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front to the rear and the ends of the beds form broken radiating 

 lines which are parts of radii of the concentric arcs which the 

 lines of the tiers form. The straight lines are hence not parallel. 

 This arrangement gives a compact grouping and allows definite 

 arrangements for ready comparison, which are desired features in 

 a display which is primarily educational. But the variations in 

 the size of the beds and the alignments combine to give a more 

 pleasing effect than when the same number of square or rectangu- 

 lar beds are evenly spaced. Also the plan conforms to the con- 

 tours of the site, which slopes gently from rear to the front and 

 from the sides to the line of the central row, which forms the axis 

 of the garden. 



The central section of six beds (nos. 1-6) is planted with spe- 

 cies and botanical varieties. One lateral section (beds 7 to 12) 

 contains horticultural clons and the other section now planted 

 (beds 13 to 18) contains hybrid seedlings. In the grouping of 

 these plants consideration has been given to landscape effects and 

 color values. The low-growing early-flowering plants are in the 

 front tier of beds and the taller and late-flowering sorts are in 

 the rear beds. In the long dimension of each bed there are three 

 ranks of plants with the lowest in the front. There is also group- 

 ing according to color ; the three beds at the rear are planted 

 chiefly with fulvous daylilies. As the plants become established 

 and reach full stature, various features of the arrangement will be 

 studied and changes made to obtain the most effective grouping 

 within each bed and for the collection as a whole. In most cases 

 large clumps of plants have been used which provide this year 

 masses of foliage and flowers and which rather till the various 

 beds. 



The species represented are Hemerocallis fiava, H. fulva, II. 

 minor, II. Dumortierii, H. Middendorffii, II. aurantiaca, II. Thun- 

 bergii, II. citrina, H. Forrestii, H. nana, H. plicata, and II. multi- 

 flora. Besides the types first brought into cultivation there are 

 for several species other types obtained directly from China and 

 Japan, which present variations within the species. For Hemero- 

 callis fulva there are wild plants from several widely separated 

 localities, which include the varieties //. fulva longituba and //. 

 fulva rosea. There are also in considerable number plants raised 



