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NO. 69. AUGUST, 1955 
Hemerocallis eon  e B. S. Norton 
4922 Fortieth Place, ESVILE 
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(One of the very besf t: 
Prices are for divisions. 
on orders of $2.00 or more; 
garden or on orders of $10 or more. ed 4 
The figures indicdte. the usual height in PY a “The 
blooming time is for near Washington, D. C. Flower 
color varies with light, temperature, moisture and time 
of day. Colors given here are pepe, E, ever- ; 
green, D, dormant. 
The best way to ees what you wale is to see them 
in bioom. Come out Rhode Island Ave. from Washing- 
ton, D.C)> tim 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 coming 
rom north, find us on the road south from bes Sani- © 
tary 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 cof bloom for the hundreds of kinds of summer 
blooming daylilies. In mid August to Octeber our new 
late hemerocallis hybrids are in flower. _ 
Many other things can be seen when visiting this 
garden. Something is in bloom almost any time. Over 
500 other kinds of hemerocallis. yet too scarce to list, 
may be seen in the garden, and all kinds of shade lov- 
ing plantain lilies, adding blue and white, lacking in 
hemerocallis. 
Some of these things are for sale, but the commercial 
side is only incidental here. Our main work is the pro- 
duction of new kinds of daylilies and other plants and 
introducing them. We do not plan to dig anything on 
Sunday, we need a day of rest, but Sunday p.m. is a 
pee time to see things. Better telephone before com- 
ng. 
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 thousands 
of hybrid seedlings. 
Plant daylilies a foot or more apart in well prepared 
soil, with well rotted manure or compost, and a little 
complete fertilizer. Keep plants moist and water well. 
Set top of roots about an inch deep. Daylilies are at 
their best the third year. 
Albert Gorham (Norton 1949), 5-6, July, D, large, bold 
deep red and orange red flowers; tallest. $1.25. 
Apricot (Yeld), 2, May, D, yellow; fine old kind, unlike, 
other “Apricots” in the pink leaf bases and long 
narrow tip of the flower bracts. .75. 
Aprilet (Norton 1949), April-May, 1-2, D, orange yellow. 
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