PURPLE FLASH (Russell) M 36” 1.00 
Purple petals with deep purple eyezone; sepals 
yellow overcast with purple. 
PURPLE SAGE (Russell) E 36” 1.00 
Deep wine. The petals are ruffled, with a slightly 
yellow mid-rib. 
QUEEN ESTHER (H.P. Sass) M 36” A.M. 1953 2.00 
A brilliant self of truly crimson velvet with good 
substance and branching. An excellent variety for 
accent. 
QUEEN OF GONZALES (Russell) E 34” 375 
A huge wide-petaled early orange of deepest gold. 
The substance is heavy and firm. Repeats. Flowers 
last well through the evening. 
RAVEN (Wheeler) E 36” H.M. 1953 10.00 
This seems to be the darkest daylily we grow. It is 
a deep wine red with black pile and chartreuse throat. 
Though dark, it is radiantly alive, because of its satiny 
sheen. 
RED BIRD (Stout) M 36” Ev. 1.50 
Brilliant red, excellent garden subject, as the well 
branched scapes carry many blossoms. 
RED ROCK CANYON (Milliken) EM 48” 2.00 
A full large orange-red flower with a heavier shad- 
ing of Brazil red. Very rich and showy. 
REDWOOD (Hill) L 42” 1.50 
A varnish-like finish on a deep, even red without 
dusky markings; bright yellow sunburst in the throat. 
Stout stems. 
RED HUSSAR (Nesmith) M 38” 1.00 
The open flaring flowers are carmine red with a 
deep orange cup. A brilliant flower that stands out 
in the garden. 
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“My recently ordered hemerocallis arrived, well pack- 
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REGAL LADY (Nesmith) EM 50” 1.00 
Large flowers with deep rose petals blending into 
cai deeper rose zone bordering the pale yellow cup. 
The cream sepals are faintly flushed with rose giving 
the effect of a bicolor. 
REVOLUTE (H.P. Sass) M 38” A.M. 1950 
Stout Medal 1953 3.00 
A lovely recurving flower of crisp clear yellow with 
ruffled petals and tall well branched scapes. 
REVELRY (Lester) M 30” 10.00 
A large wide-petaled bloom that is a true cardinal 
red. The petals cind sepals are the same, soft leathery 
substance and appear on widely branched scapes. 
The throat is a soft, light green. 
ROSE GEM (Stout) M 46” A. M. 1953 2.00 
Large flowers of a deep rose with a light copper 
undertone. Good form and substance. 
ROSE REVERIE (Christenson) M 40” 5.00 
A very large and recurving rose. 
ROYAL BEAUTY (Taylor) M 36” 3.00 
A 5-inch flower of rose purple on well branched 
scapes. The full shaped blooms are most attractive 
ina large clump. 
FOR THE CONNOISSEUR | 
Midwest Majesty | 
Plum Mist 
Queen Esther 
Cathedral Towers 
Merriewoode Star 
$16.00 value for $12.50 
About PLUM MIST, “PLUM MIST is a beauty. | have 
not seen any other purple as lovely,’ - says Miss 
Vivian Christenson, daylily hybridizer and grower of 
Marcus, lowa. 
