictures are 
exaggerated and over-flattering to the actual 
bloom, but in our case the exact opposite is true. 
OUR BIG 
Until I went through our files of correspon- 
dence in order to choose a few representative 
letters to reproduce in this Catalog, I never knew 
how many of these complimentary messages we 
receive. Naturally, | am very proud of them 
and they make me realize our responsibility to 
the many, many customers who depend on us for 
the best in Daylilies. But I do want to admit 
here that we have made a big mistake in the 
past, in shipping out plants that were entirely 
too small. 
Now this practice was done with the best 
intentions in the world. In producing new hy- 
brids, it takes thousands of crosses in order to 
get one good new variety. And when we do get 
it, we have to wait and wait until the stock 
increases sufficiently to put it on the market. 
But then when our customers see the new va- 

It is impossible for even a good Kodachrome to 
do justice to the velvety sheen of the Daylily, 
and truly the only way for you to get any con- 
ception of the beauty of these flowers is to see 
them for yourself in your own garden. 
MISTAKE 
riety, the demand immediately is so great that 
we try to stretch the stock to make it go around 
to as many people as possible. The result is 
inevitable: some plants are sent out that are 
really too small. 
We have put some serious thought on this 
problem and have concluded that the only 
remedy is for us to have more time in which to 
revamp our fields. In the past we have shipped 
out orders every week in the year, but in order 
to gain the time we need for going over our vast 
fields and choosing only the largest plants for 
shipping, we are now starting the practice of 
having certain fall and spring shipping seasons. 
The shipping dates shown below are early enough 
to enable you to plant in either spring or fall, 
and at the same time allow us to keep better 
control over what leaves our fields. 
OUR SHIPPING SEASON 
FOR THE NORTH: Spring—April and May 
Fall—August and September 
FOR THE SOUTH: Spring—March and April 
Fall—September and October 
State plainly when you wish shipment to be made 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS SENT WITH EVERY ORDER 
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RUSSELL GARDENS, SPRING, TEXAS 
