Daylily Newsletter

Region 6

New Mexico Texas

SWEET SENSATION (Cruse-Nelson) AHS Achievement Medal 1981

Member of the American Hemerocallis Society

Spring 1982

AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY

REGION 6 OFFICERS REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT Joyce Lewis Route 1, Box 78 Murchison, Texas 75778

REGIONAL PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Nell Crandall 721 Ourlane Circle Houston, Texas 77024

SECRETARY Betty Roberts 8615 La Sala Grande NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111

TREASURER Peggy Hammel 804 Koen Lane Euless, Texas 76039

PARLIAMENTARIAN Mable Nelson 4444 Griffing Drive Port Arthur, Texas 77640

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Inez Tarrant Route 1 Freeport, Texas 77541

It is with much pleasure we welcome the following new members to our Region 6 Daylily Family. Please feel free to call on your Regional Officers if we can be of service to you. May we urge other members in your area to "get in touch" and become acquainted as Hem neighbors should. Mary Ellen Gott 16407 Laurel Drive Houston, TX 77059 Mr. Royce Nicar 109 Comanche Vista, D.C.B.E. Granbury, TX 76048

Linda Nichols Rt. 5, Box 1215X Waco, TX 76705 Mrs. John E. Perry Rt. 2, Box 71 Dickerson, TX 77539

Jeffrey Dan Robertson RD 1, Box 7008 The Woodlands, TX 77380 Raymond B. Schuck 508 Brandywyne Friendswood, TX 77546

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From "TELL IT LIKE IT IS"

"Consider now the daylily that grows across the field Such delicate perfection has seldom been revealed Tomorrow cannot find her while she is in her prime The secret of her beauty is one day at a time." Ralph Carmichael

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF F. D. COPPIN We are all sad to learn that F. D. Coppin has passed away at a Houston hospital on January 3, 1982. He was a person liked and highly regarded by all who knew him, and knowing him for many years I believe I can truthfully say he never met a person he did not like. He was very enthusiastic about daylilies and traveled many miles each year, spreading good will, meeting new people, and seeing new daylilies. He will certainly be missed along the many daylily trails he traveled. Mr. Coppin graduated from Baylor University, became a Baptist Minister and was later an Elementary School Principal. After retirement he was very active in Region 6, and attended many National Conventions on the Texas Bus. He will be remembered as an auctioneer at the Region 6 Plant Auction, participated in delivering "Meals On Wheels" to the elderly, and taught defensive driving for the National Safety Council. He participated in so many ways and was a very kind and thoughtful person. He was a dedicated Christian and believed in serving his fellow man. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family; his wife, Dovie Cooper Coppin of Waco; two daughters; and four grandchildren of Houston. May it help to know that all who knew him were proud to be his friend. Edna Lankart

from the RVP Bloom season has begun for those in our Southern areas, and gardeners all over are in the Hem beds competing with aphids for the enjoyment furnished by the daylily. We have a new set of Officers for the coming two years that you will meet in this Newsletter, but we wish to commend the outgoing ones for the giving of their time, and the professional manner in which they guided the growth and activities of our Region. I personally want to thank Clarice Foster for the smooth and pleasant transition of the records and RVP affairs. We have host cities for our Regional Meetings through 1985, which is a great feeling for an incoming RVP. Our finances are in good shape, our membership has increased, and I feel the spirit and cooperative closeness of our members has continued to increase these last two years. I will continue to call on Clarice for future help and advice, but I feel I can say for all our members, "Clarice, we thank you and your staff for a job well done!" We are saddened with the passing of so many of our members for we will miss them so much, but it is with a sense of pleasure that we dedicate this issue of the Newsletter to the memory of one of our former Regional Officers, F. D. Coppin of Waco. Fred, known to most of us as "Coppin" or "Chief,” was a friend to everyone and practiced the Golden Rule as well as anyone I have ever known. My life, and I am sure every life he touched, has been made better by his presence. The assistance and cooperation of our membership has been most gratifying in the short time I have been RVP. I would like to ask each member in our Region to take notes during bloom season, take a few snapshots if you have a camera, of both Hems and people, and interesting events and send us some news items - let's be a Daylily Family and share our experiences. Please consider this a personal request, for the Newsletter is yours and will be composed of the news and articles you contribute. I have been asked what I plan to do since becoming your RVP - I would like to answer that by saying I definitely plan to serve and not lead. I am a firm believer in a membership organization, and to be that we have to have a lot of input and feedback from you, the individual members. We need your ideas and thoughts on how to improve any and every aspect of the Region 6 Newsletter, Membership Acquisition, Services to Members, Youth Program, Regional Meetings, and Finances - whatever it takes to better our Region. Let us set a goal of a Perfect Region. Of course, we can never reach that far, but with everyone pulling together we can work toward in that direction and we will improve both our Region and ourselves! Hope to see you in Dallas, June 4 and 5. Joyce Lewis, RVP

REGIONAL PUBLICITY DIRECTOR

NELL CRANDALL Nell grew up in the small North-Central Texas town of Moran and attended the University of Texas, where she received her degree in Business Administration. After graduation, she went to work for Humble Oil & Refining Company, where she met her husband John, who was a Petroleum Engineer in the department where she worked. She and John spent several years working with the Institute of International Education where they were "Host Family" to foreign doctors during their training in the U.S. Nell shares John's interest in sailing, and in 1981 spent 10 days sailing with him near the island of Roatan off the coast of Honduras. She has always been interested in the arts and has taken courses in painting, photography, design, silk screen painting, and calligraphy. One of her hobbies is collecting Indian pottery and baskets. Among her collection are baskets from the American Indians, the Philippines, Japan, China, Columbia, Indonesia, and Africa. In 1975, she saw her first daylily show and shortly afterward visited the Houston Area Daylily Society. She has been a collector of daylilies since that day and has recently become quite interested in "Spiders.” She grows over 500 named daylilies plus many seedlings of her own hybridizing. At present she is working toward obtaining a blue Spider, but so far has never registered a daylily. She loves to photograph daylilies and to date has quite a collection of Kodachrome slides. Nell is active in the Houston Area Daylily Society, serving both in 1981 and 1982 as its Program Chairman. Mildred Schlumpf

MEET BETTY ROBERTS SECRETARY, REGION 6 Joyce Lewis

An avid gardener for over twenty years with a keen interest in daylilies from the beginning, Mrs. L. E. (Betty) Roberts hails from Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to being both an AHS Awards and Honors and Exhibition Judge, Betty is an Iris and Rose Judge and also a National Council Garden Judge. She has served as President of Petal Pushers Garden Club and the Albuquerque Rose Society and has just completed her second term as President of the New Mexico Iris Society. She is a Consulting Rosarian and a Charter Member of the Albuquerque Chrysanthemum Society. Betty was the 1975 New Mexico Garden Club Member of the Year, the 1978 recipient of the Tura McWilliams Flower Arranger of the Year, and the 1979 Horticulturist of the Year Awards. She is the New Mexico State Control and Recycling

Chairman. A former co-owner of the Yamaha Music School, Betty is now a 2nd grade teacher in the Albuquerque School System. Her husband, Ned, is a University of New Mexico Administrator and they are the parents of 15 year old twin redheads, Betty and Ellen. Betty enjoys playing tennis for recreation. She is active in her Sorority, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and is a past President of her group, as well as Albuquerque City Pan-Hellenic. Petal Pushers have sponsored a daylily show for years and Betty was instrumental in its becoming an accredited show for the last four seasons. Region 6 is fortunate indeed to have this lady of many talents as a member of our Board.

PEGGY HAMMEL

REGION 6 TREASURER From your first step to the curb at Peggy and Al Hammel's you will know you are in a garden of people who love the earth and its produce. You will see everything from APPLE TART to ZIPPETY, and the rest of the Hem alphabet between, as well as varied companion plants for all seasons to make this well landscaped garden a "thing of beauty" at any time you see it. Some of the beds are outlined in rock, collected by the Hammels from all over these United States, and some of the beds are raised with railroad ties, both these retainers an earth product. Industry and organization are a part of Peggy's success in being able to manage being a wife, mothe, and grandmother, and still find time to maintain her "Garden of Eden,” attend the Iris Society of Dallas, and both units of the Hemerocallis Growers of Dallas. In this busy schedule she includes making custom silk flower arrangements and being a Garden Landscape Consultant.

