NO. 64. AUGUST, 1954 
Hemerocallis Publication by J_ B. S. Norton 
4922 Fortieth Place, Hyattsville, Md., WA. 7-0878 
Price List for August 
(One of the very best times to plant daylilies.) 
Prices are for divisions oy ;-shipped prepaid 
on orders of $2.00 or more; 410% léss ker delivery at_the 
garden or on orders of $10) or ‘more. : : ~— 
The figures indicate th on, gine in feet. The 
tox, DE. ), Flower 
a. 
blooming time is for ne as 
color varies with light, t erature, moisture’and time 
e.. approximate. 
of day. Colors given heré™ 
The best way to know what you want is"to See them | 
in bloom. Come out Rhode Island Ave. from Wiaashing- 
ton, D. C., turn sharply left at the first traffic light in 
Hyattsville, and in about three blocks there is the 
garden with the front yard full of flowers; or in com- 
ing into Hyattsville from north, find us on the road 
south from the Sanitary Commission buildings. 
Visit our garden in May to see most of the early 
hemerocallis in bloom; June 10 to 20 to see the Japanese 
iris garden, so fine for our wet lands. July 1 to 10 is 
the peak of bloom for the hundreds of kinds of summer 
blooming daylilies, and soon after Lilium superbum, 
wild among the iris. In mid August to October our new 
late hemerocallis hybrids are in flower. But a visit 
each month is needed to see them all in bloom. 
Many other things can be seen when visiting this 
garden. Something is in bloom almost any time. There 
is a collection of plants blooming outside between 
December 1 and March 1, the common pansy being one 
of the best to bloom all winter. Also thousands of 
narcissus, primroses, azaleas, crocus, all kinds of shade 
loving plantain lilies, adding blue and white, lacking 
in hemerocallis, poppies, phlox, ferns, 20 some genera 
of amaryllids, besides new amaryllis hybrids blooming 
inside in winter. We will be glad to have the pleasure 
of guiding you around. 
Some of these things are for sale, but the commercial 
side of growing plants is only incidental here. Our 
main work is the production of new kinds of daylilies 
and other plants and introducing them to those who 
would like to use and enjoy them. We do not plan to 
dig anything on Sunday, but Sunday p.m. is a good 
time to see things. Better telephone before coming. 
Over 500 other kinds of hemerocallis, yet too scarce 
to list, may be seen in the garden. 
The names in darker letters are those I would select 
from this list if restricted to 25. Those with “(Norton)” 
are some of my introductions, selected out of over 
50,000 hybrid seedlings and one sport, the only one 
yet seen. 
Albert Gorham (Norton 1949), 5-6, July, large, bold 
deep red and orange red flowers; tallest. $1.50 
Apricot (Yeld), 2, May, yellow; fine old kind, unlike 
other “Apricots” in the pink leaf bases and long 
narrow tip to the flower bracts. .75 
Aprilet (Norton 1949), April-May, 1-2, orange yellow. .50 
Arabian Shiek (Norton 1952), July, 2-3, near light 
scarlet. $2.00 
