HEMEROCAL'LTS RUTI'LA. 
BRIGHT DAY LILY. 
Class. 
HEXANDUIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LILIACE.E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
China ? 
2 feet. 
June. 
Perennial 
in 1844 ? 
No. 1141. 
The generic name, Hemerocallis, is derived from 
the Greek hemera, day ; and kallos, beauty ; im- 
plying that this flower is the beauty of a day only, 
which is correctly applicable to some of the species. 
The Funkia ovata, which has been published un- 
der No. 596, was formerly included in this genus, 
and called Hemerocallis cserulea ; in most gardens, 
the error has, however, been generally corrected. 
One of the plants of importance, most closely 
allied to Hemerocallis, may be noticed, as unlikely 
to have come under the observation of the majority 
of our readers ; we allude to the Pliormium tenax, 
or New Zealand Flax, a plant of magnificent out- 
line, in some degree resembling the Yucca gloriosa, 
and bearing the usual winters of the mild portion 
of England. From its leaves a fibre is prepared, 
which has proved to be stronger than Baltic hemp, 
and more valuable for the cordage of shipping. 
The handsome Hemerocallis rutila, now figured, 
has flowers of deeper colour than the better-known 
Day-lily (Hemerocallis flava) ; they also assume a 
more erect position. It is a showy and desirable 
plant for the borders. 
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