In Dallas when you say "Ways and Means,” you think "Peggy Hammel" as she has served both Big Dee and the Fluorescent Units in this capacity for several years. The public sales and unit auctions she arranged added many dollars to our treasury. Her ingenuity in presenting new sale items has built our "Bus Fund" at a phenomenal rate. In her role as an "Auctioneer" at Regional Meetings, Peggy's wit and persuasion has continued to maintain the "Newsletter" fund. Region 6 is fortunate, indeed, to have this hybridizer, grower, gardener, homemaker, and friend to all as our new Treasurer. Dora Klenk

MABLE NELSON

PARLIAMENTARIAN Mrs. L. A. (Mable) Nelson of Port Arthur, Texas, is presently President of the very active Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society, and is an AHS Awards and Honors and Exhibition Judge. She belongs to a local garden club, has a keen interest in Orchids and all other plant material. She is becoming an avid photographer and recently won the National Landscape Robert W. Schlumpf Award. She and Louis (Bud to friends) have converted a large lot they bought next to them into a lovely daylily garden, expanding their work two-fold. She has worked vigorously for the prime interest of our plant Society whether locally, Regionally, or on a National level. She has also been totally involved in her church and family, and her garden is always a tour delight. Her hybridizing is on the upswing with the added space and she has five Junior Citation winners, such as MATINEE IDOL, MAUVE MOMENTS, ROYALL WELCOME, RUBY RED LIPS, and SWEET SENSATION. The latter was a J. L. Cruse seedling she raised which won an AHS Achievement Medal in the recent Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Flower Show. Her lovely beauty truly compliments her dedication to daylilies. Albert C. Faggard

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MY PRAYER

By Hazel Lacey

God, teach me to take time to sit in the sun To chat with a friend, or to make a new one, To open my garden gate so wide That a friend or stranger will come inside That the flowers I grow, with your help and care Will always remind me to share and share! And if I'm privileged to work in your garden above, Will you pass by with a smile of love? That I may know you approve of my deed, That I'm not wasting my time with Daylily seed!

A MESSAGE FROM YOUR RPD

By Nell Crandall To all you people out in Region 6 land who have ever dreamed of being a writer, of having a by-line on a news article, here is your chance! Send an article about daylilies in to our RVP, Joyce Lewis, so he can print it in our Newsletter. My goal is to have Joyce Lewis' mail box look like this cartoon. I'd like to take credit for it, but it was done by Marshall Black, a long-time friend of John's and mine, who can draw much better than I can. The other day I saw the following notice on a bulletin board, and it seemed so appropriate that I copied it. I don't know the author.

"This is a story about four people: EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, and NOBODY. There was an important job to be done, and EVERYBODY was asked to do it. EVERYBODY was sure SOMEBODY would do it. ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it. SOMEBODY got angry about that, because it was EVERYBODY'S job. EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could do it, but NOBODY realized that EVERYBODY wouldn't do it. It ended up that EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY when actually NOBODY asked ANYBODY."

Our Region 6 Newsletter belongs to EVERYBODY. You will note that I have started a new section entitled "News and Views From Around Region 6." This will be club news and short items of interest that I can list under your club's name. I'd like this information to be sent to me. The articles should go to Joyce. I want EVERYBODY to look forward to our Newsletter. I want NOBODY to be left out.

News and Views From Around Region 6

Central Texas Hemerocallis Society President: Mrs. Bonnie Murphy Route 4, Box 272, Waco, Texas 76705 From Mrs. Bonnie Murphy, January 25, 1982

We are having a sale of daylilies in March, proceeds of which will go the Nell Pape Garden Center. We are planning a Memorial Garden at the Nell Pape Garden Center in honor of Mr. F. D. Coppin, Mrs. Ruby Martin, and Mrs. W. L. Johnson. This will be planted with daylilies they hybridized. Mr. Coppin died January 3, 1982; Mrs. Martin died November 20, 1981; and Mrs. Johnson died several years ago.

June 1 is our tour day locally and we would like to invite any that would like to join us. We have

four or five gardens to visit and then a covered dish lunch. Anyone interested in joining us may contact Bonnie Murphy at 817-799-7909 for more information.

We have eight new members for the 1981-1982 season. We want to extend an invitation to

everyone to come visit us in Waco this year.

Lufkin Hemerocallis Society President: Mrs. W. T. Thomas Route 2, Box 990, Lufkin, TX 75901 From Mrs. W. T. Thomas, Lufkin, Texas, January 21, 1982

The Flower Show and Plant Sale that the Lufkin Hemerocallis Society has scheduled for May 29, 1982, at Angelina Mall is a very special activity. The Society has carried out this activity for several years, and the people in Lufkin have come to look forward to it. The ladies provide many good daylilies for sale, along with many other good plants. The week before this sale and show of beautiful arrangements, the yards of the members are open for the people of Lufkin and the surrounding area to come and enjoy the daylilies.

Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society President: Mrs. Mable Nelson 4444 Griffing Drive, Port Arthur, TX 77640 From Mrs. Frances Choate, Port Arthur, Texas Tentative plans have been made for several garden tours: May 13, 1982: Tour of the Nelson Garden at Port Arthur Tour of the Crowell Garden at Bridge City Tour of the Edgar Brown Garden at Orange May 20, 1982: Tour of the Faggard Garden at Beaumont Tour of the Rankin Garden at Kountze Tour of the Hegele Garden at Beaumont Colony Tour of the Cruse Garden at Woodville May 22, 1982: Flower Show and Plant Sale at Parkdale Mall May 27, 1982: Louisiana Bus Trip Bill Monroe at Baton Rouge Lee Gates and Clarence Crochet at Prairieville Guillory at Finton Mrs. Spalding at Iowa June 3, 1982: Tour of Williamson Garden at Roganville Tour of Sheffield Garden at Newton Tour of Klein Garden at Beaumont June 4-5,1982: Regional Meeting in Dallas

Region 6 members are invited to participate in any or all of our activities. For further information regarding the bus trip to Louisiana, call Francess Buckhart at 962-0051 or Mable Nelson at 983-3928. All the other gardens will be open the day of the tour and no reservations are necessary.

Brazosport Hemerocallis Society President: Mrs. JoAnn Park 127 Tulip Trail, Lake Jackson, TX 77566 From Mrs. Emily Everett, Lake Jackson, January 11, 1982

Our theme for the year is LET'S CELEBRATE. On January 10, we celebrated Rena Humphreys' winning the AHS Tricolor Award for 1981. On February 14, we will celebrate Valentine's Day. In March, we will celebrate our 20th anniversary as a club.

Our Flower Show is scheduled for the Brazos Mall on May 22.

Happy Time Daylily Society President: Mrs. Oleata Lasiter Box 502, Pleasanton, TX 78064 From Mrs. Pearl Howard, Pleasanton, Texas, February 13, 1982

The Flower Show and Guest Luncheon have been scheduled for May 15, 1982, at the First Methodist Church. There will also be a tour of local gardens from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on May 15.

Plant sales are scheduled for two downtown locations.

Houston Area Daylily Society (day group) President: Mrs. Frances Schneider 3722 Glade Forest, Kingwood, TX 77339

Houston Hemerocallis Society (night group) President: Mr. Jeff Stagg 17011 North Bear Creek Drive, Houston, TX 77084 From Mrs. Mildred Schlumpf, Houston, Texas, February 13, 1982

The two Houston clubs will have their Flower Show together on May 15, 1982, at Northline Mall. The schedule lists three categories for arrangements as follows:

Golden Memories - using shades of gold, dried material, and accessories permitted Think Pink - using shades of pink and fresh material Voodoo Magic - using shades of dark reds or purples, fresh material, and accessories

permitted

The day group has five new members for 1982. Both the day and night groups will be missing one of their most active members, Mr. Carl Sauer, who died on February 14, 1982.

The day group will have a garden tour on May 13 to four local gardens: Schlumpf , Kroulik,

Oglesby, and Crandall.

San Antonio Hemerocallis Society President: Mrs. Ruth Edwards 4915 Cambray Drive W , San Antonio, TX 78229 Please see Mrs. Cora Offer's article in this issue for her views of the Winter of 1981-1082.

Hemerocallis Growers of Dallas President: Virginia Henson 7124 Stefani Drive, Dallas, TX 75225

Big Dee Unit (day group) Fluorescent Unit (night group) From Mrs. Virginia Henson, Dallas, Texas, February 16, 1982

Besides hosting the Region 6 Meeting on June 4 and 5, the Dallas groups have made tentative plans for two pilgrimages:

May 22, 1982: Garden of Joyce Lewis, Murchison, Texas May 29, 1982: Garden of Tom Hughes, Mansfield, Texas

Both these tours will be by individual cars, and everyone will take their picnic lunch for a picnic after touring the gardens.

