H E LLE BORUS flore globofo. See Trolli us, 
HELLEBORUS A LB US. See Veratrum. 
HELMET FLOWER, or MONK’s HOOD. 
See Aconitum. 
HEMEROC ALLIS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 391. Li- 
lio-Afphodelus. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 344. tab. 179. 
Liliaftrum. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 369. tab. 194. Lily 
Aflphodel , or Day Lily ; in French, Lis de Saint Bruno . 
The Characters are, 
Lhe flower has no empalement ; in florae flpecies the 
flower is of one petal, cut into fix parts ; in others it hath 
fix petals , with a flhort tube , flpreading open at the top , 
which is refllexed. Lb ere are fix awl-flhaped declining fta- 
rnina Jurroimding the fltyle , terminated by oblong profllrate 
flimmits. T he roundiflh furrowed, germen is fituated in the 
middle , flupporting a fender flyle , crowned by an obtufle 
three-cornered fligma. Lhe germen afterward becomes an 
oval three-cornered capflule with three lobes , opening with 
two valves , filled with roundiflh feeds. 
Tms genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s fixth clafs, which includes the plants 
whose flowers have fix ftamina and one ftyle. Tourne- 
fort places the firft in the firft fedtion of his ninth clafs, 
which includes the plants with a Lily-flower of one 
leaf, cut into fix parts, whofe pointal becomes the 
fruit •, the fecond he places in his fourth ledtion of 
the fame clafs, with the flowers of the fame form which 
have fix petals. 
The Species are, 
1. Hemerocallts ( Flava ) corollis flavis. Lin. Sp. 462. 
Hort. Upfal. 88. Day Lily with a yellow flower. Li- 
lio-Afphodelus luteus. Park. Par. 148. Yellow Aflpho- 
del Lily. 
2. Hemerocallis {Minor) fcapo comprefio corollis mo- 
nopetalis campanulatis. Day Lily with a compreflfled 
ftalk , and a b ell fij aped flower of one petal. Lilio-Afpho- 
delus luteus, minor. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 344. Smaller 
yellow Aflphodel Lily. 
3. Hemerocallis {Fulva) corollis fulvis. Day Lily with 
a copper-coloured flower. Lilio-Afphodelus phcenicius. 
Park. Par. 148. Aflphodel Lily with a reddiflh flower. 
4. Hemerocallis. ( Liliaftrum ) fcapo fimplici, corollis 
hexapetalis campanulatis. Hort. Cliff. 128. Day Lily 
with an unbranched Jingle ftalk , and bell-flhaped flowers 
with fix petals. Liliaftrum Alpinum majus. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 369. Greater Alpine Baflard Lily , called 
Savoy Spiderwort ; and in French, Lis de Saint Bruno , 
i. e. St. Bruno's Lily. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Hungary, Dalmatia, 
and Iftria, but has long been an inhabitant in the Eng- 
lifti gardens ; this hath ftrong fibrous roots, to which 
hang knobs, or tubers, like thofe of the Afphodel, from 
which come out keel-fhaped leaves, which are two feet 
long, with a rigid midrib, the two fidcs drawing in- 
ward, fo as to form a fort of gutter on the upper fide. 
The fiower-ftalks rife two feet and a half high, hav- 
ing two or three longitudinal furrows ; thefe are 
naked, and at the top divide into three or four fhort 
toot-ftalks, each fuftaining one pretty large yellow 
flower fhaped like a Lily, having but one petal, with 
a fhort tube, fpreading open at the brim, where it is 
divided into fix parts ; thefe have an agreeable fcent, 
from which forne have given it the title of yellow 
Tuberofe. It flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in 
Auguft •, this plant is eafily propagated by offsets, 
which the roots fend out in plenty ; thefe may be 
taken off in autumn, that being the belt feafon for 
tranfplanting the roots, and planted in any fituation, 
for they are extremely hardy, and will require no 
other culture but to keep them clean from weeds, 
and to allow them room that their roots may fpread ; 
they may alfo be propagated by feeds, which, if 
Town in autumn, the plants will come up the follow- 
ing fpring, and thefe will flower in two years ; but 
if the feeds are not fown till fpring, the plants will not 
come up till the year after. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Siberia ; this hath 
roots like thofe of the former fort, but are fmaller. 
