THE YELLOW DAY LILY 



(HEMEROCALIS FLAVA) 



BY THE EDITOR. 



Fig. 2394. Yellow Day Lily. 



IN a large collection of Hardy Perennials 

 set at Maplehurst last spring were six 

 of these Day Lilies, and though this 

 variety is by no means uncommon, yet it at 

 once arrests the attention of the passer by, 

 with the pure yellow color of its petals. The 

 flower is well called Day Lily, each bloom 

 is so short lived, but other flowers so rapidly 

 replace the faded ones, that one scarcely ob- 

 serves this characteristic. 



The flower is orange yellow (flava) very 



erect and very fragrant. It came into bloom 

 this season about the 6th of June, and the 

 cutting for the photograph was made on 

 loth of June. 



The plant is a native of South Europe, 

 Western Siberia and Japan, and was intro- 

 duced into England in 1596. There are sev- 

 eral species of Hemerocalis, but this one 

 seems to be the general favorite. We no- 

 tice a^reference to this lily in the two lead- 

 ing horticultural journals of recent years, 

 both of which we regret to say are now dis- 

 continued. The first from " The Garden " 

 and English journal : H. flava is one of the 

 best of the bold herbaceous plants flowering 

 throughout June, when its rich yellow, 

 trumpet shaped blossoms are appearing day 

 by day, and though not lasting long indi- 

 vidually, the profusion is so great that the 

 waning blossoms are not missed. Always 

 a vigorous subject it should be planted only 

 in such company, or in a group where its 

 presence will not interfere with things 

 more^^frail. Besides being a border plant, 

 it is also most useful for early forcing in 

 pots and greenhouses. The second from 

 " Garden and Forest " of New York city : 

 Near a group of white peonies, or a group • 

 of grey, blue or purple varieties of garden 

 Irises, no combination can be more beauti. 

 ful. All it wants is room, food and sun- 

 shine to make a most magnificent display. 

 A large vase, filled with a mass of these 

 long-stemmed flowers, makes a really im- 

 posing display. 