In my opinion, one of the most outstanding programs during 1981 was the discussion by Lucia Bjorkman about AHS Awards. We learned so much.

Petal Pushers Garden club President: Christine Matalucci (until April 1982) 4321 Andrew Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109

From Christine Matalucci, Albuquerque, NM, February 15, 1982

The name of our Flower Show is "A New Day in the Morning" and it will be held on June 26, 1982, at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120 Lomas NE.

We are getting three gardens ready for the 1983 Regional Meeting.

Austin Hemerocallis Society President: Mr. Bill Ater 3803 Greystone Drive, Austin, TX 78731

From Mr. B. F. Ater, Austin, Texas, February 17, 1982

We are pleased to have 4 new members for the 1982 season.

Our Flower Show is scheduled for May 29, 1982, at the Austin Area Garden Center. There will be a plant sale in conjunction with the show.

Tentative plans have been made for a Sunday afternoon tour of local gardens on May 30.

Corpus Christi Hemerocallis Society President: Mrs. John Myodek 918 Herndon, Corpus Christi, 7X 78411 From Mrs. Jayne Martin, Corpus Christi, TX, February 24, 1982

The Corpus Christi Hemerocallis Society has planted and is maintaining a special planter in the recently developed Courtyard at the Garden Center. The Garden Center is for members of the Corpus Christi Council of Garden Clubs (and plant Societies) and is also used as a City Recreation Center. Each Fall the plantings may be changed so that the public may learn of the many possible varieties of Hemerocallis.

Members at large From Mrs. Christine Short, Abilene, Texas, January 25, 1982

After our 4 degree weather, the daylilies look terrible. Members of Read (pronounced red) Red Robin, an all-Texas Robin, are planning to attend the Regional Meeting in Dallas, and the following day go to Ore City to visit gardens of two of our members there.

We were delighted that Rena Humphreys won the AHS Tricolor Award for 1981!

From Mr. Shy Osborn, Clyde, Texas, February 11, 1982

I'm not bothered by weeds too bad as I keep an Oak leaf mulch on the Hems the year round. The dormants, of course, can't be seen at all and the evergreens are sure droopy, but I've lost surprisingly few.

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"If your cows get out and your pigs won't eat If your Hems have aphids and you can't sleep If your hens all crow, it is only seasonal Pack up your troubles and come to Regional.”

Author unknown and unclaimed

REGION 6 MEETING Ken Henson, Chairman

DALLAS, TEXAS, JUNE 4-5, 1982

Sponsored by the Hemerocallis Growers of Dallas Virginia Henson, President

This will be a FUN Regional! The theme will be Country/Western, so come in your jeans, cowboy clothes, prairie dresses, boots, moccasins - whatever! Prizes are planned for the best male, female, and youth outfit as well as a prize for the person traveling the greatest distance to attend.

Headquarters Northpark Inn 9300 North Central Expressway Dallas, Texas 75231 Phone: (214) 363-2431

Please make your own reservations but specify you are with the American Hemerocallis Society.

Special Rate: $46.00 single or double (Regular rate on reservations made after May 15)

PROGRAM

Flower Show and Tea Friday 2:00-5:00 p.m. Kodachrome Jamboree Friday 7:00-8:00 p.m. Auction Friday 8:00-11:00 p.m. Garden Tour Saturday 8:00-12:00 noon Luncheon Saturday 12:00-1:00 p.m. Judges Clinic Saturday 1:30-5:00 p.m. Banquet Saturday 7:00 p.m.

COME TO DALLAS - COME COMFORTABLE AND ENJOY YOURSELF ! ! ! ! !

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PRE-REGISTRATION FORM

Enclosed is my check in the amount of $ to PRE-REGISTER

(show name as desired on name tag)

For the REGION 6 MEETING, June 4-5, 1982

I (We) plan to attend the JUDGES CLINIC, Saturday, June 5, at 1:30 p.m. (no ) (yes)

PRE-REGISTRATION FEE $25.00 per person PRIOR TO MAY 15, 1982, After May 15, the fee is $30.00

Make check payable to Betty Acrey, SEND TO: Betty Acrey 612 Cordova Dallas, Texas 75223

Registration includes Luncheon, Garden Tours, and Banquet (Saturday)

REGION 6 FLOWER SHOW

Gertrude Lanham, Chairman

"A Daylily Salute to Region 6" has been selected as the theme for the Regional Show open for viewing 2-5:00 p.m., Friday, June 4, at the Northpark Inn. Remember, this is a Regional Show and is open to all members of the American Hemerocallis Society to exhibit. It is the only show in which a Region 6 member may compete for the Ophelia Taylor Award.

The Artistic schedule is not complete at this writing, but two of the classes are: "New Mexico-Land

of Enchantment" and "Texas-The Lone Star State.” Doesn't this sound interesting? Gertrude Lanham, 9906 Angora, Dallas, Texas 75218, will send rules and classes to anyone who asks for them. Please make reservations for Artistic arrangements with her or Maybelle Dodd, 6706 Blessing Drive, Dallas, Texas 75214, before June 1. I understand daylilies will be furnished to those making arrangements who live too great a distance to transport their own blooms, if you will request them.

Region 6 won both the AHS Tricolor and runner-up last year so we have the top arrangers - let's

make this a truly Regional Show with exhibitors in both Artistic and Horticulture from all sections of our Region! Joyce Lewis, with excerpts from your Show Chairman's letter

KODACHROME JAMBOREE Ken Henson, Chairman

The ideal slide show for our Regional Meeting would be to have a few slides of the latest introductions and top seedlings to be introduced from each of our Region 6 hybridizers. The only way this can be accomplished is for each hybridizer to select a few of your best, label them plainly with your name and the daylily's name or number (including year of introduction or to be introduced) and send them to Ken Henson, 7124 Stefani Drive, Dallas, Texas 75225, before May 1. Ken has some great slides of other Regions‟ hybridizers to complete the program if we fail him, but it is hoped we show our members what we're doing at home first and then let them view the out-of-Region creations. Joyce Lewis, RVP

GARDENS ON THE REGIONAL GARDEN TOUR Virginia Henson

HAMMELGARDEN - In addition to the many beautiful daylilies, companion plants, and beautiful

landscaping of this garden, you will see the special Malcolm Collie “Hemmie” and Annie T. Giles Awards beds where all entrants can be seen at one time.

MORGAN GARDEN - One of the most highly specialized gardens to be found anywhere. R. L.

does not hybridize, but collects the latest and best from all the top hybridizers, discarding and replacing those which don't meet his standards very quickly.

WINNIFORD GARDEN - Always a favorite and a "must" with any daylily enthusiast. While seeing

many of their introductions and other named varieties there will be an opportunity to get a preview of future introductions. This is a garden that has to be seen to be believed.

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Hughes Garden, 2450 North Main, Mansfield Mrs. W. S. Lanham, 9906 Angora, Dallas Joyce & Allyene Lewis, 6 miles Southeast of Murchison Mr. & Mrs. I. D. Thompson, 203 Glendale Ave, Seagoville Lucille & Jay Warner, 534 Aqua Drive, Dallas

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What, oh what can I do - they're scaring the daylights out of me!? OWLHOOT: Dig up some of that green stuff you have buried out there and COME TO THE

REGION 6 AUCTION!

AUCTION PLANTS NEEDED Peggy Hammel and Bobo Faggard will again conduct the Auction to raise funds for Region 6 expenses. This, along with voluntary subscription donations, is the only way we have of meeting the Newsletter and other expenses of our Region. We've had great auctions the last several years and anticipate another "doozie" come June 4. Peggy needs a list of what you will donate if possible before the Regional. Those you bring, please put your name, name of cultivar (hybridizer if known), brief description, and current retail value on the name tag. This will not only be a great help to the buyer, but to the committee in charge who will accept them at the registration desk. Your cooperation will make our auction another great success - please be generous, we need all price ranges! If you had rather wait until Fall to dig your plants, send a card addressed to yourself with the plants name and description on the back and these will be auctioned for "Fall delivery.” Send a list of plants to the Plant Chairman: Mrs. Peggy Hammel 804 Koen Lane Euless, Tex 76039 Cultivar Hybridizer Brief Description Suggested Price

Donor I will send plants prior to Regional Meeting ( ) yes ( ) no I will bring plants to Regional Meeting ( ) yes ( ) no I will send cards for Fall delivery ( ) yes ( ) no

REGION 6 AWARDS Region 6 has two awards that are voted on at the Regional Meeting by those in attendance. They are:

The Annie T. Giles Award, which goes to a hybridizer who is a member of the host Society for the best numbered or named unintroduced cultivar seen in the tour gardens

and

The Malcolm Collie or “Hemmie” Award, which goes to a Region 6 hybridizer (other than a member of the host Society) for the best numbered or named unintroduced cultivar seen in the tour gardens.

