274 THE GARDEN, YOU, AND I 



held on leafless stems, springing from a matted bed of 

 leaves. This day lily (hemerocallis fulva) is sister 

 to the familiar and showy lemon lily of old gardens 

 (hemerocallis flava). If you have plenty of room by 

 your wall, I should lodge a few good bunches by it 

 when you find some in a location where digging is 

 possible. It is a decorative flower, but hardly worthy 

 of good garden soil. The same may be said of the 

 tiger lily, on account of the very inharmonious shade 

 of red it wears ; yet if you have a half- wild nook, some- 

 where that a dozen bulbs of it may be tucked in com- 

 pany with a bunch of the common tall white phlox 

 that flowers at the same time, you will have a bit of 

 colour that will care for itself. 



The lemon lily should have a place in the hardy 

 border well toward the front row and be given enough 

 room to spread into a comfortable circle after the 

 manner of the white plantain lily (Funkia subcordatd). 

 This last lily, another of Japan's contributions to the 

 hardy garden, blooms from August until frost and 

 unlike most of the lily tribe is pleased if well-rotted 

 manure is deeply dug into its resting-place. 



As with humanity the high and lowly born are sub- 

 ject to the same diseases, so is it with the lily tribe, 

 and because you choose the sturdiest and consequently 



