Figure 5. Flowers of fulvous daylilies: at right, the old familiar H. 

 fulva clon Europa ; above, the II. fnlva clon Maculata ; below and at lett, 

 of two wild plants from the Orient. There is much variation in the shape 

 of the petals and in the degree and the shade of coloring but the general 

 color pattern is quite the same. 



shorter. A colored plate showing a flower and a capsule of this 

 clon has recently been published in Addisonia (14: pi 460), 



The origin of this Daylily Maculata is well known. Padre 

 Giraldi sent to Florence, Italy, seeds or living plants from wild 

 stock growing near Shen-si, China. Either one plant was grown 

 or one plant was selected as die best among several different 

 plants. Tkis was propagated, and was soon grown at the botani- 

 cal garden in Florence. Plants of this clon came to the attention 



