HEMEROCALLIS 



(From the Greek htmera, a day, and kalos, beautiful) 

 Liliacea 



64. Hemerocallis flava 

 English Names: Yellow day lily, Lemon lily. 



EUROPE. ASIA. N. AMERICA LATE MAY THROUGH JUNE 



FRAGRANT, lemon-yellow, lilylike flowers, three to seven inches 

 long, borne in clusters of six to eight flowers on upright stems two 

 to three feet high. Leaves a foot and a half to two feet long, narrow 

 and grassUke, Excel- 

 lent in clumps in the 

 herbaceous border or rock 

 garden, or for naturalizing 

 by the banks of ponds. 

 Good also for cutting. 

 The individual flowers are 

 short-lived, but are borne 

 in good succession. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easiest culture 

 in any garden soil. Will 

 thrive in sun or shade but 

 does best in a moist, rich 

 soil in partial shade. 



Propagate by division. 



