Why Do We Know Our Daylilies Are So Hardy 
and Will Grow and Thrive All Over America ? 
I once asked an insurance man “Why do you sell such big policies?” and his answer was 
“T talk big policies as well as the fact that I work hard and get a lot of little scattered policies,” 
and that reminded me of some of my doings. I have talked Daylilies to big people and sold orders 
in 10,000 and 20,000 lots for private gardens, the same as I am talking to you here now about 
big and little orders, (we like both kinds) and for that reason we’ve got these huge plantings in 
the four corners of America. We'd be happy to give you a list of five gardens alone in which 
there are 60,000 Russell Daylilies planted, two of the bigger ones being in Detroit and Oklahoma 
City, as well as thousands of bigger than average orders scattered all over the United States, 
and last but not least, 80% of all the nurseries in the United States who handle Daylilies show 
that over 50% of their listings are our originations. This goes from Maine to California. We 
catered to wholesale in the past but our business has gotten so large now that it’s our desire to 
sell direct to you. Then too, I planted for myself in Indiana several years ago over 600 varieties 
of Daylilies of which not one was lost, and I brought back to this nursery in 1949, over 60,000 
from Wisconsin, of which every one is thriving. The size plants we ship you, regardless of how 
far north you live, even in the coldest parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas, will thrive and give 
you abundant blooms in your garden. 
The" picture” at— the 
right was made at night 
about 15 years ago to 
show the old varieties 
of Daylilies that close 
at night and those de- 
veloped by Mr. Russell 
that remain open. This 
was the beginning of 
the hybrids that keep 
open in the evening and 
are therefore useful as 
cut flowers—and this is 
why the Russell varie- 
ties top them all for their 
keeping qualities. All 
prices listed here void 
all previous lists. 
RUSSELL FIRSTS ?, IPE 
e First to issue an all-color catalog of Daylilies ay £l1e@5 
exclusively. 
@ First to produce a Daylily (Queen of Gonzales) as Cut Flowers 
that would stay open all night. 
e First to plant as many as 10,000 Daylilies No garden subject is so satisfactory as the 
(over 100 wanietien ston onetnrivatmveriate! ae PR for cutting. After the stalks are 
ive : placed in water they will last two or three weeks 
We planted 33,000 on seven private estates. =) 4) ‘ : 
eS : M in the house and almost every bud will open. 
e First in putting the new Daylilies before the This makes them extremely useful for the dinner 
public—over $100,000 spent for advertising table, as our new varieties remain open so much 
and catalogs. longer in the evening. There is a fresh supply of 
e First in sales—over 150,000 people have re- newly opened blooms every morning for quite 
quested our catalog some time. 
Use the ruler below to get an accurate idea of the size of Daylilies 
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