In both cases, the cultivar may be large, small flowered, or a miniature.

Croker RE-19 Winner -1981 Malcolm Collie “Hemmie” Award Photo - courtesy Shy Osborn

REGIONAL MEETING SITES

1982 DALLAS - Ken Henson, Chairman

Award beds will be in the Hammel Garden.

1983 ALBUQUERQUE - Betty Roberts, Chairman

Malcolm Collie “Hemmie” Award bed will be in the Roberts Garden. Guest plants can be planted anytime from March through September. For those who do not wish to mail plants, Betty has consented to carry them back with her, if you will bring them to the Regional Meeting in Dallas - this includes both "Hemmie” entries and introduced "guest" cultivars.

1984 SAN ANTONIO - Lucia Bjorkman, Chairman

Mrs. William (Mary) Smith - Guest Plant Chairman Awards beds will be in the Bjorkman Garden. Either send "Hemmie" entries and other "guest" plants very soon after reading this or wait until Fall. Guest plants not wanted back after the Regional Meeting will be planted in the San Antonio Botanical Garden. More about this in a later issue.

1985 BEAUMONT - Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society

1986

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APPLE TART (Hughes Garden) Richard C. Peck Award - 1981

VINO VERDE (Ater)

1981 Region 6 Annie T. Giles Award

AUCTION PLANTS

1982 Region 6 Meeting Dallas, Texas

HELP WANTED

To fill the position of a donor of Hemerocallis for Region 6. This is an opportunity for playing a vital role in supporting your Regional Newsletter. You say you don‟t meet the requirements. Tell you what I‟m gonna do, I‟m gonna let you be a generous purchaser. SEND SOME PLANTS SAVE YOUR MONEY SEE YOU IN DALLAS Peggy Hammel, Auction Chairman

REGION 6 AWARD WINNERS Rodger Croker

The Richard C. Peck Award, three Honorable Mentions, and fourteen Junior Citations were the result of the National balloting for Region 6 in 1981. Additionally, SWEET SENSATION (J. L. Cruse-Mable Nelson) was one of six daylilies to win an Achievement Medal in an accredited show. This medal was won at the Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society Show, Beaumont. Winning the Richard C. Peck Award was APPLE TART, the large showy red tetraploid by Hughes Garden. Large and a glowing red, this Hem is further enhanced by a green throat. An H. M. went to GINGER COOKIE (Joyce Lewis). The best possible description of it is to quote Richard Stretz who described it in the Region 7 Newsletter: "Joyce's henna bitone miniature will certainly make a believer out of those that haven't liked the brown shades to date. This little honey is quite devoid of mud and has good branching and budding." It, which has won an Achievement Medal, grows 28-30” tall. Edna Lankart's GROOVY GREEN was a second one to receive an H. M. A ruffled 5 ½" chartreuse, which radiates the green intensity, grows 24-26" tall and is a cross of GREEN FLUTTER x EDNA SPALDING MEMORIAL. Registered in 1979, it also won a J. C. that same year. Another H. M. was Mary Cunningham's LITTLE FANTASTIC, a wide-segmented rose pink with deeper veins and a green throat. It grows about 20" and blooms all over like a cushion mum. This miniature is a cross of LITTLE DUMPLIN x ELLA THOMAS RIGGINS. Fourteen J. C's were won by Region 6 hybridizers. Heading the list was Bill Ater's VINO VERDE. This attractive yellow with much green infused, can best be described as star-shaped, but a full, fat shape. A cross of GREEN FLUTTER x WINNING WAYS, this Hem grows 24" tall. This was the winner of Region 6's Annie T. Giles Award given at the 1981 Austin Regional. RE-19, a 2 ½" ruffled deep red miniature with a deeper eye and a green heart was Rodger N. Croker's recipient of a J. C. Growing about 16", this flowing red is a cross of INKSPOT x RODGER CROKER. It received the Malcolm Collie “Hemmie” Award at the 1981 Austin Regional. DORIS SIMPSON (Cruse-McCrone) can best be described in the words of Elizabeth Yancey in the last DAYLILY JOURNAL. "I looked through the patch this morning to see if anything worth looking at was blooming, and the prettiest one out there was DORIS SIMPSON.” The description in the Checklist is “cream with raspberry eyezone and green throat.” The petals are so round and ruffled. On the lower part of the petals is a faint tinge of raspberry along the edge of the ruffling. It is really something when examined thoroughly. It will be introduced in 1983 by Meadowlake Gardens. Three inch blooms grow atop 20" scapes. SWEET SENSATION (Cruse-Nelson), 4 ½", EM, 24" scapes, is a cream with a dark maroon eye and a green throat. Evergreen and fragrant, this Hem won the Achievement Medal, as well as the Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society sliver tray for the best eyed Hem seen in 1981. ROYAL WELCOME (Mable Nelson) is a 6" rich magenta with a rose-raspberry eye and an apple green throat. Scapes are 24" and it blooms early midseason. ROYAL WELCOME received a blue and a purple at the 1981 Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society Show.

Bobo Faggard's J. C. was received for his LITTLE GRANNY (SI x Seedling). This sweet 3" buff yellow with a blushing rose eye has 1 ¼" petals, 7/8" sepals, and a green throat, semi-evergreen, it grows 16" tall. This is a nice border plant with twinkling eye like grandma. Though noted for her pink introductions, Bertie Ferris' latest J. C. breaks that precedent. DALLAS GREEN EYES is a clear ruffled lemon yellow small flower with a deep green throat and a bright maroon eye. Parentage is GLAMOREENA x LITTLE GRAPETTE. Edna Lankart's J. C. contribution was LITTLE RED FATSO (LITTLE ZINGER x LITTLE FAT DAZZLER). It is an unusual red with very wide petals that nearly obscure the sepals completely. With piecrust ruffling, the 2 7/8” blooms crown 14" scapes. Edna is determined to give me a run for my money as far as hybridizing red miniatures goes. TEXAS SUNLIGHT (Joyce Lewis) is a 3" gold self, 24-26" scapes, with heavy substance and good branching. Growing in the Winkler Garden at the Chicago National, it tied with JOAN SENIOR, MY BELLE, and PEEKABOO EYE as number 17 in the Judges' Favorites at Chicago. Loree Meagher's GA GA NEAL is 4 ½" almost black with small foliage and a very green throat. It is a heavy bloomer. Semi-evergreen, this dark beauty, which was a favorite of the late Neal Meagher, is a seedling of the blue-raspberry ROBERT BRYCE (Meagher) x Seedling. Inez Tarrant's 78-18 is a FATSO x PASS ME NOT seedling. It is buff-gold, wide segments, of 5 ½ - 6" size. It is topped off with a distinct, small maroon eye to complete the rounded form. LIGHT WONDER (Lucille Warner), a cross of SILVER FAN x induced (SNOW PRINCESS x ROBERT WAY SCHLUMPF), grows 26" tall. Evergreen and a midseason bloomer, this 6" flower is displayed on multiple branching. Having a white midrib, this near-white is accented by the green throat of a tailored bloom. This tetraploid has excellent substance, is fertile both ways, and breeds whites. JOHN WARNER (Lucille Warner) is another of Lucille's tetraploids, a 2 ¾" yellow self with a green throat. Dormant, an early bloomer, and a rebloomer, this Hem grows 8" tall. Parentage is [(Tetra SWEETIE FACE x (REVEREND TRAUB x Seedling) x induced (OKLAHOMA BOUQUET x BITSY) x Tetra SWEETIE FACE] ELNA LEE WINNIFORD (Ury Winniford) is a 4 ½" mauve pink with 2 x 2 ½" petals and 1 ¼” x 2 ¾" sepals. The Hem has 20" scapes, excellent branching, and 20 bud count.

CONGRATULATIONS

to Rena Humphreys, winner of the American Hemerocallis Society Tricolor Award for 1981. Rena's arrangement, "A Double Round of Happiness," was shown in the Brazosport show, "Spring Fling," and was a line-mass arrangement featuring double daylilies, Rudbeckia cones, and Iris, Loquat and Oak foliage.

to the runner-up, Mrs. Donald Wood, whose mass

arrangement in the Albuquerque Show, "Day Light-Star Bright," featured yellow and apricot daylilies, Bells of Ireland, Painted Daisies, and True Lilies. Region 6 is proud indeed of these two top arrangers!

