Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 39 



DAY LILY (Hemerocallis fulva) (EUROPEAN) 

 will, we think, prove a welcome addition to our flora. 

 It is now locally abundant in R. I., Conn., and N. Y. 

 It flourishes best near salt water and spreads rapidly 

 by means of its running roots as well as by seed. 

 The flower stalk is tall, 2 to 5 feet, and at its summit 

 bears eight or nine buds which open one or two a 

 day into large showy flowers. 



The perianth is funnel-form, with six spreading 

 orange limbs and six long stamens with large brown 

 anthers. The blossoms appear in July and August, 

 each remaining open for but a single day; this 

 habit makes them very popular for vase flowers as 

 the number of buds on each stalk insures fresh 

 flowers every day for a week or more. The leaves 

 are long and linear, similar to those of the Cat-tail, 

 appearing from a fleshy perennial rootstalk at the 

 base of the tall flower scape. 



In the absence of any odor, the beautiful flower cup 

 serves to attract the bees that are necessary for the 

 setting of its seed. 



Another species the YELLOW DAY LILY (H. 

 Flava) has also escaped from cultivation, but is not 

 nearly as common as the above. The flowers are 

 bright yellow and the leaves a lighter shade of 

 green; the blossoms are also fragrant. 



WILD HYACINTH! EASTERN CAMASS (Cam- 

 assia esculenta) has small blue flowers in a simple 

 raceme at the top of a scape from 6 to 24 inches high; 

 the flowers appear on short pedicels and are bracted, 

 the bracts being longer than the pedicels. 



The six divisions of the perianth are wide spread; 

 both the stamens and the style are extremely slen- 

 der. The scape and the linear, keeled leaves both 

 rise from a coated bulb. This species is found grow- 

 ing in rich ground from Pa. to Minn, and southwards. 



