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gated leaves is mentioned in 1829 (Roemer & Schultes, Sy sterna 

 Vegetabilium) as a variety of H. disticha and since a variety with 

 " pleno " flowers is also mentioned one might infer that the vari- 

 egated plants were single-flowered. In the various descriptions 

 of the double-flowered fulvous daylilies usually there is no men- 

 tion of variegated leaves. In 1864, The Gardeners' Chronicle 

 (page 654) mentions the display of a " Hemerocallis Kwanso 

 foliis variegatis " and states that it was a " well-marked varie- 

 gated plant, very near the variegated variety of H. fulva." Evi- 

 dently the H. fulva Kzvanso introduced from Japan by von Sie- 

 bold was both double-flowered and variegated, according to the 

 plate of it published in 1866 (Gartenflora 15: pi. 500) and the 

 early description of it. 



From time to time after 1866 two sorts of variegated daylilies 

 have been mentioned. One with single flowers is usually called 

 H. fulva variegata ; one with double-flowers is generally known 

 as H. fulva Kwanso variegata. The latter has been spoken of as 

 " almost as striking in appearance as the well-known Pandanus 

 Veitchii, which at first sight it somewhat resembles " (Gard. Chr. 

 51:681. 1882). 



The variegated daylilies are seldom offered in the trade either 

 in single or in double flowers. It is possible that plants of one or 

 of both of the variegated forms exist in certain gardens in Amer- 

 ica, but if so the writer has not heard of them. Through the spe- 

 cial efforts of Director Fred J. Chittenden, of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society Gardens at Wisley, England, The New York 

 Botanical Garden has at last received plants of variegated day- 

 lilies, which, however, are yet to come into bloom. 



There appears to be no accurate description by which one may 

 determine whether the flowers of the single-flowered variegated 

 daylily arc like those of the Daylily Europa or are different. For 

 a more precise description and a correct naming of the clon or the 

 clons of the variegated daylilies, the flowers are necessary. 



A. B. Stout. 