1981 TRICOLOR WINNER

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WEDDING BELLS Ida Mae McMillan and John L. Moore were united in marriage September 5, 1981. They are now making their home at Route 1, Box 13-A-6, Trenton, Texas 75409. Ida Mae and John are both daylily and Iris enthusiasts and we wish them much happiness along the trail of life.

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DAYLILY AUCTION - REGIONAL MEETING - JUNE 4, 8:00-11:00 p.m.

You will find the Hems to update your garden at prices you can't resist!

NATIONAL CONVENTION

San Diego, California June 24-26, 1982

Registration information:

Prior to June 1, 1982 Adult $60.00 Youth $50.00 June 1 - June 22,1982 70.00 55.00 June 23 or later 75.00 60.00

Pay to AHS, Region 7 Mail to: Dena Daugherty 3815 Grandview Place Bonita, CA 92002 Hotel: Holiday Inn at the Embarcadero - phone (714) 232-3861 1355 North Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101 $55.00 single $65.00 double

Reservations should be received by June 9, 1982. Ask for American Hemerocallis Society Convention rates. Hotel information will be mailed with your registration receipt.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: listed in the American Hemerocallis Journal

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AN INVITATION FROM REGION 11

Frances Gatlin, Region 11 RVP, invites us to escape our weeds for a spell and attend their Regional Meeting in Parsons, Kansas, July 2-4. Gardens on tour are those of Monnoni, Morgan, Schoonover, and Taylor. Headquarters will be the Canterbury Inn, 400 Main, Parsons, KS 67357. For further information write Russell Morgan, RR. 4, Parsons, KS 67357.

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The wise old owl says, "Save time and money by buying your Hems at the Region 6 Auction!"

HAPPINESS - AFTERGLOW OF USEFULNESS Inez Tarrant, Membership Chairman

As I sit here on this cold, rainy, February night, looking at this picture of me that was in our last Newsletter, with my mouth wide open as if I were saying something! Well, I am saying something very important about trying to get new members and holding them. How do we get new members is the big question. I'm sure we all know someone we could talk to and express our love for the daylily to them. I know it's hard this day and time, for it seems they have many excuses - either too young, too old, or don't have the time - but we all need some pleasure in our lives and I can't think of anything with more pleasure than belonging to a Daylily Society. We have fun, food, friendship, and plenty of fantastic flowers. You need to join and see for yourself. As the saying goes, "Try it you might like it!" I have thought about setting goals, but that would leave some to believe that they don't have a responsibility and I happen to think it is the responsibility of each of us to try to gain a new member. When we do our best we will all feel good, our Society will grow and we will be happy. Let's everyone at least try for one new member each. Here are some suggestions that might help us in making a new daylily convert. I'm sure there are many others, but I would like to mention the following:

1. Invite people to our gardens. 2. Have garden tours open to the public on a special day. 3. Share plants with those who show a spark of interest. 4. Invite people to go with us to the Regional Meetings or National Conventions. 5. Give a gift membership. (I did this for my sister's birthday and now she is more of a Hem Nut

than I. 6. Call the garden club of your area and offer to give a program on daylilies and their many uses

in our gardens. These people love flowers, therefore, they are potential AHS members. 7. At your Flower Shows have people sign up that might be interested. Then give them a special

call and invite them to your next meeting. 8. In our Brazosport Hemerocallis Society we give perfect attendance prizes. They are nice

prizes and worth working for. In this coming year we are going to pay their next year‟s National membership dues.

9. Seminars are very informative and maybe a Daylily Workshop Day - what fun! You know, if we are sold on something and believe in it, we will talk about it to other people - so let's do some talking and advertising of our favorite flower - The Daylily!

10. Follow up with our new members and keep them "fired up" about our favorite flower. Show them concern and friendship, share with them some of your daylilies as well as your knowledge on growing them.

I got hooked on daylilies by attending a local flower show and seeing a big bouquet of a big yellow daylily named LUCILLE KNOWLES. I thought that was the prettiest flower I had ever seen and I just had to have it. Well, I finally found where I could get it, so I did, along with eight others, and I could hardly wait to see them bloom in my garden. From then until now it's been more every year! So the moral is - if you live in a place where you can enter your daylilies in a garden club flower show or even the fair, please do so and see the results - possibly new members! We might not be able to do all of these suggested ideas, but at least let's try some of them. "Ideas won't work unless we do!"

I would like for each local Membership Chairman or President to please send me your list of members, and when you gain new members through the year please let me know. Let's all get to work and just do the best we can. "HAPPINESS IS THE AFTERGLOW OF USEFULNESS"

from the Region 11 Newsletter

LET YOUR SLIDES SHOW AND TELL Combine the interests of photography and daylily gardening and one of the net results is an ever-expanding collection of slides. While looking over my slide collection one day I began wondering how they could be put to use to make people in this area more aware of daylilies. It is amazing how many people, including avid gardeners, are totally unaware of what modern daylilies have to offer. Most are only acquainted with Hemerocallis fulva and a few cultivars that have been around for decades. How could slides help change this? The answer was through the Public Library. I learned that a slide program on daylilies would be a most welcome addition to the Library's Film Department, so I put together a collection of some of my best slides and a manuscript giving basic information on daylilies and their culture. This program is now part of the library's permanent collection. The library has projectors and screens which are available to the public for showing films and slide programs. The programs are available to individuals and groups and they are also shown in nursing homes where they bring enjoyment to people who have very limited access to any type of entertainment. If you have a collection of slides and would like to increase the awareness of daylilies in your city, check with your local library. Your gift of a daylily slide program is sure to get an enthusiastic welcome. Pat Steinborn, Missouri

COACH TOUR TO AHS CONVENTION Clarice Foster

Folks, we are on our way to a most enjoyable AHS Convention! We will leave from Houston June 19, returning July 10. As is our usual style we will pick up passengers on the way the first day. For those of you coming some distance who usually fly to Love Field - would it be just as convenient for you if we picked you up at the Abilene Airport? We will spend our first night in Lubbock then proceed to I-40 for our tour West. After the Convention we will travel up the West Coast of California, Oregon, and Washington to Victoria, British Columbia, and Canada. Our return will be Southeast to Custer, South Dakota; South to Denver; Amarillo; and home. As we cross New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada we will see fields of cacti in bloom. As we travel up the West Coast of Northern California and Oregon the Pacific Ocean is a most beautiful sight! Further, we will be staying in some motels overlooking the Pacific, the lodge at Crater Lake, and the Empress Hotel in Victoria. Some points of interest will be: the Painted Desert, the Meteor Crater, London Bridge (from the Thames River), Hoover Dam, a dinner show in Las Vegas allowing the "night owls" a midnight show if they wish, tour in Los Angeles-Disneyland, a TV studio or Universal Pictures tour, lunch at the Farmers Market and Crystal Cathedral, Hearst Castle, Begonia Gardens, Sea Lion Rock, Hurd Beeswax Candle Factory, Christon Brothers Winery, Crater Lake, the Redwood National Forest and Park, the most authentic Japanese Garden in the United States, Portland‟s Rose Garden, Tillamook Cheese Factory (world famous), ferry across Puget Sound to Victoria, 1/2 day salmon fishing, the Butchart Gardens, plus 1/2 day for you to visit something of your choice while in Victoria, Old Faithful, and Mt. Rushmore. There will be many points of interest along the way as well as our Auction fun! At our Convention we will have the usual meetings, slide show, garden tours, banquets, etc. For the unusual - on Friday they have planned for our lunch at the San Diego Animal Park where you will be allowed to stay as long as you wish with buses leaving for the hotel as they fill, with the last bus scheduled to leave around 4:00 p.m. In Victoria we stay at the Empress Hotel. The salmon will be on the run at this time of year so we have arranged a four hour fishing expedition. Upon returning they take you and your catch by the canneries. After lunch and a short rest we will go to the Butchart Gardens. Here we will have time to visit the many specialty gardens and stay for the illuminated outdoor stage show. There are other gardens in the area as well as many beautiful churches. I have not scheduled anything on Sunday until 2:00 p.m. which will allow you to visit the church or garden of your choice. Some are making the tour to the Convention then flying home. If you are interested in the full tour, the first week, or the last two weeks, write me your wishes and I will get you a price. Price will include transportation by bus, hotels, insurance, baggage for one bag, five meals, and all entrance fees. The cost of the full tour, two in a room, is $1180. Come one, come all - join us for a great time of fun, fellowship, and lots of sights. Write: Clarice A. Foster Full Tour Single - $1540 Rt. 3, Box 403 Double - 1180 Conroe, Texas 77303 Triple - 1050 for a detailed itinerary Quad. - 950

WANTED

Dead or Alive

Information leading to the capture of "Hemerocallis"

Bring them in alive. No reward if dead.

