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winter to throw up flower-stems, if the season is open and 

 mild ; cold does not seem to affect it. Propagated by di- 

 viding the roots in the spring. 



HEMEROCALLIS. DAY LILT. 



[Name derived from Greek words, signifying beautiful, and day.} 



It is an ornamental genus of hardy perennials of the 

 easiest cultivation, and suitable for the borders. 



Hemerocallis flava. Yellow Day Lily. Has a brilliant 

 yellow lily-shaped flower, in June, two feet high ; leaves 

 long, linear, keeled. 



H. fiilva Copper-colored Day Lily. An old inhabi- 

 tant of the flower-garden ; in flower most of the season ; 

 four feet high ; flower, yellowish copper-color ; leaves like 

 the last, but much larger. 



HEPATICA. LIVER-WORT. 



[Hepatica from Greek words, signifying belonging to the liver, the three 

 lobes of the leaves having been compared to the lobes of the liver.] 



Hepatica trfloba. This is a great favorite in the flow- 

 er-border, on account of its abundant blossoms and great 

 variety of colors and shades. It is a hardy perennial, 

 with varieties of double-red, blue, and white. This 

 charming early flower is found in its single state both red, 

 blue, and white, in great abundance in old woods and 

 copses, where it embellishes the ground with its clumps 

 of numerous flowers. About the latter end of April and 

 beginning of May they appear before the new leaves, 

 which show themselves only when the flower is gone, but 

 the old leaves remain through the winter. The leaves are 

 divided into three lobes (triloba) of a brownish-green 

 color, by which the plant may be known in the summer. 



