1954-55 Anpendiz Zo. Dorr Daylily Catalog (Continued) 
VIKING 
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY: 3’. 
June. Selected: at the New York 
Botanical Garden in 1946 to honor 
the 50th Anniversary of the Gar- 
den’s establishment. Rich, orange 
red coloring. Petals have oxblood 
red in broad midzone, greenish or- 
ange throat. Full flowers, 5” 
spread. $3.00. 
HIAWATHA: 314’. July. Exceed- 
ingly numerous, medium small, 
clear golden orange blooms on 
many branching upstanding scapes. 
A six year old plant bears 1000 
blooms. Fragrant. $2.00. 
MIGON: 314’. Mid-June to Aug- 
ust. Small flowers on strong, tall, 
slender, upright, much-branched 
scapes. Long season. Lemon yellow 
with slight flush of red on the se- 
pals. Flowers medium full, spread 
only 1” to 1%”. Normally opens 
about dusk and remains wide open 
following day until new buds open. 
$3.00. 
NEW YORKER: (Introduced 1953). 
Late June to early August. 40”. 
Unusual form, heavy substance. 
Overlapped petals are very broad 
NEW YORKER 
with curl at tips. Outer half, rus- 
set to deeper maroon mid zone, 
which blends into large golden 
throat. Petaloids are light, russet 
peach, producing a general bicolor, 
and striking garden, or cut flower 
effect. Medium branched. Good 
evenings. Evergreen. $3.00. 
POINSETTIA: (Introduced 1953). 
3’. For late midsummer. Mid July 
to late August. As show its 
Christmas bloomin ke. 
Faced and reversed. d bril- 
arker mid- 
liant scarlet Qu 
ZO sa roat and showy 
wh . Profusely branched 
(6 0 scape), and budded (40 to 
scape) with two, or more, blooms 
to a scape open at the same time, 
yet in bloom for more than a 
month. Vigorous grower. Decidu- 
ous. Good evenings. $3.00. 
RED BIRD: 3’. July. Petals even- 
toned and brilliant vermilion red, 
with oxblood eye and green-yellow 
throat. Recurved and _ semi-full. 
$3.00. 
ROYAL ENSIGN: July, mid-Aug- 
ust. 114-2’. Flowers large, full, re- 
curving. Throat golden orange, ex- 
tending in stripe along mid-veins 
of petals. Blades of petals rich 
maroon red, sepals somewhat light- 
er. Plants low-growing and com- 
pact, flowers forming a canopy on 
crest of foliage. Evergreen. $3.00. 
ROSE GEM: 4’. July-Aug. Flowers 
large and full, spreading nearly 6”. 
General color near old rose. Hye 
zone of a darker shade but not in 
sharp contrast. Conspicuous and 
attractive greenish yellow throat. 
$3.00. 
THERON 
WAU BUN 
SATURN; 3’. June, July. Flowers 
of robust multiflora type, 3” spread, 
numerous in clusters. Dark orange 
red, overcast bronze. A trace of 
eye on crest of petals, suffusing in- 
to clear apricot yellow and distinc- 
tive marginal band. $3.00. 
THERON: 214’. July. Large, full, 
dark mahogany-red. Throat deep 
gold, producing a striking purple 
and gold effect. Award of Merit, 
Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety. $2.00. 
VIKING: July, Aug. 3%’. Rich 
orange red without much eye-zone; 
throat greenish chrome. Stiffly 
erect, well branched. Medium large 
flowers. $2.00. 
WAU BUN: Late June, July. 214’. 
Large light cadmium yellow, slight- 
ly sprinkled with traces of fulvous 
red. Large broad petals, ends light- 
ly and distinctively twisted. $1.50. 
ZOUAVE: Sold out until 1956. 
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