Gilbert H. Wild & Son... Sareoxie. Mo. 
Daylilies (Hemerocallis) 
MT. VERNON (Russell) Each $1.00 
This lovely full and wide flower is lemon, deeply overcast coral- 
rose; multiplies fast, blooms profusely, and is an excellent keep- 
er as a cut flower. If you want something really different in 
daylilies, here it is. Blooms 5 inches, height 214 feet. June. 
NEBRASKA (Sass, 1937) Each $1.00 
One of the finest of the pure orange class, tubular form; late 
midseason. 36 inch. 
NIAZUMA (Russell, 1946) Each $2.00, 3 for $5.00 
Petals are wide, fully ruffled, and slightly recurved. It is a 
shade of the richest, brilliant fiery red with deeper mahogany 
veins through the petals. The throat is green and the ruffled 
sepals have a faint lemon edge. A most profuse bloomer, ad- 
mired by all. 3 feet. June-July. 
NOSIESTA (Russell) Each $1.00, 3 for $2.00 
Chrome in color, Nosiesta is aptly named since it never quits 
blooming in our fields. It is a fast grower and a most unusual 
flower. Two blooming seasons here, March and April and again 
in midsummer. Blooms 6 inches and open full. Height 3% 
feet. (Introducer’s description.) 
OLD PAINT (Russell) Each $2.00 
Petals mahogany red with almost black eye zone; sepals deep 
yellow overcast mahogany. 
OLD VINTAGE (Russell) Each $1.00 
This is a tall wine-colored daylily with a yellow throat. Bloom 
not so large—about 4 inches—but a most profuse bloomer. 
Keeps well on the hottest days. 4% feet. May, June. 
ON TOUR (Russell) Each $2.00 
A giant bloom fully 6 inches across, of the palest yellow. The 
petals are wide and the sepals slightly twisted in a form found 
in no other daylily. No visitor in our fields wanted to go away 
without one. This one is simply a “must have.” 3% feet. June. 
OPHIR (Perry) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
50 inches. Deep golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers 5 inches 
across, borne 25 to 30 to a stem. An American introduction 
which has had the distinction of receiving an award of merit 
from the Royal Horticultural Society of England. July-August. 
ORPHEUS (Bechtold, 1943) (30 in. E. M.) 
Each 60c, 3 for $1.50 
A slight buff yellow. Contrasts nicely with surrounding varie- 
ties. Pointed out as a favorite among garden visitors. 
OVERTURE (Russell) Each 75c, 3 for $1.50 
This is a little light red, multiflora type with a deep red eye 
zone and a green throat. The sepals and petals twist as do 
only the larger types. 3 feet. June and July. 
PAINTED LADY (Russell) Each $5.00 
The huge blooms are 8 to 9 inches across and the color is cin- 
namon over yellow, with darker veins throughout. The throat 
is coral. 3 feet. 
PATRICIA (Stout) Each 75c, 3 for $1.50 
A fine pale yellow with a green throat. Fragrant 5-inch flowers. 
Blooms good in evenings and is sun-resisting. 36 inches. June 
and July. 
PEACH BLOW (Nesmith, 1936) Each 75c 
Large open flowers of yellow, heavily brushed with deep coral. 
July-August. 2% feet. 
PERSIAN PRINCESS (Nesmith, 1938) Each $1.00 
The petals are deep velvety red with a heavy overflush of pur- 
ple, the sepals are a shade lighter, but with the same depth of 
color. An impressive Hemerocallis. July-August. 40 inches. 
PINK LUSTRE (Nesmith) Each $1.00 
Exquisite large flesh pink flowers with lustrous sheen. The 
petals are slightly ruffled and flaring with pale cream midrib. 
The sepals flaring and slightful lighter pink in tone. The throat 
of the flower is pale canary yellow. A very delicate glistening 
pink variety. Lovely in half shade. 3 feet. July, August. 
POMEGRANATE (39-44) (Nesmith, 1941) Each $3.00 
Radiant and glowing is the 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 very 
graceful form, the stalks have wide branching. August. 50 in. 
