Gilbert H. Wild & Son... Sarecoxie. Mo. 
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GROW DAYLILIES THIS WAY 
1. Daylily plants on arrival look deceptively small. But space 
your early varieties 2 feet apart and the July bloomers 3 to 4 feet 
from each other. Make the soil loose and enrich with plant food. 
Set plants at former level as shown by soil line on leaves. Make 
sure they'll get sun six hours a day. 
2. Bloom stems will lean toward the light, so locate your day- 
lilies for the best display. Though each flower lasts in perfection 
one day only, the branching heads contain 10 to 50 buds each, 
enough to keep each plant in bloom for one to three weeks. 
3. Set dwarf early daylilies in rock garden or to bloom with iris. 
Count on taller midsummer kinds blooming with your roses, clema- 
tises and phlox. Remove wilted flowers daily. Through the hottest 
part of summer, water daylilies heavily to increase size of your 
flowers. Contrast reds with palest yellows. 
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NEW DAYLILIES FROM MR. BECHTOLD FOR 1950 
GLORY (Bechtold, 1950) Each $8.00 
The charm of this immense clear yellow flower is not easily 
forgotten. With broad ruffled petals and sepals of firm sub- 
stance, this flower is large but still possesses a dainty appear- 
ance and perfect form. "With its pleasing fragrance and ideal 
growing habits it takes its place as an aristocrat which will re- 
main in “GLORY” for years to come. Blooms early summer. 
Height 26 inches. 


STYGIAN (Bechtold, 1950) Each $8.00 
The central area of the flower is a deep satiny pansy purple, 
changing slightly toward the external parts to a dark mahogany. 
The throat is gold-bronze yellow. It is good sized, almost a 
self and has a mass color effect of deep red mahogany. Espe- 
cially good for color accent with other lighter varieties. The 
name “Stygian” taken from John Milton’s A’Allegro “In Stygian 
cave forlorn.” Earlier to bloom than many other deep reds. 
Height 26 inches. 

We greatly regret that we were unable to get good reproductions of these two daylilies due to some imperfection in the color film. 
Both are lovely flowers and have created a lot of favorable comment here in our display beds. 

ACHIEVEMENT (Bechtold, 1943) (24 in. E. M.) 
Each $1.00, 3 for $2.25 
Golden yellow medium size flowers with a pronounced dark red 
blotch on the three inner petals, forming a three-pointed star 
effect. It is a vigorous grower and makes a pleasing border. 
ACRES OF GOLD (Russell) Each $1.00 
Reliable yellow. It is a solid, true canary-gold. The petals are 
slightly ruffled. Blooms 4% inches, height 3 feet. 
ALLURE—See page 28 for illustration, description and prices. 
ANNIS VICTORIA RUSSELL (Russell) Each $2.00 
One of the most beautiful daylilies in my field. Bloom 7 to 9 
inches, as many as thirty buds to a stem. Canary yellow. Green 
crinkled foliage. Height 4 feet. (Originator’s description.) 
AUGUSTA (Bechtold, 1943) (28 in. La.) 
Each $1.00, 3 for $2.25 
Fine chrome yellow flowers that come when most others have 
gone. Fragrant. 
AUGUST PIONEER (Stout) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
Chrome yellow with outer half of petals flushed red. August 
and September. 34 inches. 

AUTUMN RED (Nesmith, 1941) 
EG@cn 1.00) 
A velvety red with a long season of bloom. An open semi-flaring 
flower with petals of Vandyke red flushed with Nopal red. The 
sepals have the same colors with a lighter line at the midrib. 
15 to 20 flowers on well branched stalks. July, August. 39 inch. 
BABY TEARS (Russell) Each 75c, 3 for $1.50 
Very dainty. Its background is gold, its petals are deeply 
marked toward the ends a true rosy red. The whole flower is 
fully ruffled and the multi-flora blood makes it an unusual 
bloomer. Flower 34% inches across, height 3 feet. June, July. 
BAGDAD (Stout) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
42 inches. A gay combination of several colors—orange red, yel- 
low and madder brown. June and July. 
BAGGETTE (Russell, 1945) Each $2.00 
The background is the palest lemon with wide rounded petals 
that are deeply shaded old rose with a deeper old rose eye zone. 
A profuse bloomer in our fields and keeps excellently. Height 
2% feet, 5-inch bloom. June, July. 
BARDELEY (Perry) Each 40c, 3 for $1.06 
{8 inches. Orange buff by the color chart, with deep, clear i- 
mium yellow throat, this yellow continuing as a %-inch narrow 
strip running through the center of the three wider petals out 
to the tip of the petals; this yellow stripe contrasting nicely 
with the reddish tone of the balance of the flower. July. 
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