The seed parent of the Bijou is a sister seedling of the Mikado 

 Daylilv (see Addisonia 15: pi. 487) and it is a complex hybrid 

 having in its immediate ancestry the species H. aurantiaca, H. 

 flava, and H. fulva clon Europa. The plant of H. multi flora used 

 as the pollen parent of the Bijou Daylilv has tall, erect, much- 

 branched scapes and it is somewhat earlier in blooming than the 

 other plants of the species. 



The Bijou Daylilv is a hybrid with four distinct species in- 

 volved in its parentage. As to flower color it is to be classed as 

 fulvous; in flower size it is very similar to the H. multiflora but 

 the flowers are of a different shape. In its general ensemble of 

 characters, the Bijou Daylilv is a somewhat distinct and new type 

 among the horticultural daylilies. 



A. B. Stout 



AUTUMN IN THE GARDEN 1 

 There are several things one thinks about in connection with 

 autumn in the garden : the flowers that are in bloom then, the 

 berried shrubs and fruiting trees, the gay coloration of leaves, 

 the work that must be done with dispatch before the ground 

 freezes too hard to manage and, above all, the planning for 

 spring. 



Among flowers that make our gardens gay, there will still 

 be with us in early autumn, asters. Those Michaelmas daisies 

 that bloom with us long before Michaelmas ! Evolved from our 

 own wild American asters, they have come to us from overseas 

 and are now available in many good named varieties. One can 

 get them tall, medium, and dwarf, large- or tiny-flowered, in all 

 tones of mauve and bluish-pink and rose, starry-flowered and 

 fluffy-flowered. Excellenl they are, but one should be careful not 

 to uproot them in spring, as their leafy rosettes, naturally, are 

 exactly like those of their ancestors, a noxious weed to our minds, 

 and if not carefully labeled or if the memory be short, up they 

 come and later wails will be plentiful when it is found the 

 "daisies" are gone. Other flowers to bloom are colchicums. They 

 send up their leaves in springtime and bloom in autumn with a 

 1 Abstracl of a lecture given at The New York Botanical Garden on 

 J lecember ^. [931. 