Contact

your local Plant Chairman, Alias - your Regional Treasurer

Mrs. Peggy Hammel 804 Koen Lane Euless, TX 76039

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WE NEED PLANTS FOR THE AUCTION AND WE NEED BUYERS

MORMON

THE

GREENHOUSE

EFFECT For some, the pull of plants is too

strong to be ignored, and they wind up

working double duty on a scale far too

ambitious to be called a hobby. Lilies of the Field

Five days a week, Dr. Jack Roberson closes the door on his animal clinic and drives North on I-45 to Spring, where he dons jeans and an old shirt to go to work in a field of daylilies. Weekends, he leaves his home in the Woodlands and drives South on I-45 to the same destination - hours of labor in the fields of Houston Daylily Gardens.

Roberson has big plans for the company over the next 10 years, including a move from the present location off I-45 to a farm of 55 acres on Kuykendahl Road. "We're still a fledgling business, but in five years we plan to be handling 6 to 8 million daylilies," he says. This compares to what Roberson calls a mere 200,000 plants - the amount they handled at their peak season this year.

When Roberson and his wife, Jo, took over the old Russell Daylily Gardens in 1975, they were buying a tradition as well as a company. Old-time gardeners remember the Russell Daylily Farm when it was the largest producer of daylilies in the Nation. It covered 55 acres and produced about 3.5 million daylilies yearly. After Mr. Russell died, the company gradually slowed down to almost zero operation and the daylily fields lay fallow until Roberson appeared on the scene.

Roberson had become involved,

By Mary Uhrbrock over the previous years, with hybridizing daylilies as a hobby. Daylilies reach back into a fondly remembered boyhood in Oklahoma. They grew on a sloping hill outside his boyhood home, and a few years ago a relative sent some of those same plants to him here in Houston. It was the start of something big: daylilies gradually took over his Houston garden and soon he was into hybridizing. To date, Roberson has hybridized and registered a total of 12 different varieties (by January of 1982 he will have registered 24 new varieties). In typical daylily fashion, they have intriguing names. One good plant for further hybridizing is named MORONI, for the angel known in Mormon teachings.

Roberson and his wife make the farm a joint endeavor. Wife, Jo, is a full time mother who heads for the daylily farm as the kids leave for school. On weekends they're both on the job at the farm. Jo keeps the company books and labors, when needed, in the field with Jack. They hire one full-time worker and, at peak times, several additional part-time helpers.

The Robersons put in long days and longer weeks, especially throughout the Spring and early Summer, when they're filling catalog orders from all over the Nation. Thirty

percent of their mail orders come from the Houston area.

Throughout the year, Jo keeps the field list and inventory of which plants are growing where. For less organized minds, the task might prove overwhelming - but not for Jo. "I can tell you exactly which field and what row any variety is planted in. I have to know that. When orders come in, we've got to know where to go for each variety." she says.

But things weren't always so clear for her. When they first started with the Russell Daylily Gardens, Jo claims she didn't know a daylily from a plot of grass. Now she can differentiate most of them simply from the foliage and the root structure. "Sometimes I can guess what the blooms will be like just from the foliage. It's like children - you develop a sensitivity to them, like intuition."

The Robersons find it difficult to find people to hire for digging who know about daylilies. There are sometimes arcane judgments to be made regarding which plants should be due up to be sold. For example. one must dig from an established clump and not from a stray gathering of plants. Considering that they presently operate six fields, each with 75 to 100 rows per field, the Robersons have their work (and weekends) well defined for them.

Veterinarian Jack Roberson and his wife, Jo, spend evenings and weekends tending to hundreds of thousands of daylilies on a farm near Spring.

But Roberson sees only a rosy future ahead in the daylily business. "It takes a unique understanding of the market, and if the market's where I think it is, we'll be doing a huge business in just a few years," he says. The lilies of the field may not have to toil but for the Robersons it's another matter. Reprinted by permission from HOUSTON Magazine, November 1981. Copyright 1981 by Houston Chamber of Commerce. The photograph of MORMON is courtesy of Dr. R. J. Roberson. Dr. Roberson is a member of the Houston Area Daylily Society and the Houston Hemerocallis Society. Mary Uhrbrock is Garden Editor for Houston Home Garden magazine.

EXCERPTS FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE REGION 7 NEWSLETTER

GARDEN VISITING By Richard Stretz, RPD Region 7

In a short, four-and-a half day visit to Texas and Louisiana in early June, I saw five special gardens and would like to share some of my discoveries. Tyler, Texas, was my home base, as a guest of that Texas Tornado, Edna Lankart. I am glad to report that this daylily All-Star has much recovered from a debilitating attack of shingles and is very active in her garden - dabbing pollen. The garden and seedling beds take at least a half-day to view in peak season and you will find a range of the best of the new and older classics, which she grows to perfection - aided by the stalwart Mark, her expert garden help. But it was the seedling beds that drew me back again and again. For all of Miss Edna's disenchantment with tetraploids, an especially fortuitous cross of FABULOUS PRIZE x OLIVE BAILY LANGDON just may have changed her mind. One, a pristine lavender with a dark purple eye, seems especially destined to take its place among her introductions. Progeny of LITTLE FAT DAZZLER x LITTLE ZINGER were at every bend of the path - smoldering reds like embers, clear ruby reds, Chinese lacquer reds, clearest rose reds, and all the shades between. She rogues each generation ruthlessly and has been rewarded with a full array of round-petaled red miniatures, all quite reasonable in plant proportion, branching, and budding. Her FAT ANGEL, a 2 ¾", very round amber-melon self with green throat was especially good. It grows only 14" high in her garden and she uses it to "fatten up the petals" in her breeding efforts. R. L. Morgan's Dallas garden is not to be missed. Somehow he is able to grow the rarest of daylilies - cultivars yet to be introduced two and three years hence. Add to this the best of current registrations and you have the Morgan garden. Child's TOP HONORS is easily the best pale yellow diploid I have seen. Symmetrically formed, beautifully placed, this plant offers the "ne plus ultra" in finished flowers. Mrs. Henry's SILOAM daylilies were well represented with RARE GEN, RED RUBY, and WIDE LACE, but SILOAM BETTY BARNES would have been my choice if I had to pick only one! This 1977 introduction is a whopping big 7 ½” gold self with green-gold throat. Wide, wide petals and sepals give the illusion of an even larger flower. The color is riveting in clarity, lavishly ruffled, and another exquisite "budget demolisher!"

In Memoriam

FANNIE ADAMS Mrs. L. Mabry (Fannie A.) Adams, accomplished grower of daylilies, died Sunday December 27, 1981, at her home in Cleburne, Texas She and her husband, Mabry, were both Charter Members of the American Hemerocallis Society and attended every National Convention for something like twenty five years before Mabry's heart attack in the jungles of Peru prevented them from keeping their string going. After he recovered, they attended to their daylily garden which included some very spectacular companion plants and well groomed lawns that just dripped with care and attention. She was a homemaker and a true Hem fan. He was a Civil Engineer, who died in 1976, whose avocation was astronomy. They were delightful hosts who would invite you into their home and hobbies with the first display of interest. We share the loss with their two daughters, Mrs. Robert A. Ginn of Marion, Ohio; and Patsy Adams, a Wycliffe Bible Translator stationed at Yarinacorah, Peru; four grand children; and two brothers and sisters. Tom Hughes

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RUBY MARTIN The Central Texas Hemerocallis Society lost a long standing member this Fall in Mrs. Ruby Martin. She had grown daylilies since the early fifties and had been a member of our Society since 1967. One was always welcome in Mrs. Martin's garden, where you could see the old as well as the new. It was a delight to view her own works of art, as well. She was a hybridizer of some note and specialized in pinks. She selected only the best and diligently threw out the rest. Her garden, of course, featured daylilies but she also grew Cannas, Iris, Painted Daisies, Gladiolus, and Hydrangea to perfection. Ferns and succulents framed and added just the right touch to so many places. Many years of growing daylilies had whittled away at the backyard and at the time of her death was only a six foot walkway in the middle of a horseshoe shaped garden. Her hair was red and her personality was bright and cheery. Her years were many and her generosity was great. I wish you all could have known her. Many of you did. To her friends she was "Ruby.” We shall miss her and her pink daylilies will bloom in our Society's Memory Garden. We know she will be pleased with this. She died November 20, 1981. Bonnie Murphy

