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HELWINGIA 



der North. It seems to grow in any soil that is some- 

 what luoist. Prop, by Kreenwood cuttings under glass. 

 Two species in Jap. and Himal. FIs. dicEcious, short- 

 pedicelled, with ob.solete calyx, 3-5 petals and stamens 

 and 3— 1-celled ovary: fr. a berry-like, 3— 1-seeded drupe. 



Japdnica, A. Dietr. (H. riiseiftdra, Willd.). Bushy 

 shrub, 3-5 ft. high : Ivs. petioled, ovate or elliptic-ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate, stipulate, lK-3in.long: fls. in June, 

 the stuminate generally with 3, the pistillate with 4 

 petals. Jap. S.Z 86. A. G. 13:8. 



A. Phelps Wyman. 



HEMEEOCALLIS (Greek, beautiful by day; because 

 the blossoms close at night). Liliieeip. Yellow Day 

 Lilies. This genus includes the Lemon Lily ( it. flu ni | , 

 which is one of the hardiest and most delightful of all 

 herbaceous perennial plants. It easily ranks among the 

 50 most popular plants for the home garden. All the 

 blue and white Day Lilies belong to the genus Funkia: 

 all the yellow and orange Day Lilies belong to Hemero- 

 callis. The Yellow Day Lilies have narrow, grass-like 

 foliage, and their (lowers have wider funnels. The blue 

 and white Day Lilies have very broad foliage, which is 

 not at all grass-like. The flowers of Funkia are borne 

 in racemes; of Hemerocallis in corymb-like panicles. 



Heraerocallis has only 7 species, all of which are culti- 

 vated. The plants are all remarkably free from enemies, 

 and need no protection of any kind, even in the severest 

 winters. The roots are bundles of fleshy tubers, and are 

 sometimes classed with bulbs in catalogues of nursery- 

 men. Small plants will flower freely the first year. 

 Clumps can often be left undivided for 4 or 5 years 

 without a loss in size or number of flowers, but as a 



1037. Lemon Lilies— Hemerocallis flava. 



general thing all robust-growing herbaceous perennials 

 should be divided every second year. In old clumps the 

 roots often become firmly matted near the middle, and 

 the wasteful competition between the too-numerous 

 roots weakens the vitality of the plant. Next lo II. 

 flava, the oldest garden favorites among the Yellow Day 

 Lilies is H. fulva, sometimes called Brown Day Lily, and 

 erroneously in some catalcgui-s tlif Lemon Lily. H. 



fullfl is :l t.illc r I.l.inl, X-, illi iMrr ;ii,.l c.i:in:jc' .■••h.ri.i fls. 



and \v:r •,■ ii,'.. .■ ■ ■!,,, • \' •!' I, 1- , , - a new 



spenir- , ', . , ■, , , . , ,■ i . ..liiiiience, 



andii-^.:: ., ,, -, -:.;,.,M,dthe 



finest ljL .ill I'.i. 1.1 :■ '-. , .. ii . iloiil.h ridiiis are not 



simplicity and ! 

 Yellow Day Lil.' i 

 individual flow. m - n. 

 succession. The plaiiti 

 but are most luxurian 

 moist places, and In p 

 cellent for cutting. PI 

 B. B. Whyte gives tl 

 Canada, as follows: j 

 Middendorfii and Thii 

 18: fnli'u, July 2; ann 

 var. Kwanso, July 23, 



there is a good 

 •rs of ponds or 



HE.MEROCALLIS 



adds that H. Dumortierii, uitranliaca var. mikjdi- and 

 II. rntilann differ from all others in the fls. being red- 

 dish brown outside, which is very marked in the bud. 



A. Fls. fragrant. 

 B. Inner segments of pt^rianth firm: I'eins not joined by 



C. Blossoms in June. 

 fliva, Linn. Lemon Lily. Fig. 1037. Lvs. 18-24 in. 

 long, 6-8 lines wide : scapes longer than the lvs. : corymb 

 6-9-fld.: pedicels 12-24 lines long: tube 6-15 lines long. 

 Europe, temperate Asia. B.JI. 19. A.G. 17:437. Gn.48, 

 p. 400. -In some important works on gardening the color 

 is erroneously given as orange. 



cc. Blossoms in July. 

