TIGER EYE 
SHREWSBURY GARDENS 
will issue no formal catalogue this season of 1952. The demand for vig- 
orous Vermont-grown daylilies last year makes it imperative to give over 
this summer to the building up of the customary superior stock for dis- 
tribution in 1953. Tremendous and fascinating variation in the new seed- 
lings calls for closest attention right now, and the finest of these have 
proved themselves well fit for registration and development in quantity 
for future introduction and sale. 
My first three introductions: TIGER EYE and TOWN HILL in 1949 
and RED SPIDER in 1950 are available this year as listed below. The 
unexpectedly large response to my 1951 introductions: MALAGA, OX- 
HEART and SALT ASH and subsequent over-distribution on my part 
has made it imperative to withdraw these from general sale for at least 
another three years. For those daylily specialists who may want to be 
sure of having divisions of these reserved in their names they are listed 
on the order form where they may be checked. This will not be consid- ee = 
ered an order but a request for notification of availability in advance of MALAGA 
general listing. Payment for these at this time will NOT be accepted. 
I am sorry that drastic division and replanting must occur at Shrewsbury Gardens in the spring 
of the year that the Annual Meeting of the Hemerocallis Society is held in and around Boston and that 
there can be few plants to be seen at the height of mature beauty. However, I hope and trust that many 
will take the lovely drive to Vermont to consider and give me their opinions of the new seedlings. I look 
forward to greeting many old friends and to making many more. I trust one will be you and that you'll 
bring others with you. RICHARD JOHNSON 
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RED SPIDER (Johnson, 1950). Here the name of the flower suggests both color and form. The color 
is a rich Red Banana red with small pomegranate-purple eye-zone, a tiny gold throat with a drop of 
green at the base. The long slim recurved petals and sepals, perfectly spaced, give an open and spi- 
dery effect. Forming a full flowering clump very quickly, here is a rich red airy accent with no hint 
of brown in the coloring. 30 in. June-July $3.50 3 for $9.75 
TIGER EYE (Johnson, 1949). As the name suggests this is a brilliantly eyed daylily; a deep chrome 
recurved flower with a handsome chimney-red eye-zone. It is well-branched and floriferous. Tiger Kye 
is exceptional in that, in full-day sun, it has an almost chameleon quality of lightening to a chamois 
buff while the texture of the petals remains as crisp as when first opening in the morning. 36 in. July- 
August. 250-23. L0F.8 7,00 
TOWN HILL (Johnson, 1949). The charm of this beautifully blended flower is enhanced by its boldly 
recurved and crinkled petals. These are of nasturtium rose and seem to burst from the aureolin rim 
of the chartreuse throat. The petals are neatly tailored by the thin aureolin pencilling carried through 
to the tips. The well-branched flower stalks are carried high above the abundant foliage. 48 in. July- 
August. $3.00 3 for $8.50 
MALAGA (Johnson, 1951). Recurved petals and sepals of rich old amethyst with near-black eye-zone, 
the gold throat pencils through to the tips of the petals. The dark eye-zone stands out so sharply on 
the background color that the flower itself seems to have the texture of cut and uncut Genoese velvet. 
36 in. July-August. when available $5.00 
OXHEART (Johnson, 1951). Fluted and recurved, the petals of this flower have the color and glisten 
of an oxheart cherry. They give the appearance of having been polished with wax and their darkness 
reflects the barberry red of the sepals for an unusual effect. A light line of barberry runs up the pet- 
als from the rich gold throat. 30 in. July-August. when available $5.00 
SALT ASH (Johnson, 1951). A large flower of lightly veined old coral, so delicately slim of petal it 
recurves almost back to its upright stem. This feature highlights the perfect six-pointed chartreuse 
star which is its throat. Though amazingly fragile in appearance for a bloom of such size the texture 
does not fray or tear in the wind. 40 in, July-August. when available $7.50 
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SALT ASH OXHEART 
RED SPIDER - = TOWN HILL 
SHREWSBURY GARDENS 
CUTTINGSVILLE, VERMONT 
Cer er er ee 
Sig. W Nene. cen cee Amount Enclosed ...... 
QUAN.| NAME OF VARIETY 
RED SPIDER 
TIGER EYE 
TOWN HILL 
Check varieties you 
wish notice 
of availability in 
advance of general 
listing— 
Send no money now. 
MALAGA 
OXHEART 
SALT ASH 
