SCOTTY’S MESSAGE 
Much is being said about the great number of daylilies be- 
ing put on the market, until it is utterly confusing to even 
a connoisseur of hemerocallis to know just what varieties 
he should buy, unless he is able to get around all over the 
country and see what everybody is growing. 
When he is fortunate enough to be able to see most of the 
new things, he often finds that so many of them are similar, 
or are really too much like other varieties to warrant their 
being introduced. It is no small task for even a commercial 
grower to grow all the varieties for comparative purposes. 
Yet, unless he is able to get around each year and see what 
the others have, or else grow them himself, he is likely to be 
putting on the market something not nearly as good as what 
is already available. 
Some of the hybridizers have been discussing ways and 
means of cutting down indiscriminate introduction of new 
varieties. Their contention is that too many people who 
have no conception of what constitutes a good daylily, or 
of what is available on the open market, are introducing 
high priced daylilies. 
In order to eliminate much of this duplication of varieties, 
and in order that the would-be buyer may have some stand- 
ard by which to judge the new variety being introduced, 
Mr. Elmer Claar and some of the other Directors of the 
Hemerocallis Society and members of the Daylily Committee 
have been working toward some solution to this problem. 
One of Mr. Claar’s ideas was that the hybridizer could fur- 
nish and sign a statement with each new introduction, some- 
what like the following: 
“T am offering my red daylily seedling No. XX-00 to 
the public. I am growing the following red daylilies: 
(Then a complete list of all daylilies the hybridizer 
grows with which to compare his new seedling would 
follow). 
“And it is my opinion that my seedling No. XX-00 is 
an improvement over any of the above named introduc- 
tions. Its superiority, in my opinion, consists of the 
following facts: 
(Then would follow the merits of the new introduc- 
tion) .”’ 
That would give the would-be buyer an opportunity to see 
by what standards the hybridizer had judged his new intro- 
duction. I don’t know how many hybridizers would be 
willing to cooperate, but it would be a wonderful help to 
the public. 
In that connection, Mr. Claar’s statement regarding his new 
introduction this year is being printed on the page of new 
introductions in this catalog. 
Your comments or suggestions regarding this will be appre- 
ciated, and we shall be glad to send them on to the Directors 
of the Hemerocallis Society. 
