HEMEROCALLIS 



THE BULB BOOK 



HEMEKOCALLIS 



requires the same cultural treat- 

 ment. 



brown outside, borne in early summer 

 on erect scapes about 2 ft. high. 

 (Ref. Hot. t. 213; Garden, 1887, t. 

 589.) 



H. flava This very old garden 



HEMEROCALLIS (hemero, a day; 

 k'lllnx, beauty; in reference to the 



flowers being fresh for only a day plant is widely distributed from 



or so), DAY LILY. Nat. Ord. Liliacece. Central and S. Europe eastwards to 



A genus of ornamental herbaceous Siberia and Japan. It grows 2 to 



plants, having a very short rhizome, 3 ft. high, having strong tufts of 



with numerous more or less thick 

 and fleshy roots, and tufts of long 

 narrow leaves. Flowers in short 

 irregular panicles or clustered heads. 

 Perianth funnel - shaped, with a 

 cylindrical, short, or longish tube, 

 with six much longer, oblong, spoon- 

 shaped, erect, spreading, many-nerved 

 lobes or segments. , 



The Day Lilies are easily grown 

 plants, and flourish in any ordinary 

 garden -soil, either in the sun or 

 shade. They are effective when 

 boldly massed either in borders, or 

 on the margins of lakes, streams, 

 etc. They are easily increased by 

 division in the autumn or spring. 

 Besides the kinds mentioned below 

 there are now several garden hybrids 

 in existence, such as II . x JJaroni, 

 H. x elmensis, H. x hippeastroid.es, 

 11. x Muelleri, H. x ochroleiuca, H. x 

 vomerensis, etc. 



H. aurantiaca. A fine Japanese 

 plant growing 2 to 3 ft. high, having 

 tufts of deep green sword -shaped 

 leaves and orange-red flowers. The 

 variety major is a great improvement 

 on the type, having large apricot- 

 coloured flowers, and longer and 

 broader leaves. Several tine garden 

 forms have been raised by crossing 

 II. aurantiaca with H. flava and //. 

 Thunberyi, the flowers being rich 

 orange. 



H. Dumortieri (//. rutilans ; H. 

 Sieboldi). A tine native of Japan 

 and Eastern Siberia, having long, 

 narrow, tapering leaves and large 

 orange - yellow flowers, tinged with 



narrow deep green leaves, keeled 

 behind, and over 2 ft. long. The 

 sweet-scented orange -yellow flowers, 

 with flat veinless segments, are pro- 

 duced in June and July in large 

 clusters, and have a showy and 

 distinct appearance. (Sot. Mag. t. 

 19; Red. Lit. t. 15.) 



H. fulva. This species also extends 

 across Europe to Japan, like H. flava, 



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FIG. 180. Hemerocallis/ulva. 



and grows 2 to 4 ft. high, having 

 large tufts of long, broad, keeled 

 leaves. The large tawny - yellow 

 flowers with bluntish segments, each 

 about 4 ins. across, appear in June 