 Thiinbergii, Baker. "Except for its later flowering. 

 Thunberf.'ii does not differ materially from llava." 

 Jl'ik^ r. Lvs. i,-7'2 lines wide: corymb loose, 8-10-fld., 

 Willi 1 ..1-.: I1-. lower down: tube nearly 1 in. long: fls. 

 liinou \. ll.Av . ..peuing widely, 3 In. across: segments 

 I.I. i.il.iiMi.iii-. cii-ped. Japan. Int. 1890. -Rare. R. B. 

 Ill- lis. are not nearly as large 



//, 



nd that H. Thiu 

 lers in having the upper C 

 ed and flattened. 



BB. Inner snjmi Ills membranous and wary at the 



margin : a few veins joined. 



c. Bfs. 3-3 lines wide ■ tube and pedicel long: color of 



fls. yellow. 



minor. Mill. (fl. graminea, And., not Schlecht. E. 



graminifolia, Schlecht.). Lvs. 15-18 in. lonr. darker 



green than in the other species: scapes about us long as 



the .vs.: corymb 3-6-fld. : pedicels 3-24 lines loug. 



July, Aug. N.Asia. B.M. 873. 



CO. Zrs. OS lines wide : tube very short : color of fls. 



orange. 

 Dumortierii, Morren (R. rutilans, Hort.). Height 

 lX-2 ft.: lvs. 12-15 in. long : scapes hardly as long as 

 the lvs.: corvnib 2-3-fld.: pedicels 3-6 lines long : fls. 

 2-2X in. long, while they are 3-4 in. long in all the other 

 species ; inner segments 5-6 lines wide. Jap. B.H. 

 2:43. Gn. 31:589.-fl'. Hieboldii is now practically aban- 

 doned as a trade name. The yellow-fld. species of this 

 name is H. Dumortierii ; the blue-fld. species pictured 

 in L. B.C. 19:1809 and P.M. 5:25 is Funkia Sieboldii. 

 Var. fldre plSno (//. di.-licha plena, Kort.) is less cu.t. 

 This species is the earliest to blossom. R. B. Whyte 

 considers N. rulihms distinct. 



ore. Zt'S. 8-13 lines wide. 

 D. Color of fls. orange : tube 8-9 lines long. 



aurantlaca, Baker. Height 2>^-3 ft.: lvs. more than 

 12 lines wide: corymb 6-8-fid. : fls. bright orange, open- 

 ing less widely than any other species. July. Jap. or 

 E. Siberia?— The type was introduced to cult, in 1890 and 

 has rapidly given way to var. miljor, Baker, introduced 

 1895, which is larger in all parts. Lvs. 12-18 lines wide: 

 tube 9 lines long: fls. when expanded 5-6 in. across. 

 July-Sept. Jap. G.C. III. 18:71. Gn. 48:1041 and .TO, 

 p. 17. J. H. III. 31:157. A.G. 18:179.-Closest to Du- 

 mortierii, from which it is chiefly distinguished by its 

 much larger, later and more reddish fls. and longer 

 tube. 



DD. Color of fls. yellow : [tube 5-6 lines long. 



Middendorfii, Traut. & Mey. Name variously mis- 

 spelled. Height 1-1 K ft.: lvs. 15-18 in. long, 8-12 lines 

 wide: scapes about as long as the lvs.: corymb 2^-fld.: 

 pedicels almost none : inner segments 9-12 lines wide. 

 Amur region. Gt. plate 522. R.H. 1897, p. 139. 

 AA. Fls. not fragrant. 



fiilva, Linn. (fl". disticha, Don). Lvs. 18-24 in. long, 

 9-15 lines wide: corymb 6-12-fld.: fls. orange; pedicels 

 short; inner segments with wavy margins, with nu- 

 merous veins joined by cross veins. July, Aug. Eu., 

 temperate Asia. B.M. 64 (central band of" white). Mn. 

 5. p. 193. Var. Kw4nso (H. Kwanso, Hort.), the 

 "Double Orange Lily," blooms longer than anysingle- 

 fld. form, according to Meehan. Gt. 500. It has a sub- 



