Four New Daylily Clones 
By A. B. STOUT 
S INCE 1947, the selections of the seedlings of Hemerocallis 
that were developed at The New York Botanical Garden 
have been grown by the Farr Nursery Company of Weiser 
Park, Pa., for further evaluation and propagation. Four of 
these are herewith given horticultural names and will now be 
distributed for general use in gardens. 
AUTUMN MINARET Daytity. This seedling is a hybrid of 
a plant of Hemerocallis altissima and a plant of H. fulva, 
both of which came from China. The foliage is dormant in 
winter and the plants of the clone are fully hardy in northern 
states. The scapes are well branched and oftén five and 
a half feet tall. The flowers are decidedly day-blooming, of 
medium size; their coloring is golden in the throat and the 
petals and sepals are overcast with bronze-red that is strong- 
est in the mid-zone. The period of bloom extends from early 
August until late September. 
Sun Dust DayriLty. This clone has an evergreen habit. 
The stiff erect scapes reach a height of forty-two inches. 
The flowers are large, with a spread of five and a half inches, 
and very full with broad overlapping segments. The general 
or ground color is golden-yellow; the blades of petals and 
sepals are delicately sprinkled with brownish-red that is 
somewhat stronger on the sepals. The season of bloom is 
in July. 
CoprpERPIECE DAyLILy. The sturdy and much branched 
scapes of this clone stand slightly above a mound of attrac- 
tive evergreen foliage. The flowers are full, about five and 
a half inches in spread; the throat is a rich golden-orange 
and there is a delicate blend of coppery bronze in the blades of © 
petals and sepals, that is somewhat more intense in the mid- 
zone of the petals. The pastel and coppery color effects in 
the flowers are not matched in any other of the introductions 
from The New York Botanical Garden. The bloom period ex- 
tends from early July to mid-August. 
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Upper Left: Daylily Sun Dust. 
Upper Right: Daylily Royal Ensign. 
Above: A healthy plant of daylily Copperpiece. 
Royal ENSIGN Dayiity. This clone has excellent ever- 
green foliage and scapes that are nearly three feet tall. The 
habit of growth is much like that of its sister plant, the 
Copperpiece daylily. The flowers are large and full with 
recurving segments. The throat is golden-orange and this 
color extends in a stripe along the mid-veins of the petals. 
The blades of the petals are a rich maroon-red, but the sepals 
are somewhat lighter in color. The plants are low-growing 
and compact and the large, dark red-and-gold flowers form 
a canopy of bold color on the crest of the foliage. The period 
of bloom is from early July to mid-August. 
