Wheeler Daylilies in Saratoga 
Last summer we greatly enjoyed welcoming many daylily friends and 
enthusiasts to our garden where the Wheeler strain of daylilies was growing 
thriftily under our northern conditions. 
The favorite was perhaps Show Girl which we predict will soon be the 
most popular flower in its color class. A wonderful grower and profuse 
bloomer it flowered from early June until frost in our garden. It is dormant 
here. Ever popular Cellini was greatly admired, as were Ganymede, 
Martha Washington, Scarlet Sunset and many others. Of the 1952 intro- 
ductions Luxor gave three flushes of bloom and seems the favorite. Tiara 
and Scorpio run a close second, both fine. 
We were pleased to learn that Amherst received an ‘Award of Merit’ 
from the Hemerocallis Society, while Cellini and Haile Selassie were awarded 
‘Honorable Mention.’ We recommend these highly. 
Most of these are now more reasonably priced and we invite your orders. 
Wheeler Daylily Introductions - 1953 
Diadem. A wide open flower of complex color pattern. The petals are 
salmon pink with red salmon circular throat marking and soft yellow 
bands along the midribs. The sepals are soft yellow, throat medium 
yellow. Segments are wide, petals frilled, opens flat. Well branched 
36” stems with proliferations. $15.00 
Heloise. (ch-low-eese). Very large flower with wide segments which 
open widely but somewhat flaring so that there is little throat area. 
A rich, glistening, silky golden yellow self, very creped and pebbled. 
42” stems in early midseason. $8.00 
Paprika. A livid crimson red with orange throat, green deep down. 
Medium size, opens widely, sometimes much recurved segments. 
30” stems with 32 buds. Continuously in bloom from April until 
Sept. in Florida. Very sun resistent. $9.00 
Star of Eve. An evening bloomer in the form of a six pointed star. 
Wide segments, sepals rolled lengthwise and petals somewhat 
pinched at the tips. Light sulfur yellow self. Vigorous with many 
42” stems. $9.00 
Tomoka. This lovely flower has a very deep brownish mahogany 
ground with a black sheen. The black overcast is thickest at the 
throat and forms a black halo. Throat deep orange. A large flower 
with wide segments, fully open and recurved. 36” stems. Often has 
four flowers open on a stem. $12.00 
Sequin. We have waited impatiently to introduce this beautiful re- 
verse bicolor. A soft yellow flower with a garnet-red halo at the 
throat. The sepals are dusted with this halo color. Large, very wide 
segments, opens flat. Early, Recurrent, 36” stems. A real novelty! $7.50 
We will send you one each of the six new introductions described above, 
as a collection for — $55.00. 
