HEllEROCALLIS 



THE BULB BOOK 



HEMEEOCALLIS 



requires 

 ment. 



the same cultural treat- 



HEMEROCALLIS {litmero, a day; 

 kallos, beauty ; in reference to the 

 flowers being fresh for only a day 

 or so), Day Lily*. Nat. Ord. Liliacese. 

 — A genus of ornamental herbaceous 

 plants, having a very short rhizome, 

 with numerous more or less thick 

 and fleshy roots, and tufts of long 

 narrow leaves. Flowers in short 

 irregular panicles or clustered heads. 

 Perianth funnel - shaped, with a 

 cylindrical, short, or longish tube, 

 with six much longer, oblong, spoon- 

 shaped, erect, spreading, many-nerved 

 lobes or segments. 



The Day Lilies are easily grown 

 plants, and flourish in any ordinary 

 garden - soil, either in the sun or 

 shade. They are effective when 

 boldly massed either in borders, or 

 on the margins of lakes, streams, 

 etc. They are easily increased by 

 division in the autumn or spring. 

 Besides the kinds mentioned below 

 there are now several garden hybrids 

 in existence, such as — //. x Baroni, 

 H. X dmensis, U. x hippeastroides, 

 H.xJfudleri, U.-x-ochrole-uca, H.x 

 vomerensis, etc. 



H. aurantiaoa. — A fine Japanese 

 plant growing 2 to 3 ft. high, having 

 tufts of deep green sword -shaped 

 leaves and orange-red flowers. The 

 variety major is a great improvement 

 on the type, having large apricot- 

 coloured flowers, and longer and 

 broader leaves. Several fine garden 

 forms have been raised by crossing 

 M. aurantiaca with H. fiava and U. 

 Thunhergi, the flowers being rich 

 orange. 



H. Duinortierl {H. rutilans ; H. 

 Sieboldi). ~ h. fine native of Japan 

 and Eastern Siberia, having long, 

 narrow, tapering leaves and large 

 orange - yellow flowers, tinged with 



brown outside, borne in early summer 

 on erect scapes about 2 ft. high. 

 {Ref. Bot. t. 213; Garden, 1887, t. 

 589.) 



H. flava — This very old garden 

 plant is widely distributed from 

 Central and S. Europe eastwards to 

 Siberia and Japan. It grows 2 to 

 3 ft. high, having .strong tufts of 

 narrow deep green leaves, keeled 

 behind, and over 2 ft. long. The 

 sweet-scented orange-yellow flowers, 

 with flat veinless segments, are pro- 

 duced in June and July in large 

 clusters, and have a showy and 

 distinct appearance. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 19; Red.Lil.t. 15.) 



H. fulva. — This species also extends 

 across Europe to Japan, like //. flava, 



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Fjq. 180. — liemcrocallis fulva. 



and grows 2 to 4 ft. high, having 

 large tufts of long, broad, keeled 

 leaves. The large tawny - yellow 

 flowers with bluntish segments, each 

 about 4 ins. across, appear in June 



