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THE A^IERICAN BOTANIST 



able for the good of the other plants. Like many another it 

 has not learned of the sin of being common. This plant is 

 often miscalled tiger lily, though it has not much resemblance 

 to the real tiger lily, the latter having upright leafy stems 

 with black bulblets in the leaf axils. A double variety of our 

 plant is know as the variety Kz^'anso and the plant itself is 

 sometimes sent out under the name of HciiicrocaUis disticliuin. 



The flowers are large and produced in abundance. 



Thoug"h the very commonness of the tawny day lily 

 operates to make it less desirable in the flower garden than 

 any of its allies, it is still worthy of a place in some out of 

 the way corner if only for the cheerful way in which it accepts 

 any conditions of life that may be imposed upon it. Its 

 flowers are scarcely as pleasing as are those of other members 

 of the group, being of the color usually described as brick red. 

 but they areJarge and produced in abundance at a time of the 

 year when large flowers of any kind are scarce — points in 

 its favor which are not to be ignored when planning the 

 flower garden. 



