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HE Library - Books 


 
Chesieres Ruth Maria (Hirsbrunner, 1995)

(will only be lent out to HE members)

Librarian for Books:
Dr. Jürg Plodeck, Urs Graf-Str. 13, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland
e-Mail: jplodeck@yahoo.de

  • AHS - Check Lists:
    • 1893 - 1957 (brown, compiled by M.F. Stuntz, P.D. Voth, E.A. Holl, W.B. Flory, H.I. Tuggle jr., W.E. Monroe)
    • 1957 - 1973 (yellow, compiled by W.E. Monroe)
    • 1973 - 1983 (green, compiled by W.E. Monroe)
    • 1984 - 1988 (blue, compiled by W.E. Monroe & W.C. Monroe)
    • 1989 - 1993 (red, compiled by W.C. Monroe)
    • 1994 - 1998 (grey, compiled by Gretchen Baxter)
    • 1999 - 2003 (black, compiled by Gretchen Baxter)
  • AHS - The Best from the Newsletters:
    Award-Winning Articles Selected from the American Society Regional Newsletter
    • Vol. 1 (p.64, some bw pictures of cultivars & hybridizers)
    • Vol. 2 (p.64, some bw pictures of cultivars etc.)
    • Vol. 3 (p.64, some bw & colour pictures of cultivars etc.)
  • AHS - Mini-Books:
    • Cumulative Awards & Honors of People and Daylilies 1950 - 1998 (engl.)
      p.40 (individual Cultivar Awards, Personal Awards, Photography Awards, Convention Awards, Popularity Poll, Awards of Merit, Honorable Mentions & Junior Citations 1950-1998)
      Spring 1999, American Hemerocallis Society
    • The Art of Hybridizing by Whatley, Oscie B. jr. (engl.)
      p.28 (Seven articles taken from "The Daylily Journal", Spring 1988 - Fall 1989)
      1990, American Hemerocallis Society
    • "Growing Ideas" Culture, hybridizing and miscellanceous tips for beginning daylily growers by Smith, Mavis (engl.)
      p.28 (selected articles from the column "Growing Ideas" published in "The Daylily Journal", 1982-1988)
      1990, American Hemerocallis Society
    • Harvesting, Potting and Germinating Hemerocallis Seeds (various authors, engl.)
      p.28 (previously published material by the AHS)
      American Hemerocallis Society
    • Landscaping with Daylilies (various authors, engl.)
      p.28 (collection of articles taken from AHS past publications)
      1990, American Hemerocallis Society
    • Polytepalism - Variegated Foliage by Grovenstein, E. & Q&A (engl.)
      p.24 (from "That´s a Good Question" by Erling Grovenstein in "The Daylily Journal" 1990-1993)
      1993, American Hemerocallis Society
    • Rapid Vegetative Propagation of Daylilies (various authors, engl.)
      p.20 (tissue culture, Lanolin-BAP-1AA paste and related topics; collection of 4 articles taken from "The Daylily Journal" 1976-1981)
      1990, American Hemerocallis Society
    • Some Basic Hemerocallis Genetics by Norton, Joanne (engl.)
      p.28 (3 articles taken from "The Daylily Journal" Vol.26 No.2, Vol.26 No.3, Vol.27 No.1)
      1990, American Hemerocallis Society
    • The AHS Good Humor Book (various authors, engl.)
      p.28 (articles & excerpts from "The Daylily Journal")
      1991, American Hemerocallis Society
    • The Elusive Blue Daylily by Kasha, M. (engl.)
      p.32 (the Kasha hypothesis with critique by Halinar taken from articles in "The Daylily Journal")
      1990, American Hemerocallis Society
  • Bürger-Rasquin, Rahel: Taglilien - Fleissige Blumen für Hobbygärtner und Feinschmecker (german)
    • (book donated to the HE library by Rahel Bürger-Rasquin)
      p.72 (40 colour pictures)
      2011, Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt
      ISBN 9783842370586
  • Davis, Ben Arthur: Daylilies and how to grow them (engl.)
    • p.149 (1 colour plate 22 bw pictures, 1 drawing)
      1954, Publishers Tupper & Love Atlanta
  • Eddison, Sydney: A Passion for Daylilies (engl.)
    • p.322 (34 bw drawings)
      1992, Harper Collins Publishers, New York
      ISBN 0-06-016403-4
  • Erhardt, Walter: Hemerocallis Daylilies (engl.)
    • p.160 (8 colour pages with 39 colour pictures, 40 drawings)
      1992, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst NSW 2156
      ISBN 0-86417-451-9
  • Erhardt, Walter: Hemerocallis Taglilien (german)
