FOREWORD 
The love for flowers and gardens is universal. Gar- 
dens are maintained everywhere in all kinds of climates 
and locations. Soil may be fertile, poor, clayey, sandy, 
acid or alkaline, in sun or in shade. Cliinates vary 
from extreme heat and drouth to excessive moisture 
and cold. Locations may be in sun, shade or exposed 
to tree roots. Plants do not thrive when grown under 
conditions to which they are not adapted and become 
easy prey to insect pests and disease. Spraying, pamper- 
ing and coddling plants under conditions and in-loca- 
tions to which they are ill-adapted requires too much 
time and energy. 
Daylilies are different. They can be relied upon for 
a wealth of bloom and masses of color in practically 
all types of soil and weather without the fuss and bother 
of combating insects and disease. In mid-summer, 
when bloom from other perennials is scarce, daylilies 
are at their peak. During and after mid-summer vaca- 
tion neglect, the bright starlike flowers of hemerocallis 
are always there and waiting to greet you. Most reli- 
able of all flowers “The Flower of Character”. 
Eminent plant breeders have made rapid progress in 
the development and improvement of Hemerocallis. 
The flowers are as large and beautiful as those of the 
finest bulb lilies. Established plants of some varieties 
have flowering scapes (stalks) with ‘as many as fifty 
buds which open and flower over a two to six week 
period. Daylilies are now available in a wide range of 
colors, color patterns, heights and flower shapes. A 
proper selection of varieties will furnish bloom spring 
to frost. All varieties have the quality of facing their 
flowers outward to the light or open when planted 
near walls, shrubbery, etc. 
Daylily uses are many and varied. They are equally 
at home in the perennial border, rock garden, fore- 
ground of shrubbery or evergreen plantings, near pools 
and along the banks of small streams. They require 
very little attention and dre easy to grow and transplant. 
Their charm and beauty in the garden is creating many 
new daylily enthusiasts annually. Try a few this year. 
They are permanent and will be a pleasure for years. 
