Arlow Stout
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Dr. Arlow Burdette Stout (1876-1957) was an American botanist and the pioneer breeder of the modern hybrid daylily.
Dr. Stout was born in Albion, Wisconsin on March 10, 1876 He worked between 1911 to 1948 at the New York Botanical Garden. In over 50,000 cross-pollination experiments, Dr. Stout produced over one hundred viable Hemerocallis hybrids, revolutionizing nursery breeding and popular interest in daylilies. Without a doubt, Dr. Stout's public renown rested largely on the knowledge and innovation he brought to the breeding of daylilies.
Of his many scientific affiliations, Dr. Stout was an Honorary Life Member of the Horticultural Society of New York and an Honorary Life Fellow in the Royal Horticultural Society. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Naturalists, and of the Botanical Society of America. In 1937 he received the Thomas Roland Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and won a gold medal for an exhibit of seedling daylilies by the Horticultural Society of New York. The American Hemerocallis Society established in 1950 a Stout Award in his honor, considered the most distinctive award in annual recognition of a Hemerocallis clone. In 1954, seven years after his retirement, The New York Botanical Garden honored Dr. Stout with a Distinguished Service Award for "outstanding contributions to the advancement of horticulture and botany."
