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Szechwan 3 of the sort said to be cultivated there for its flowers 

 have flowers of fulvous color and are to be classed as Hemero- 

 callis fulva. In Japan the botanical name Hemerocallis esculenta 

 has recently (Bot. Mag. Tokyo 38: 2$. 1925) been applied to a 

 wild type of fulvous daylily. 



A study 4 of the chemical analysis of the dried flowers of day- 

 lilies purchased in the market at Peking reports 2.77% fat, 5.35^" 

 ash, 11.42% protein, <S.4S r , r crude fiber, all on dry basis, and a 

 calculated carbohydrate percentage on a wet basis of 10.44%. 

 According to this, the carbohydrate content in the dried flower > 

 is high. The accompanying description is as follows: "Huang 

 hua ts'ai, Hemerocallis fulva, are dried yellow flowers that art- 

 used as a food. The Filipino market name is bulaklak nang 

 saging, because it is erroneously supposed to have some connec- 

 tion with the banana." In this report we note the Filipino name 

 for this food and a different Chinese name from the usual gum- 

 jum and gum-tsoy. The Hemerocallis fulva has flowers that arc 

 fulvous. 



Possibly the flowers of any daylily are suitable for use as a 

 food in the manner reported above. 



A. B. Stout 



AN EXHIBIT OF "PLANT FORMS IN ORNAMENT" 



The New York Botanical Garden, in cooperation with the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

 is holding an exhibition of "Plant Forms in Ornament," at the 

 Metropolitan Museum, from May S to September 10. [933. 

 ( >bjects of art containing plant forms are exhibited, together with 

 such plants, flowers, specimens and illustrations as are available 

 fin- comparison. 



'■'• 'l'h esc were obtained and sent i<> the Garden by Mr. W. 1'. Hsieh 



of tin University of Chengtu through the arrangements made by Mr. 



Chien Pei while the latter was studying at the New York Botanical 

 I rarden in [930. 



'Sherman, Hartley E., & Wang, Tsan Ching. Chemical analysis of 



thirty seven oriental Foods. The Philippine Journal ot Science 38: 

 i)7-;S. 1 <)-•<). 



