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L. tricolor-Warei. — A garden seedling in- 

 termediate between tricolor and quadricolor. It 

 is a pretty plant of dwarfer growth, its flowers 

 showing the same blend of claret-purple, yel- 

 low, and red, but in zones of varying width. 



L. unifolia. — A little plant of uncertain 1 

 habits, bearing during March white flowers 

 in dense spikes. It varies in height from a few 

 inches to over a foot, its one narrow leaf bear- 

 ing blood-coloured blotches. 



L. versicolor. — A variable kind of elegant, 

 slender growth, bearing upon its leaves a few 

 blister-like blotches. The tiny bell-shaped 

 flowers vary from green and yellow to pink and 

 purple, and in the best forms are pretty. 



L. violacea. — A strong plant of i 5 inches 

 high, with long smooth leaves, 1 finches wide, 

 and spotted. The flowers, coming in March, | 

 are in the form of an inflated tube, and their 

 colour white, tinged with violet and green. 

 Syn. bi color. 



These form a large and in- 

 Garden Varieties, creasing list of kinds, be- 

 tween which it is not easy 

 to distinguish in words, many kinds running 

 closely together with only minor differences ; 

 raised under artificial conditions these seed- 

 lings often seem more at home under glass 

 than the wild plants. The following kinds are 

 becoming common : — Cawston Gem, a strong 

 plant with tall mottled stems and many flowers 

 of a fine yellow tipped with purple, paling to 

 pink ; Garnet, a very early flower of bright yel- 

 low broadly edged with dark red or crimson- j 

 purple — a little weak in the stem ; Rector of 

 Cawston, a fine seedling with deep yellow 

 flowers tipped with scarlet ; Ruby, a combina- | 

 tion of crimson, yellow, and green ; the first 

 colour has a broad bright edging ; and Topaz, 

 a strong plant with orange flowers shaded with 

 purple atthemouth. Many other good named 

 Lachenaliashavebeen shown by Mr. Moore of 

 the Dublin Botanic Gardens and other growers 

 — kinds such as Ruth hane, F. D. Moore, and 

 W. E. Gumbleton, the variety shown in our 

 engraving, but some time must elapse before 

 these come into general cultivation and are 

 fairly tested as to merit. Even where these 

 seedlings show no great advance in form or 

 colour, there is often a distinct gain in size and 

 number of flowers, in habit, and in length of 

 spike. B. 



DAY LILY [Hemerocallis). 



Though not a large group these are 

 all good and among the best of hardy 

 plants, succeeding oneanotherin beauty 

 through a great part of the season, easily 

 grown,and free from pests. They endure 

 heat, cold, damp, and drought with equal 

 ease, thriving in any soil and charming 

 as large masses in thewild garden or be- 

 side water; if used in the rock-garden 

 or border it should be where their free 

 growth will not choke weaker things. 

 The only care should be to dig in plenty 

 of lasting manure when planting the 

 long fleshy roots duringautumn or win- 

 ter, for without this they soon exhaust 

 the ground. For the border it pays to 

 divide and replant every second or third 

 season, but in the wild garden they may 

 be left alone for several years, being 

 strong enough to hold their own with 

 native plants, be they hardy ferns in par- 

 tial shade or the ranker growths of the 

 water side. The flowers of several sorts 

 are fragrant and good for cutting, fresh 

 buds opening daily upon the long stems 

 to replace those withered the day before. 

 Not only do they flower through several 

 months but the early kinds often start 

 again in a fine autumn and prolong the 

 season; one or two kinds may be grown 

 in pots and forced gently in spring for 

 rooms or the conservatory. When out 

 of flower their foliage is good and in 

 some kinds nearly evergreen or finely 

 striped with white and yellow ; these 

 variegated kinds should be in poor soil 

 to bring out their colour. Some differ- 

 ences exist among botanists as to the 

 classing of species and varieties, but the 

 question is of little moment to gardeners 



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