FREIDA JONES The Hemerocallis Growers of Dallas has suffered a great loss in the passing of Freida Jones. Freida was one of the first seventeen members that met at my home in the Fall of 1957 to organize a Hemerocallis Society in Dallas and had one of the first commercial daylily gardens in the city. Many happy hours were spent by daylily lovers in her beautiful garden at 8158 Barbaree Blvd., and she was so gracious with her knowledge and time to help others. When the Society became the Hemerocallis Growers of Dallas, she served as one of the early Presidents. Her garden was on tour for the First District Meeting and was always on the local tours. Always present and working at all the Shows and even when her health began to fail, she still was present at all of the Society activities, until she became bedfast. She was one of our earliest hybridizers and some of her named varieties are still grown in some of our gardens. We will miss her cheerful greetings, but her spirit will live on, and her contributions will not be forgotten. Lula Mae Purnell

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NELLIE FOWLER Nellie Fowler was a very active member of long standing who will be missed very much. She was a ray of sunshine, and would make light of troubles. She died December 7, 1981. Members and friends of the Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society share in the grief of her family. Frances Choate

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JAKE SWAFFORD Jake Swafford was the husband of Allie Swafford, First Vice President of the Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society, Jake died suddenly December 5, 1981. He loved daylily season, when he could show off his well groomed yard, as well as Allie's gorgeous daylilies and plants. Jake was a gracious host and would sit and visit anytime. He was a very favorite person in his neighborhood and will be missed very much by many folks. Frances Choate

ZELMA KILPATRICK To know Zel Kilpatrick was to know Christian Love. Not only did Zel love her Creator but she loved all His creations as well. Her arms were open and ready to encourage anyone to achieve their best, for she believed everyone had a greater potential and must always be striving for higher goals. Zel was happy in her garden working to create beauty to share with her many friends who came to visit often. She joined the American Hemerocallis Society in its second year and later became a Life Member. She was always proud of her daylilies and the numerous companion plants which she grew to perfection. Zel always grew several beds of seedling Hemerocallis, but because of her high standards only two were registered and only then because her friends insisted. TEXAS CHEERY and BERNIE BULLOCK were registered in 1980. WILD TEXAN (Wild-Kilpatrick) won the American Hemerocallis Achievement Medal in 1968 and was introduced shortly thereafter. Hybridizing flowers was her special interest as she developed the Strawberry Amaryllis and what a great year it was for her when she bloomed a half dozen or more of these beauties in a single season. Zel planned her life around her Church, her family, and her friends. She is lovingly remembered by all who knew her. Bill Ater, for the Austin Hemerocallis Society

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MATTIE MAE BERRY MATTIE MAE BERRY passed away March 7, 1982, and the funeral service was March 9, 1982, at Laurel Land, in Dallas, Texas. She was a Charter Member of Hemerocallis Growers of Dallas and had belonged to the American Hemerocallis Society since 1969. She had been an active and supportive member of our Dallas Society throughout all these years. She is survived by a sister, also well known and loved in Region 6, Mrs. H. O. (Berta) Johnson, League City, Texas. She was a devoted wife to her husband, Melton, who predeceased her by many years. Mattie Mae had a highly developed sense of humor. One of our fondest memories is her remark when she chose one of our hybrids to be named for her - "Oh, don't call that darling miniature „Mattie Mae Berry‟, I'll just have my name changed to #65-393." Mattie Mae was especially loved by the young people of our Dallas group. She was a loving, giving, person and was loved by all who knew her. Lucille R. Warner

IN MEMORIAM

Carl W. Sauer, Sr. Carl W. Sauer, Sr. died of a heart attack in a Houston Hospital on February 14, 1982. He was a semi-retired commercial artist who was well-known for his daylily hybridizing; his most famous hybrid being VIV which was named for his wife, Vivian and which won the President's Cup at the National Convention in Dallas in 1977. He was a life-long resident of Houston and I knew him in High School where we both graduated in the same class in 1924. We lost touch, but later were brought together through our mutual love of daylilies. Carl was a member of the Houston Hemerocallis Society and the Houston Area Daylily Society. He was an AHS Awards and Honors and Exhibition Judge. He grew daylilies exceptionally well and was always generous in his contribution of plants to both Societies for their annual plant sales. He was a good friend and will be sorely missed. He is survived by his wife, Vivian, two sons, Carl W. Sauer, Jr. of Dickinson and George Sauer of Houston, two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Krueger and Mrs. Jack Horn of Houston and six grandchildren. Mildred Schlumpf

VIV (Carl Sauer, 1971) 5", E, 24", cream self with green throat. Evergreen.

DAYLILIES GET THE COLD SHOULDER By Mrs. Paul J. Offer

San Antonio

At this point, I can't see how anyone could write anything encouraging for the daylily or any other shrub, tree, or perennial after four or five days and nights of wind, sleet, ice, snow, and chill factor to level everything off the ground. (This was written on January 14, 1982.) Covering doesn't seem to do much good under such circumstances or adverse conditions.

About all a person can do is clean up the mess and hope and pray for the best, that something

has survived the ordeal. We had 20 degrees two nights, and this morning 25 degrees. This afternoon it warmed up to 50 degrees, and the sun was shining beautifully. It will take weeks to clean up our garden and cut everything back to the ground.

Hopefully, I'm going to be alert to the bugs as they set out to devour all the new shoots if and

when they come out. When a plant is under stress and not in its healthiest condition, all sorts of bad bugs pop up in profusion - especially aphids on the daylilies.

I try to control all bad bugs organically; that is, with good bugs that feed on the bad ones.

Ladybugs and Praying Mantis get rid of bad bugs in a hurry. Nurseries - not all of them - have Praying Mantis cases and Ladybugs for sale. Each year we get some.

Chameleons also do a good job of keeping bugs down, but they also eat Ladybugs and small

Praying Mantis. It's a vicious cycle, and one can't win for losing, but at least I try. It will also take weeks before one can tell if plants have survived and will continue to grow again. The new daylily catalogs are coming in, and I wonder whether to order, since I imagine most of

the growers also had weather conditions to contend with. I hope that MOTHER NATURE gets herself straightened out, so we can tell where we are headed. All I can say now is, "Keep warm, clean up the mess, and wait for Spring to roll around."

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AIMS FOR THE YEAR

1. To update our gardens by planting newer daylilies 2. To visit as many gardens as possible - local and others 3. Strive to increase American Hemerocallis membership

from the Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society Yearbook

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NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION CONTRIBUTIONS Region 6, New Mexico-Texas

Send in your Newsletter Subscription Contributions for 1982. $3.00 or more for Region 6 members; and $4.00 or more for non-AHS members and out-of-Region members. BE GENEROUS! Help us put out a good Newsletter. Send in your subscriptions to your RVP with your remittance. Thanks. Make checks payable to: AMERICAN HEMEROCALLIS SOCIETY

$3.00 or more - Region 6 members. $4.00 or more - Out-of-Region and non-AHS members

Name Address City State Zip Code I (am) (am not) a member of the American Hemerocallis Society. Please send to: Joyce Lewis, RVP Region 6 Route 1, Box 78, Murchison, Texas 75778

A LOVE LETTER Local Societies of Region 6 have a lot of members who are not members of the American Hemerocallis Society. Unfortunately, they are not members of Region 6, for Region 6 is a segment of the AHS. To these Local Society members we want to say that we know your fellow members love you, but we want to add that all members of Region 6 love you, and want you to be an official member of all of Region 6. We feel you enjoy our little Newsletter for you are sending your nice subscription contributions to receive it, but we feel you would enjoy "belonging" a lot more and sharing not only our other activities of the Region but National activities, as well. We need you badly, but joining National is the only open road that we can call you our own. Please consider joining.

American Hemerocallis Society MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

All memberships are on a calendar year, with dues payable in January, and to assure listing of names in the membership ROSTER dues must reach Joan D. Senior before March 1. Membership cards will be sent ONLY on request Check if membership ROSTER is desired ........................................................................ $ 2.00 Check if Supplemental Checklist is desired .......................................................................... 2.00 Check Membership desired: Annual (1 person) $ 12.50 Youth 5.00 3 Years (1 person) 35.00 Sustaining 25.00 Family (2 persons) 16.00 Life 250.00 Family (3 Years) 45.00 Associate Life 75.00 Make checks payable to: American Hemerocallis Society Mail to: Joan D. Senior, Secretary Route 2, Box 360 DeQueen, AR 71832 Due to a government ruling regarding second class mail, we cannot send your publications unless we have your ZIP CODE.

