DAY LILY. 



petals of bronzy yellow shaded red, carried upon 

 stems of 3 feet or more and lasting longer than 

 those of any other kind. There is also a form of 

 H. Kwanso with leaves boldly striped, or nearly 

 pure white, and vigorous for a plant of this 

 nature; the leaves are 

 handsome, but the 

 double flowers lack 

 effect and are often 

 streaky. There is a 

 second and scarce 

 striped variety, /ul- 

 na variegata, with a 

 white stripe down 

 the middle of each 

 leaf ; it is good if less 

 robust than the Ja- 

 panese kind, and bet- 

 ter for pots and in- 

 door use. Minor va- 

 rieties of H.fuha are 

 angustifolia, from Ja- 

 panese gardens, with 

 narrow leaves and 

 flowers long in the 

 tube ; crocea, a colour 

 form from Siberia ; 

 and maculata, a plant 

 from northernChina, 

 with large flowers, 

 but the innerblotches 

 from which it is 

 named are little more 

 pronounced than in 

 other kinds. 



Middendorff's 

 Day Lily (H. Mid- 

 dendorjfii). — A good 

 dwarf kind from the 

 Amur region of Si- 

 beria, whence it has 

 made its way tojapan. 

 A scarce plant in gar- 

 dens where other 

 kinds often do duty 

 for it. The flowers, of 

 deep orange yellow, 

 show a distinctly 

 rounded tube, and are 

 carried in a loose head upon very short stalks. 

 It is broader in leaf and paler in colour than 

 Dumortier's Day Lily, while the flowers are 



larger and of deeper colour than in H. Jlava, 

 which it resembles in habit. The flowers are 

 good for cutting, coming early in June upon 

 stems of about 18 inches. A stronger form is 

 grown at Kew as H. M. major. 



THE YELLOW AND TAWNY DAY LILIES (1. H. fulva ; 2. H. flava). 



Fine-Leaved Day Lily (H. minor). — A 

 \ pretty little plant, rare in gardens, though one 

 I of the oldest Day Lilies. It grows as a neat tuft, 



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