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Figure 6. A wild plant from China, showing the short perianth-tube 

 and the broader petals almost as in the Europa 1 >aylily. The color is, how- 

 ever, a fine sprightly red that approaches pink, with a darker eye-zone. 



Fulvous Daylilies of Wild Origin Grown at Tiik New York 

 Botanical Garden 



The most reliable information regarding the character of the 

 wild fulvous daylilies which the writer has been able to obtain 

 has been secured by the study of living plants brought from the 

 wild state in the Orient and grown for several years at The New 

 York Botanical Garden, From Dr. A. X. Steward, of Nanking 

 University, there were obtained \~ different seedlings collected at 

 Kuling, China, and 20 plants from Purple Mountain near Nank- 

 ing, China. Also 31 different plants were obtained from several 

 localities near Sapporo in the island of Hokkaido, japan, through 



