Where, How and When Should You Plant Daylilies ? 
[)evues can be used effectively in perennial borders, in groups 
of three to five interspersed with other plants. Their height 
should be kept in mind, of course, for there are those that grow only 12 
inches tall and others as high as 6 feet. They can also be planted in the 
foreground of the shrubbery border, in a solid planting 2 to 3 feet wide 
or in groups of three to five between shrubs, thus solving the problem of 
filling unsightly gaps. Many people use them for naturalizing through 
partly shaded woods and along the banks of lakes and streams. 
You people who have grown Daylilies need no advice as to their culture, 
for you know all about their performance, but to those of you who have 
not grown them yet, let me give this brief information. To begin with, 
Daylilies are not bulbs at all, but hardy herbaceous perennials. From 
Maine to California they have never been equaled for dependability by 
any other garden subject. 
Simply plant your divisions in full sun or part shade in ordinary soil. 
I like to set them from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, with the roots spread 
out, of course. They should be planted with the crown just even with the 
ground surface. Only about 1 inch soil over. Spread out roots. 
In my experience any time is the best time to plant Daylilies. The sooner 
you get them in the ground, the sooner they get established and give you 
blooms the following season. Of course, in the colder climates they cannot 
be planted when the ground in actually frozen. 
Now by carefully selecting your varieties you can have Daylilies in 
bloom for four or five months in the colder climates and a much longer 
time in the warmer states. The flowering time that we mention is for 
Texas; figure about a month later for the North. If you like a particular 
color, you can order several different varieties in that shade that bloom 
at different times. Each variety will give you four to six weeks of bloom 
when established and will prolong the blooming season in your garden. 
Leave your plants alone from year to year and they will continue to 
grow in larger compact clumps and give you more blooms each season. 
Of course, after a few years they can be taken up and divided. I have seen 
a clump of Daylilies growing undisturbed in the same location and bloom- 
ing most profusely for fifteen years and even longer. 
I have never known any disease or insect pests of any consequence to 
bother Daylilies in the least, and have never had to spend even five cents 
for insecticides in my fields. 
We will positively replace any plants that fail to live and get estab- 
lished on account of your climate. I believe Texas-grown Daylilies are 
better because of the husky, vigorous root growth they start with when 
they are shipped from our nursery. I used 11,000 on one estate in hot, 
dry, windswept Oklahoma, and have sent thousands of plants to that 
state as the result of that planting. 
You may order when you like, and we will hold your plants until 
you wish them delivered. Ordering early avoids the disappointment of 
some varieties being sold out. 
The Brand New 1993 
RUSSELL SUNSHINE SERIES 
6 for $3°° 
12. for $5°° 
25 for $9°° 
All Selected Heavy Stock 
and Sent Postpaid. 
Many people prefer the paler tints of lemon 
and gold, and to enable our customers to have 
some of the better new varieties in these light 
colors at a moderate price we have selected 
this sunshine series. They include some of the 
finest sorts ever produced in these particular 
colors, to be sold unnamed and unlabeled, in 
mixture only. Those put in this series this 
time are larger blooms and finer performers 
than ever. They are too much like many of 
the lovely, more costly, named varieties al- 
ready on the market for us ever to release 
them under name. But those who want day- 
lilies in these tints and care nothing about 
names should, by all means take advantage 
of this wonderful offer at these low prices. 
These varieties, in unusual shapes and with 
most graceful foliage, were selected to give 
the longest range of bloom. Most of them are 
large flowered and quite unlike any you may 
already have because no two of them will 
be alike. 
The New1953 SPOTLIGHT STRAIN 
Reds, Wines, Maroons, Purples and Bicolors 
6 for $3.00 ° 12 for $5.00 ) 
ALL SENT POSTPAID 
This new Spotlight Series is the result of crossing and recrossing the best 
of the widest-petaled Hybrids. Here you will find entirely new color com- 
binations and deeper colors—reds, wines, rose and contrasting tones of 
unusual richness—and not a solid yellow in the lot. If you want real beauty 
but care nothing about names, then by all means take advantage of this 
offer. These hybrids have a varied blooming season and should give you 
five months or more of bloom after becoming established. They grow from 
2 to 3 feet high. Sold in mixture only. The photographs will give you some 
idea Ol what you will get in color and petal width. 
25 for $9.00 
