LILY FAMILY. Liliacese, 



Day Lily 



HemerocaUr 



A native of Europe and Asia, escaped 



from gardens. Leaves angled in section, 



fulva tapering to a sharp point, narrow and 



Tawny orange light green. The flower-stalk tall bearing 



July-August visually eight or nine blossoms which open 



one or two at a time. The flower divisions six, three 



narrow, and three wide and blunt, very fragile, and 



rusty or tawny light orange, with a veined texture. 



The name is from the Greek, and means beautiful for 



only a day. 2-5 feet high. Found usually on meadows 



and upon the borders of streams. I gathered it not far 



from the Arondack Spring, Saratoga, where it was 



growing wild and plentiful. Mass. and N. Y., south to 



Va. and Tenn. 



„ .. ^ A beautiful but far less common species, 



Yellow Day • n j ^ ^ 



Lily occasionally escaped from country gar- 



Hemerocallis dens, with narrow leaves, and pure bright 

 flora yellow flowers more delicate and slender 



Yellow ^jj form, having a delightfully fragrant 



odor. 2-3 feet high. The leaves of both 

 these plants grow thickly, and are characterized by 

 graceful, drooping curves. 



Hemerocallis fulva is rapidly becoming established as 

 a wild flower in many parts of the country. Its tenacity 

 of life under apparently adverse conditions is remarkable. 

 It propagates rapidly by its spreading roots, and some- 

 times takes complete possession of by-ways and spare 

 corners where the environment is favorable. In various 

 parts of New York State the plant is abundant. Less 

 attractive in figure than the delicate yellow Hemerocallis 

 Jlava, and odorless besides, it makes up for such dis- 

 crepancies by a magnificent tawny orange matched by 

 few if any members of the Lily Family. The flowers 

 bloom for one day only. 



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