HEMEROCALLIS. 



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blooms are short-lived, but the reserves ; 

 are so numerous as to keep up the suc- 

 cession for a long time. This Day Lily ! 

 dwindles in vigour of the plants and size | 

 of the flowers if allowed to remain too I 

 long in one place. If the plants are I 

 examined, the centres will be found to i 

 be matted together, the stronger shoots | 

 appearing on the outside. If the whole i 

 plant is divided and replanted it will I 

 amply repay the trouble by increased j 

 vigour and flowers. It is closely allied 

 to H. minor, also known as H. graminea, 

 but it is a much stronger plant, however, 

 with leaves twice as broad, the flower- 

 stems short, and the divisions of the 

 perianth divided almost or entirely to 

 their base. The leaves are about five 

 or six to a growth, about 18 in. long and 

 half an inch broad, bright green above 

 and pale but not glaucous on the under 

 surface ; flower-stem i to 2 ft. in height, ' 

 bearing a corymb of large orange-yellow ' 

 flowers. H. rutilans and Sieboldi of j 

 gardens belong to the same species. 



H. FLAVA (the yellow Day Lily). Few 

 plants can be grown with so little trouble 

 in the border, and give such a valuable 

 return as this one. The flowers large | 

 and in such quantities, emitting such an 

 agreeable fragrance, as to earn the name 

 of yellow Tuberose. The length of time 

 the flowers last enhances its value as a j 

 border plant. It is hardy, and though 

 not so robust in habit as H. fulva, it j 

 increases rapidly, and where the soil is \ 

 good might be naturalised. On banks 

 the beautiful light green curving leaves 

 hang gracefully, surmounted by bunches 

 of large yellow heads of flower in June 

 and July. Europe and N. Asia. H. ' 

 Thunbergi and japonica are forms of 

 this species. 



H. FULVA (copper-coloured Day Lily) | 

 is a much larger plant than H. flava, and i 

 more suitable for extensive planting in j 

 semi-wild or rough parts of the garden. 

 It is variable under cultivation, and the | 

 numerous forms now grown, many with- 

 out names, are all worthy of attention. 

 H. disticha is a well-known garden variety 

 of this species, notable for the fan-like 

 form of its growths. The flower-stem is 

 forked near the summit, and carries two 

 or three heads of flowers, six to eight 

 blooms on each, of a brown-orange colour. 

 There is also a double-flowered variety of 

 this. H. Kwanso is a variety with varie- 

 gated or striated leaves. It is a handsome 

 plant for edgings or for the rock-garden. 

 Of this there is also a double-flowered 

 form. H. f. var. angustifolia, narrow- 

 leaved; longituba, crocea, natives of 



China, flowering in July and August, 

 belong to this section. 



H. MIDDENDORFIANA is from Amur- 

 land, in appearance resembling H. 

 Dumortieri ; the leaves are, however, 

 broader, the flowers about the same size, 

 closer, and paler in colour, and with a 

 distinct cylindrical tube half an inch or 

 so long. It is of easy cultivation. 



H. MINOR, also known in many gardens 

 under the highly characteristic name of 

 H. graminea, from its Grass-like foliage, 

 was formerly classed by the older botanists 



Yellow Day Lily (Hemerocallis flava). 



as a variety of H. flava, though now con- 

 sidered distinct. It is the smallest, though 

 not the least showy, and, like flava, sweetly 

 scented, the flowers lasting two or three 

 days. It makes a handsome plant for 

 a rocky bank, and even when flowers are 

 absent the pretty Grass-like leaves are 

 welcome. It flowers during June and 

 July. It is also known under the names 

 graminifolia and pumila. Siberia. 



H. AURANTIACA MAJOR. This is the 

 name given by Mr. Baker of Kew to a 

 new and handsome kind from Japan, and 