    • p.169 (8 colour pages with 39 colour pictures, 40 drawings)
      1988, Ulmer, Stuttgart
      ISBN 3-8001-6358-6
  • Gail, Peter A.: The Delightful Delicious Daylilies , Recipes & More (engl.)
    • p.69 (38 recipes for Tubers & Shoots, Buds, Blossoms, Pods)
      1995, second edition, Goosefoot Acres Press, Cleveland OH 44118-0016
      ISBN 1-879863-60-X
  • Gatlin, Frances: Daylilies: The Beginner´s Handbook (engl.)
    • p.80 (History, Selecting, Obtaining, Planting, Caring, Landscaping, Arrangements, Culinary Delights, Art & Joy of Hybridizing, Registration, Troubleshooting)
      1991 (revised edition), American Hemerocallis Society
      ISBN 0-9631072-0-8
  • Gatlin, Frances: Daylilies - A Fifty Year Affair , the Story of a Society and its Flower (engl.)
    • p.164 (77 bw pictures of breeder & AHS people, 110 colour pictures of cultivars)
      1995, American Hemerocallis Society, Edgerton, Missouri
      ISBN 0-9631072-1-6
  • Gatlin, Frances: An Illustrated Guide to Daylilies (engl.)
    • p.112 (successor of "Daylilies: The Beginnerís Handbook")
      1999, American Hemerocallis Society, USA
      ISBN 0-9631072-2-4
  • Gatlin, Frances: The New Daylily Handbook for 2002 (engl.)
    • p.320 (revised reprint of the 1968 Daylily Handbook of the American Horticultural Society; many colour pictures of cultivars, bw pictures and drawings)
      2002, American Hemerocallis Society, USA
      ISBN 0-9631072-3-2
  • Grenfell, Diana: Gardeners Guide to Growing Daylilies (engl.)
    • (book donated to the HE library by Diana Grenfell)
      p.160 (86 colour pictures, short descriptions of 526 cultivars)
      1998, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon
      ISBN 0-88192-461-X
  • Grosvenor, Graeme: Daylilies for the Garden (engl.)
    • p.176 (colour pictures of 297 cultivars, short descriptions of 514 cultivars)
      1999, Kangaroo Press, East Roseville NSW 2069
      ISBN 0-86417-869-7
  • Hill, Lewis & Nancy: Daylilies: The Perfect Perennial (engl.)
    • p.204 (32 colour pages with picture of 50 cultivars, short description of 262 cultivars)
      1991, Storey Books, Pownal, Vermont 05261
      ISBN 0-88266-651-7
  • McLain, Allen.: "Caught In The Web" Spiders & UFs (engl.)
    • p.128 (many colour pictures and bw drawings, chapters about spiders and UFs in the past, present and future)
      2006, American Hemerocallis Society, USA
      ISBN 978-0-9631072-4-4
  • Munson, R.W.jr.: Hemerocallis, The Daylily (engl.)
    • p.144 (8 colour pictures of species, colour pictures of 204 cultivars, short description of 521 cultivars)
      1989 (reprint 1997), Timber Press, Portland Oregon 97204
      ISBN 0-88192-240-4
  • Petit, Ted L. & Peat, John: The Color Encyclopedia of Daylilies (engl.)
    • p.296 (many colour pictures of cultivars and its short descriptions)
      2000, Timber Press, Portland - Cambridge
      ISBN 0-88192-488-1
  • Petit, Ted L. & Peat, John: The New Encyclopedia of Daylilies (engl.)
    • p.408 (many colour pictures of cultivars and its short descriptions)
      2008, Timber Press, Portland - London
      ISBN-13: 978-0-88192-858-7
  • Peat, John & Petit, Ted L.: The Daylily - A guide for Gardeners (engl.)
    • p.200 (many colour pictures of cultivars and short descriptions, infos about daylilies and its use in different countries)
      2004, Timber Press, Portland - Cambridge
      ISBN 0-88192-666-3
  • Stout, Arlow Burdette: Daylilies , the wild species and garden clones, both old and new, of the genus Hemerocallis (engl.)
    • p.145 (+p.30 +11 colour plates, 36 bw plates with 54 bw pictures)
      1986, Sagapress, Inc. Millwood, New York (Reprint, originally published by Macmillan, New York 1934)
      ISBN 0-89831-028-8


Donations of new or old books/journals about daylilies (or containing articles/sections about daylilies) or donations of money for the library are always welcome and can be sent to the librarian of books and journals (address see on top). Please make them with the remark: "Donation for the HE library".

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