© Our 1955 Tutroductious 
MAINLINER. Dormant. (Russell) 
The 4-inch, ivory-buff flower with a rich purple 
eye zone is quite distinct, with one of the most 
pleasing color combinations I have ever seen. 
Ruffled, slightly recurved, very wide petals. 
Ht. 20 in. April, May. $4.00 each. 
MUSIC HALL. Semi-Dormant. (Russell) 
This ruffled, wide flower is 6 inches across, and 
as many as 35 buds come on one stem. It is 
richest gold in color, with a velvety sheen. 
Imagine a piece of golden velvet tapestry, and 
that is exactly what you have. The flower is so 
far removed from ordinary yellows that it can 
easily be distinguished from all others. Ht. 3 ft. 
May. $3.00 each. 
NEWCOMER. Semi-Dormant. (Russell) 
A true wine-red, widest-petaled, 5-inch flower 
with a buff throat, ruffled and recurved. This is 
one you will never forget when you see it in an 
established clump. Ht. 2/44 ft. April, May. 
$6.00 each. 
NEW DAY. Dormant. (Russell) 
Huge, 6-inch, wide-petaled flower of deep, true 
rose-pink, with an ivory midrib and buff throat. 
It is ruffled and the whole bloom is slightly re- 
flexed. A flower to hold one spellbound. Ht. 
2ft. April, again in July. $4.00 each. 
NEW ROMANCE. Dormant. (Russell) 
Wide, 5-inch flowers of true rose-red, with 
deeper eye zone and buff throat. It blooms again 
and again, beginning in April. Ht. 2 ft. $4.00 each. 
ROBIN. Evergreen. (Russell) 
This miniature with 3-inch flowers of vivid, 
deep Chinese red has deeper mahogany veins and 
a cool apple-green throat. It grows only 18 inches 
tall and seems never to stop blooming, beginning 
in April and again in July. It is a midget I am 
sure the Daylily worid will be proud of. An ex- 
tremely fast multiplier, growing into thick, 
miniature clumps. Ht. 18 in. $2.00 each. 
RUSSELL GARDENS, SPRING, TEXAS 
SEADRIFT. Semi-Dormant. (Russell) 
A 4-inch flower of real rose color, with a deep 
wine eye zone and buff throat, shading to green 
in the center. Very ruffled and recurved. An 
unusually fast grower in an indescribable shade 
of rose. Ht. 2144 ft. May, June. $3.00 each. 
SERENITY. Semi-Dormant. (Russell) 
A big, 6-inch, wide-petaled, real pink flower 
with ivory sepals, ivory midrib and green throat. 
[It’s a full-open bloom and will hold its own among 
the pinks. Ht. 2 ft. May, June. $6.00 each. 
SILVER BAY. Dormant. (Russell) 
Giant, 7-inch, lemon-colored flowers with 
ruffled, wide petals. Simply enveloped in bloom 
when established. One of the true Goliaths in our 
fields. I have been asked for several years to 
introduce it. Ht. 3 ft. April, May, again in 
August. $6.00 each. 
TEXCAPADE. Dormant. (Russell) 
Another tiny, 18-inch plant. The 4-inch flower 
is a vivid rose-red of finest form and texture. 
Among the dwarf varieties that are sweeping this 
part of the country, it stands in a class by itself. 
It is a very fast grower and one of the most 
profuse bloomers in our fields. Ht. 18 in. April, 
May, again in July. $3.00 each. 
THE HEIRESS. Dormant. (Russell) 
This rosy wine-colored flower with gold overlay 
is only 4 inches wide, but its profusion of bloom 
on straight, erect stems more than makes up for 
its size. A real “‘find,’ if there ever was one. 
Ht. 3 ft. April, May. $4.00 each. 
VIOLACEA. Semi-Dormant. (Russell) 
This beautiful, 414-inch, violet-pink flower is 
in a unique color class, for it has ivory sepals, a 
buff throat shading to green in the center, and 
slightly recurved petals. Very fast grower, hence 
the price. Ht. 214 ft. April, May. $3.00 each. 
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