218 FLORA HISTORICA. 



This plant is of a hardy 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 but as short a time 

 as possible. 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 require 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, Henierocallis 

 fulva. This plant frequently grows to the height 

 of four feet, and is therefore better calculated to 

 ornament the shrubbery than the parterre. It 

 flowers in July and August, and although the 

 corollas wither at the 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 spe- 

 cies is a native of the Levant, and is found also 

 in some parts of the south of France. Gerard 

 called it Ulium non hulbomm Phoenicetim, It re- 

 quires the same treatment as the Yellow Day 

 Lily, but never ripens its seed in this country. 

 The White-flowered Day Lily, Hcmcrocallis 



