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‘To: Fellow Members of the Hemerocallis Society 
I have a limited number of Marse Connell Day idjies of blooming 
size, and I am offering them at a price of $7.50 postpaid (or a special 
price of {20.00 in lots of three postpaid). Shipments will be filled in 
accordance with each request—-now or at any specified date, 
‘Please make your check or money order payable to: Nrs. T. K,. 
McKnight, Route 3, Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 
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EXCERPTS 
The Hemerocallis Society 1954 Yearbook 
Page 28--Parade of Champions: "MARSE CONNELL." 
Page 30--"New and Choice" by Philip G. Corliss: "The tales about the 
Baton Rouge originations of Mr. Hooper R. Connell seemed so 'tall'- that I 
felt impelled to RATED GN “Now I am happy to join the throng of his 
admirers, for he has a 'stable' of wonderful varieties, many of them truly 
distinctive. Tales about the size of his huge red MAOL COIN L are well 
substantiated." 
Page 69--"Louisiana, Land of Daylilies" by Mrs. U. B, Evans: "In 
_ Baton Rouge, Hooper Connell has given us such beautiful daylilies as..... 
MARSE CONNELL, an outstanding red that always stops the visitors in his 
garden." 
Flower Grower, The Home Garden Magazine (July, 1954) 
Page 58--"Daylilies and How to Grow Them!" by Ben Arthur Davis: "The 
fabulous MARSE CONNELL is now available, and gardeners may produce its 
10-inch blooms of garnet in. their own daylily beds," 