GLEANINGS FROM THE GARDEN MARY SMITH - San Antonio (January 29)

I'm ready for another season. The dead foliage has been removed and all daylilies have been treated with DiSyston, and I plan to start fertilizing with BR-61 Monday. I couldn't believe aphids could live through 13o temperature, but they did. SNOOPY opened the 1981 season on March 16, and OLIVE BAILEY LANGDON closed the season on December 20. 1981 was a mighty good year with 1019 varieties blooming and I lost only three.

MRS. J. M. BLUHM - Goliad

Hem talk at our meetings and visiting gardens during bloom season are most rewarding. I have been an AHS member for 15 years and am still learning. (Editor's Note: Me too - I hope we never stop learning!)

MILDRED SMITH - Hitchcock

Regarding losing members - We should encourage older members to try to become a pen pal, sorta to at least one new member.

JANE MARTIN - Corpus Christi

Our Society is always looking for program suggestions, and we're probably not the only ones. Maybe a "Trading Post of Programs" in the Newsletter? ? ?

MRS. L. J. FOMBY- Austin

The Austin Hemerocallis Society held its annual Christmas party in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Schutze. Names were drawn with daylilies being exchanged. A discussion of the basic rules for the successful growing of daylilies was the program for our first Spring Meeting March 4th.

PEARL HOWARD - Pleasanton (February 10)

Aphids seem to like the cold dry weather we are having. As soon as the weather permits, we will cut off our dead foliage, and spray for aphids. Afterwards we will depend on systemic poisoning for all bugs.

PEGGY HAMMEL - Euless

This was not a Winter for evergreens. Doing a survey, I discovered cultivars from Northern hybridizers are going "Great Guns" and the full evergreen Southern Hems are deader than dead. We have a challenge in this part of Texas of growing varieties that will take the intense heat of our Summers and the sub-zero temperature of the Klondike. The test of Summer remains to be seen.

"TREAT a friendship like a flower, Cultivate it by the hour. Nourish with kindness, tend with care; Then when needed, it's always there. Warmed by smiles, watered with tears, FRIENDSHIP will bloom for years and years." Frank Sherer

INTRODUCING FOR 1982

RUBY RED LIPS Red with ruby red eyezone and yellow-green throat. This is an eye-catcher which is dormant. Child of GAY CARNIVAL with 5 ½" bloom appearing atop 24" scapes. #NRRL-1 Awarded 1980 Junior Citation. Very Limited ....... $25.00

ROYAL WELCOME A regal 6" magenta with rose raspberry eyezone and apple green throat, large, round, overlapped petals and sepals with ruffles will delight you.

#NRW1-79 Junior Citation for 1981 won best seedling in its class, 1981 Beaumont Show ..................................................................................... $25.00

SWEET SENSATION A darling small flower of 4 ½" cream with dark maroon eyezone extends out into the petals and makes this a most striking flower. It was hybridized by J. L. Cruse, Jr., selected and grown by me. It won the AHS Achievement Medal at the Beaumont Show. #C-512-73 Junior Citation for 1981. Won best eyed flower in the Gulf Coast Hemerocallis Society show............................... $25.00

GENERAL LISTING

AMY STEWART .............................................. $ 8.00 ATTRIBUTION ................................................... 6.00 BALLET (tet) ....................................................... 1.00 BARBADOS (tet) ................................................ 2.00 BONNIE BARBARA ALLEN (tet) ........................ 1.00 BLUE HAPPINESS ........................................... 10.00 CRY BABY ....................................................... 15.00 CORAL GEM (tet) ............................................... 5.00 DAINTINESS .................................................... 12.00 DANCING SHIVA (tet) ........................................ 8.00 DIVINE GUIDANCE ............................................ 8.00 DOUBLE REBEL ................................................ 2.00 DOUBLE SUPREME ........................................ 12.00 EDWARD TURNAGE ......................................... 2.00 EMPEROR (tet) .................................................. 2.00 ETHIOPIA (tet) ................................................... 3.00 EVENING TINTED BLUE ................................... 5.00 FANCY FOLLY ................................................... 4.00 FRENCH GIRL ................................................... 6.00 GLITTERING LIGHT .......................................... 4.00 GYPSY JEWEL .................................................. 1.00 HALTER TOP ................................................... 15.00 JEROME .......................................................... 20.00 JUMBO RED ...................................................... 1.00 KISSELPOO ....................................................... 5.00 LUCIOUS LADY ................................................. 1.00

MAUVE MOMENTS ....................................... $ 20.00 MATINEE IDOL ................................................. 15.00 OLIVE BAILEY LANGDON (tet) .......................... 5.00 PASS ME NOT .................................................... 2.00 PERFORMER ..................................................... 4.00 PONY .................................................................. 3.00 PLEASURE CRUISE ........................................... 5.00 RERUN ............................................................... 2.00 ROSE CHERUB .................................................. 3.00 ROSE MOUTON ................................................. 2.00 SABIE ............................................................... 10.00 SILENT MORNING ............................................. 5.00 SNOWDRIFT ...................................................... 2.00 SUG .................................................................... 2.00 THELMA MONETTE ........................................... 5.00 TEAHOUSE GEISHA (tet) ................................... 3.00 THERESA VALLIEN ............................................ 3.00 VIELED MAGIC (tet) ........................................... 5.00 WATER BIRD (tet) .............................................. 7.00 WHITE WINGS ................................................... 1.00 XOCHIMILCO (tet) .............................................. 8.00 ZAIDEE WILLIAMS ............................................. 3.00 Spalding 75-E - lavender-blue dots, sometime .. 15.00 Monette - apricot seedling, a joy .......................... 3.00 Postage $2.00

Some plants are in very short supply, please let me know if I may substitute.

Visit us when you are in our area at bloom season, call in advance if you can, but do come.

Mable Nelson, 4444 Griffing Drive, Port Arthur, Texas 77640

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ON YOUR WAY HOME FROM REGIONAL

Should you like Flea Markets the Canton, Texas, Trades Day (located 60 miles East of Dallas off I-20, exit on State Hwy. 19) will be in full swing on Sunday, June 6. This is fifty acres of stalls, considered one of the largest monthly "flea markets" in the United States. The Tyler Rose Garden should be in full bloom which should be a beautiful sight even to those "hem-nuts" who are blinded to any other flower. It is located on U.S. 31 between the Loop and downtown Tyler. And don't forget the Hem gardens to and from! Edna Lankart's in Tyler is one of those which will be open on Sunday - three or four miles South on U.S. 69 turn East on Cumberland then right on Cherokee Trail.

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"Go often to the house of thy friend For weeds choke up the unused path."

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It's not that Hems aren't worth the money anymore, It's the money that isn't worth the money anymore.

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For those who visit our garden, please remember "the only difference between a flower and a weed is a judgment."

WE'D LIKE TO MENTION

CLOSING DATE, SUMMER NEWSLETTER - JULY 1

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A PERFECT REGION - DEFINITION? We have set a goal of working toward a perfect Region but WHAT CONSTITUTES A PERFECT REGION? We're asking for input from each member to write their thoughts on the Ideal Region. We will publish a composite of your thinking from the letters we receive in the Summer Newsletter and hopefully quote from some of them.

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TO ALL REGION 6 HYBRIDIZERS Our Winter Newsletter to be published in early January will be a Special Hybridizer's Issue. Please take a few black and white or sharp color prints of your best introductions to go with your ads or articles. We will have to charge the regular advertising rate for your ads, but what better way to let our members know what is available here at home, already acclimated to our growing conditions.

1/4 page $ 6.00 1/2 page 10.00 Full page 18.00

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MEMORIAL DONATION

Mrs. Kedron Stephens has sent a Newsletter contribution in memory of her sister, Mrs. George (Doll) Miller, because "She enjoyed the Newsletter so much." George and Doll were one of the most dedicated couples I ever knew - dedicated to God, to each other, and to their fellow man. George is now residing in Walnut Place in Dallas.

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WE WILL MAKE MISTAKES Your RVP has no paid office staff and mistakes will certainly be made, but we will correct all mistakes brought to his attention. Especially we are worried about our mailing list. We are using labels furnished by the AHS, but our file cards are not yet complete on our non-AHS members. If you know anyone, either AHS or non-member, who should receive this Newsletter, but doesn't, please contact me so we can rectify the mistake. Joyce Lewis

and please remember, "The greatest artist was once a beginner.”