JuN« ir>. 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



U7 



HEMEROCALLIS OR DAY 



LILIES. 



Tht» grnuH luMiUMoralliii (»ml»rac<*K ft large 

 group ot sluMvy ^anioii pluntM, aliko liholul 

 ior bor<l*»r and KhnihhtMy planting, whil<> 

 for iiattualihing by waUMsHlo and ui woixl- 

 liinds tlH*y aro nu»r*> or Iokk in<liK|>en(!ial>le. 

 Tlio Uowors art* in tho form of oxpand©<l 

 triun|K*trf^, and home in cluKtorK on Ktout, 

 erect sUmus, wi»1I above tlio foliage; the 

 colour is usually Boine Rbade of yellow, 

 orange, or orange-<*riniMin. so that even 

 whore tin* various kinds an» grown together 

 tile <MilourK ri'adily hurnionise with each 

 othor. So far oh their cultural mjuire- 

 iiientH are c<in< erntHl, the day l lics are of the 

 iM«:e.st posKiblo culture, succcHnling in any 

 opilinary ganlen soil. They take a yeiir 

 or two'betoro attaining their maximum 

 beauty, ami f<'w plants recjuire Kv^s atten- 

 tion than these exact, once they are fairly 

 establisluHl. 



t)ne of the lK»«t-known fti>«*cie« of hemero. 

 callis is 11. aurantiaca, a native of Japan, 

 of <lwarf habit, ami with rich orange-yellow 

 ll<nv««rs ; the variety major is a glorifiwi 

 form, bearing ten to a dojM»n flowers of the 

 ri<'hest orange-yeliow, the segments grar<»- 

 fully recurving ami f<»rming wi<lely-ex- 

 panilfMl trunn>cts s<mie S4»ven m'. lies acrowi. 



HemercM-alliH flava is a well-known garden 

 plant, with narrow. gra>s-like foliage, and 

 pr<Mlu<*4N xheaves of yellow flowers. This 

 spf't^irs is <lisl ributeil through part of 

 Kuropo ami in temperate Asia. Hemero- 

 callis fulva. alno known as H. disticha, 

 is a vigonuis-gron ing |M*rennial. with large 

 orangc-crimsiin flciwers, carritnl on stout 

 stems an<l priMlucing an exce^nlingly hold 

 effect when mav*«Hl in quantity ; the variety 

 fl. pi. s distinct, with its <louble flowers 

 of <)range-<*rinisi)n. while another form is 

 distinguished by having the foliage ele- 

 gantly stri|MHl gre«»n and white, the latter 

 l>eing one of the m<«t <le<^rative in the 

 whole group ; the two last-nanusl are gene- 

 rally known in ganlens as H. Kwanso 

 plena and H. Kwanso plena variegata. 



HemeriK-allis citrina is one of the most 

 distinct, and less frequently mot with in 

 gardens, the wegment^ are long and coloUre<l 

 nright citron -yellow, the flowers l>eing pn>- 

 <luoe^i in August and 8epteml>er, when 

 many nf the other s|MM'ie#* have pfl.sse<l their 

 !»est ; it iH a Ouncvte intro<luct ion and grows 

 to a height of 4ft. Hemero<allis Mi<lden- 

 dorffii is an Asiatic s|H*ci<^ that attains a 

 be ght of 3ft., and pnxluceis M»ft orange- 

 vellow fl<iwers, alwve a dense mass of gracx*- 

 iul drmiping foliage. 



Hemerocallis ThunlwRi, another Japa- 

 nese s|>eeies. grows 3ft. high. and hears nch 

 velbiw flowers in July. Wetwi*en H. auran. 

 tiara major and the iast-name<l sjK*cies has 

 arisen the hybrid form luteola. the flowers 

 of which 



profluce<l 

 colon red 



are most freely 

 on three-foot stems and are 

 bright orange-yellow. By intercrossing of 

 the older s|>ec)ets many hybrid forms h^ve 

 nrisen. of the greatest value as gar^len 

 plants, their chief characteristics being ni 

 *^reasefl suUstance in the }>etals. widely 



panded and generally large flowers, and a 

 more or leins per|>etual habit of flowerins^. 

