209 FLORA HISTORICA. 



This plant is of a liardy nature, and of easy 

 propagation, being increased by numerous off- sets 

 from the roots, which should be removed about 

 every third year in the autumn, observing to keep 

 them out of the earth as short a time as pos- 

 sible. The Yellow Day Lily is also raised from 

 seed, which, when sown in the autumn on an open 

 bed, sends up young plants in the spring, which 

 generally flower the second year. These plants re- 

 quire considerable room for their roots to spread, 

 and they make a fine appearance when in large 

 clumps amongst flowering shrubs. 



The Copper-coloured Day Lily, Hemcrocallis 

 fulva. — This plant frequently grows to the height 

 of four feet, and is therefore better calculated to 

 ornament the shrubbery than tlie parterre. It 

 flowers in July and August ; and although the 

 corollas wither at tlie close of the same day on 

 which they expand, yet the plant continues gay for 

 nearly three weeks, from the succession of flowers 

 that follow each other daily. This species is a 

 native of the Levant, and is found also in some 

 parts of the south of France. Gerard called it 

 Lilium non hulbosum Phoonlceiim. It^ requires 

 the same treatment as the Yellow Day Lily, but 

 never ripens its seed in this country. 



The AVhite flowered Day Lily, HemerocaUis 



