HELONIAS HERACLEUM. 



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green colour, with from 6 to 9 oval- 

 lance-shaped, toothed divisions ; the 

 floral leaf nearly sessile, with 5 or 6 



divisions. Native of Hungary. 



Similar positions and treatment to 

 those given for preceding kinds. 



Helonias bullata (Spiked H.) H. 

 latifolia. A distinct and handsome 

 bog perennial ; 12 to 16 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; small, very 

 handsome, purplish-rose, arranged in 

 an oval spike, the lower blossoms 

 only accompanied by linear-lanceolate 

 bracts. Leaves, all radical, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, veined, much shorter 

 than the flower-stems. Root tuberous, 

 fleshy. Native of marshy places in 



N. America. In the artificial bog, 



or in moist ground near a rivulet. In fine 

 sandy and very moist soils it thrives 

 well as a border plant. I have 

 never seen it so fine as at Edinburgh, 

 except in the bogs of New Jersey. 

 Division. 



Hemerocallis disticha (Two - rowed 

 Day-lily). A handsome tuberous 

 perennial ; 1 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer; large, yellowish on the 

 outside, reddish within ; segments 

 lanceolate, wavy, acute, spreading or 

 reflected, the three external ones 

 broader. Leaves, linear, arranged in 

 two rows, keeled. There is a variety 

 with double flowers. Native of Japan, 



China, and Nepaul. Borders, 



fringes of shrubberies, and naturalized 

 in ordinary free soil. Division. 



Hemerocallis Dumortieri (Dumor- 

 tier's Day-lily). Resembles H. gra- 

 minea ; 1 ft. to 16 in. high. Flowers, 

 in May and June, and sometimes 

 again at the end of summer ; large, 

 reddish-orange, tinged with brown on 

 the outside, usually 1 to 3 on each 

 stem. At the base of each flower is a 

 keeled bract, of a brownish or reddish- 

 green tinge. Leaves, very narrow, in 

 two rows, similar to those of H. yra- 

 n>inea f from which plant it is not 



easily distinguished. Japan. Bor- 

 ders and fringes of beds of American 

 shrubs in peat, or the rougher parts 

 of the rock-garden. Division. 



Hemerocallis flava (Yellow Day- 

 lily). A showy and vigorous kind ; 2 

 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 orange-yellow, very fragrant, erect, 

 with 6 flat pointed divisions, resem- 

 bling those of a Lily. Leaves, 

 numerous, narrow, 2 to 24 ft. long, 

 keeled, of a shining green, in a strong 

 tuft. Root fasciculate, half-fibrous 

 and half-tuberous. Native of Hun- 

 gary, Illyria, Carniola, and Switzer- 

 land. Borders and shrubberies, or 



groups of perennials, or in isolated 

 tufts in the grass, or naturalization, in 

 any soil. Division. 



Hemerocallis fulva (Tawny Day- 

 lily}. Another strong and showy 

 kind; 2 4 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; large, about 4 in. wide, very 

 open, of a buff-yellow, scentless, ar- 

 ranged in a lax cluster ; segments 

 almost obtuse. Leaves, broad, very 

 long, keeled, numerous, in a large tuft. 

 France, about Pau, Tarbes, and Bor- 

 deaux. Similar positions and treat- 

 ment to those for the preceding kind. 



Hemerocallis graminea (Grass-leaved 

 H.) A small and graceful kind ; 8 

 to 14 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 yellow, slightly tinged with green ; 

 smaller and less fragrant than those of 

 ff. flava, with the 3 internal segments 

 wavy. Leaves, very narrow, keeled 

 through their entire length, pointed, 

 of a lively green. Native of Siberia. 

 Borders, the rock-garden, or na- 

 turalized where the vegetation is not 

 too strong, in peat or very sandy loam. 

 Division. 



Heracleum flavescens (Austriacum). 

 (Yellowish Cow-parsnip). A. vigorous 

 perennial, with deeply-furrowed his- 

 pid stems, and convex green leaves ; 

 5 to 6 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 yellowish, in large umbels ; petals 