 Of thefK* one of the most desirable is Dr. 

 Kegel. This fine form attains a height of 

 ^ ? f t . , ami ha,'^ ex panded flowers seven 

 inrbeii acrojvi, of a Mift shafle of apricot : 

 tbo flowering neas^m is from July onwards. 

 Other hybri<l forms of merit include Apri- 

 <<»t, a dwarf June-flowering var'ety with 

 '*<ift apricot -colourful flowers ; Iluttercup. 

 flowering in June, with bright yellow 

 flowers on two-feet stems; fiold Dust, 

 * mbling flava, with deep orange flowers on 

 'iree-feet .«<tems ; Orangeman bears or an ge- 

 'loured flowers on two-feet !«tems. ainl 

 ^ JO season during June and July; and 



re- 



Sovereign, one of the dwarfest, has widely- 



cxpandiHl flowera of ri<'h oninge-y<»llow, the 

 lexerM* of the {Metals luMug brcuizy-yellow. 

 All the forms of hemero< alli.s are invalu- 



able fur the prodtiction of llmveis for cut- 

 ting, the indivi<lual blooms only last a day 

 or two, but lis the buils ojkmi rea<lily in 

 water, the spent flowenii are pra<*ti<'ally re- 

 newe<l each da}', and the average life of 

 a spike Is thus from five to seven davN. 



Thomas Smith. 



CV)oml>e C>)urt (iardens. 



sometimes descritied as white, straight- 

 grained, moderatidy hard, with a fine 

 /i^mooth surface. In tJie East it is Amnl 

 for the ini<'rior finibh of houses, furniture, 

 pa<*king-<'4Uies, etc. 



The tree is mojst common in Yezo, tJie 

 aouthorn 



northern 



part of 



and the 



where ita 



ACANTHOPANAX 



RICINIFOLIUM. 



An illustration of a fnlly-developod ex- 

 ample of this ornamental Araliad may be 



Saghalien, 

 portion of Hondo, 

 largest proportions are attained in fertile 

 soil in slielt^^red positions. It is not found 

 as a pure wood, but mixed with niai)les, 

 bircht^, oaks, etc. As a small plant, it 

 is awkward to handle, by rea.son of the 

 fitout yellowish spines which clothe both 

 trunk and branches. 



From a decorative point of view its prin- 

 cipal a^et lies in its large rounde<l dark 

 green leaves, w^hich are is^ometimes as muc-li 

 as nine or ten inches across, with margins 



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cAiJN \Ti<'\ <>rr.]:\ m \]:v 



\ handj<omc s.i1nion-r<»se bordor oiinialjon, large, ufi <1! vm « 



Mr. C. Blick, Have-. Knit. 



\ M . n il S . .Tunc 4 



found in - ' ■ \' 



Japan," and at page 4o oi tlie same work 

 an account of the tree, as seen growing 

 in Japan, is given. In gardens in the 

 British Isles it is met with but rarely, and 

 at tho best is little more than a bush. 



its presence lieing due to the deeorative 

 effivt of its foliage. In lbe forests <.f 

 Japan, however, it grows K. a In-ight of 

 HO feet, with a trunk f()ur or five teet ni 

 diameter, its timber l>eing included 

 amongst the c<imniercial wm)ds of the 

 country. Boards cxhibite<l at the Japan- 

 British Exhibition of IPIO showeil the wood 

 to lie of a light brownish colour, though 



lit. (^liwl 1., a (Ifjttii <tf two or llire*' mclir.s 

 by tne triangular acciniinate IoIm^s, Tre<*s 

 which have aitaint^l a flowering age are 

 said to be verv ornamental when in bloom 

 for the small white flowers are borne in 



- during 



I Kolelv 



largo terminal infl(»r< 

 iigu.*^t and September. 



Jap;»ne.se tree, for it .m] 



a 



W 



i - ui Chin 

 I )am.imork. 



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