PRIDE OF HOUSTON (Russell) Each $1.00, 3 for $2.50 
Petals dark mahogany red, the sepals lighter shade. 
PURPLE FLASH (Russell) Each $1.00 
Petals solid purple, sepals yellow overcast purple, deeper pur- 
ple eye zone. 
PURPLE HAZE (Russell) (Evergreen) Each $3.00 
Wine purple, with darker veins running through the wide ruffled 
petals. Yellow throat shading to green, and an almost white 
midrib running through each petal. 4-inch bloom. Height 2 feet. 
May, June. 
PURPLE MIST (Russell, 1949) Each $5.00 
Misty orchid purple. A round, slightly recurved, fully wide 
bloom with a yellow throat shading to green. No daylily has 
been introduced by anyone that even remotely approaches this 
color. Height 2% feet. June-July. 
PURPLE SAGE (Russell) Each $1.50 
Deep wine—one of the darkest of the purples. The petals are 
ruffled, with a slightly yellow mid-rib. The 414-inch bloom 
keeps well in our hot sun. 3 feet. June. 
PURPLE WATERS (Russell, 1942) Each 75c, 3 for $2.00 
Strong wine purple, full open flowers, long season of blooms. 
36 inch. 
QUEEN OF DALLAS (Russell) (Evergreen) Each $3.00 
A lovely 6-inch, extremely ruffled flower of buff yellow with 
faint fulvous markings. Height 31% feet. May, June. 
QUEEN OF GONZALES (Russell) Each $1.00, 3 for $2.00 
This is a solid self. The whole flower is about the color of 
chrome, being rich deep yellow, and the wide overlapping petals 
open full. The 6-inch bloom remains longer after being cut than 
any I have ever seen, and the plant is an almost constant 
bloomer. This variety is the earliest of the giants to bloom. 
3 feet. May, June and again in midsummer. (Originator’s de- 
scription.) 
RADIANT (Yeld) Each 40c, 3 for $1.00 
Clear, fine orange, of good quality and texture. 86 inches. July- 
August. 
RAJAH (Stout) Each 50c, 3 for $1.25 
48 inches. A gorgeous introduction by Dr. Stout in a brilliant 
flame-scarlet with a vivid triangle throat area of Brazil red. 
Large, beautifully shaped, brilliantly colored flowers of perfect 
form, very freely produced. July-August. 
REDROCK CANYON (Milliken) Each $7.00 
A full 5%-ineh large orange-red flower with broad conspicu- 
ously creped petals, 134 inches wide. Middle portion of petals 
“Brazil red” shading to “garnet-brown” along the edges. Sepals 
have an overlay of “English red” on a base of light cadmium. 
Width 14% inches. Throat between “light cadmium” and “lemon- 
chrome.” Semi-evergreen. 4 feet. 
RED TOKEN (Russell) Each $1.00 
This deep mahogany red cannot be overlooked in selecting an 
early-blooming variety. Its 5-inch blooms are mahogany red 
with a deep purple eye zone. Its throat is green. The petals 
twist and recurve into a most graceful form. This is certainly 
a “jewel” for any garden and an unusually profuse bloomer. 
2% feet. May-June. (Introducer’s description.) 
ROYAL RUBY (39-116) (Nesmith, 1942) Each $6.00 
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- 
reflexed petals and sepals; a self with almost no yellow in the 
cup. The stalks are medium height with good branching. July- 
August. 38 inches. (Introducer’s description.) 
ROYALTY (39-20) (Nesmith, 1940) Each $5.00 
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. July-August. 40 inches. 
RUSSELL’S MINUET (Russell) Each $1.00, 3 for $2.00 
The sepals are greenish yellow, almost chartreuse, and the pet 
als rosy red with green mid-rib and green throat. A real jewel. 
Blooms are 4% inches across. 2 feet. June-July. 
SANTA FE (Russell) Each 50c, 3 for $1.00 
Twisted rosy red petals with deep rosy purple eye zone. Sepals 
yellow, overlaid with deep rose. 
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