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THE SOUDAN DAYLILY 



The Soudan Daylily somewhat resembles the old popular 

 Lemon Daylily ( Hemerocallis flava), but it blooms in New York 

 in July after the former is entirely through flowering. In com- 

 parison with the Lemon Daylily the plant is somewhat larger, the 

 scapes are taller, and the flowers have broader petals and this 

 makes a fuller flower, but in general color and size the flowers are 



Figure t. Flowers of the Soudan Daylily. 



nearlv the same. Hence those who are fond of the Lemon Daylily 

 will lind the Soudan Daylily of interest and value in continuing 

 this class of plant and flower into the midsummer season. 



The foliage of the Soudan Daylily is medium coarse, medium 

 dark-green, and ascending to a general level of about two feet. 

 Tin- -rapes are about three feet tall, branching, nearlv erect, and 

 holding the flowers well above the leaves. The flowers are clear 

 empire-yellow in color and gold-glistening; the petals have some- 