The leaves are not near fo long, nor more than half 
the breadth of the former, and of a dark green co- 
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lour._ The ftower-ftalk rifes a foot and a half high, 
is naked and compreffed, but has no furrows ; at the 
top is produced two or three yellow flowers, which 
are nearer the bell-fhape than thofe of the other fpe- 
cles, and ftand on ftiorter foot-ftalks.; thefe flower 
• the beginning of June, and the feeds ripen early in 
Auguft. It is propagated by offsets from the root, 
or by feeds, in the fame manner as the former, but 
the. roots do not increafe fo faft ; it fhould have a 
moift foil and a fhady fituation, where it will thrive 
much better than in dry ground. 
I he third fort is a much larger plant than either of 
the former, and the roots fpread and .increafe much 
more, therefore is not proper furniture for ffnall gar- 
dens ; the roots of this hath very ftrong flefhy fibres, 
to which hang large oblong tubers. The leaves are 
near three feet long, hollowed like thofe of the former, 
turning back toward the top. The fiower-ftalks are 
as thick a man’s finger, and rife near four feet high ; 
they are naked, without joints, and branching at the 
top, where are feveral large copper-coloured flowers, 
fhaped like thofe of the Red Lily, and as large. The 
ftamina of this fort are longer than thofe of the other, 
and their fummits are charged with a copper-coloured 
farina, which fheds on being touched ; or if a per- 
fon fmells to the flowers, it will fly off and fpread over 
the face, dyeing it all over of a copper colour, which . 
is a trick often played by feme unlucky people to the 
ignorant : thefe flowers never continue longer than one 
day, but there is a fucceffion of flowers on the fame 
plants for a fortnight or three weeks ; this fort flowers 
about the fame time as the former, and the roots 
propagate too faft for thofe gardens where there is 
but little room. It will grow on any foil or in any 
fituation ; the beft time to tranfplant the roots is in 
autumn. 
The Savoy Spiderwort, or, as the French call it, St. 
Bruno’s Lily, is a plant of humbler growth than either 
of the former : there are two varieties of this, one is ti- 
tled Liliaftrum Alpinum majus, and the other Liliaf- 
trum Alpinum minus by Tournefort ; the firft of thefe 
rifes with a flower-ftalk more than a foot and a half 
high •, the flowers are much larger, and there is a 
greater number upon each ftalk than the fecond ; but 
as there is no other effential difference betv/een them, 
I have not put them down as different fpecies •, but the 
firft is by much the finer plant, though not common 
in England, for the fecond fort is what I have always 
obferved in the gardens here. I received feme roots 
of the fecond fort from Monf. Richard, gardener to 
the King of France, which continue their difference in 
the fame foil and fituation with the firft, which flowers 
earlier in the year; the leaves of this fort are fome- 
what like thofe of the Spiderwort, are pretty firm, and 
grow upright; the fiower-ftalks grow about a foot and a 
half high, and have feveral white flowers at the top, 
fhaped like thofe of the Lily, which hang on one fide, 
and have an agreeable fcent ; thefe are but of fhort du- 
ration, feldom continuing in beauty above three or 
four days ; but when the plants are ftrong, they will 
produce eight or ten flowers upon each ftalk, fo they 
make a good appearance while they laft. 
This fort is ufually propagated by parting the roots ; 
autumn is the beft feafon for doing this work, 
as it alfo is for tranfplanting the roots Tfor when they 
are removed in the fpring, they feldom flower the 
fame year, or if they do, it is but weakly : thefe plants 
fhould not be tranfplanted oftener than- every third 
year, when the roots may be parted to make an in- 
creale of the plants, but they fhould not be divided 
too fmall ; for if they are, it will be -two years before 
they flower : thefe plants delight in a light loamy foil 
and in an open expofure, fo muft not be planted under 
the drip of trees ; but if they are planted to an eaft 
afpedt, where they may be protected from the fun in 
the heat of the day, they will continue in beauty 
longer than when they are more expofed. 
HEMIQNITIS [Tlpoffnc, of Ti a Mule, 
q. d. Mulewort, becaufe this plant was believed to be 
as barren as a mule.] Mopnfern. 
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