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and then. I do not anticipate any trouble with any of the 
newer types that I am introducing. The colors of all these, 
with the exception of old fulva and Kwanso flore-pleno, are 
such soft yellows that they blend with practically all the garden 
flowers. Fulva, although a wayside weed in New England is 
kept for old sake’s sake. Kwanso, like any double “Lily” is 
a mistake. The exquisite trinitarianism of the flower should 
never be spoiled by doubling, yet one mass of Kwanso comes 
up and blooms year after year in absolute shade, and there is a 
certain fiery beauty in that tawny color under a mass of elder¬ 
berry bloom, so I let it stay. 
After study of twelve catalogues of the leading American 
seedsmen, and Bailey’s “Cyclopedia of Horticulture” (none 
of which 'seem quite to tally with any other as to date of bloom, 
color, length of stem etc.) I have worked out the following 
schedule for myself, aided by such labels as my dog, man with 
rake, and other enemies of Triptolemus have left me. If some 
expert pounces down to prove that 1 am inaccurate, I may 
only reply meekly that Hemerocallis bloomed thus in my garden 
in the season of 1922. 
May 5th. H. minor graminea. Brown-budded, brown-stemmed, 
tawny orange bloom; 12 inches high; lasted one week. 
May 8th. H. Dumortieri. Same as above but 18 to 20 inches tall; 
lasted about ten days. 
May 15th. H. Middendorffi. Rich lemon; 18 to 20 inches; lasting 
about ten days. 
May 25th. H. flava. The type; lasted over two weeks. 
June 15th. H. aurantiaca. Clear brilliant orange; about two feet 
high; lasted ten days; has one bad habit, the flowers persist in 
turning to the sun. 
June 20th. H. fulva. Tawny orange-red; lasted ten days. 
June 25th. H. Sieboldi. Like flava, but lower growing, about two 
feet; lasted over a week, spite of hot spell. 
July 4th. H. Florham. A tall greenish lemon variety; three to four 
feet; lasted a month; the most satisfactory of all. 
July 7th. H. Thunbergi. A lower variety, much like the preceding 
which is listed as a variant of it. Another form like a late auran¬ 
tiaca bloomed along with this. 
July 9th. H. kwanso flore-pleno. The double tawny; this bloomed 
cheerfully well into August. 
In the 1906 edition of Bailey only seven types of Hemero¬ 
callis are admitted. Sieboldi is ruled out and Florham not 
mentioned, but my Sieboldi, ordered since then, seems to be 
a distinct type. Florham is given as Thunbergi var. Florham 
in several catalogues. [It is claimed as a hybrid by the intro¬ 
ducer.— Ed.] 
1 HAVE not tried to go into the nuances of color in the fore¬ 
going descriptions. The happy possessors of Ridgway’s 
color chart could be much more accurate. Those who know 
the old Winsor Amperz and Newton paints may identify the 
colors thus from pale to deep: aurelian; chrome yellow; 
cadmium; orange cadmium; orange with a shade of Indian red. 
There are also variations in perfume, the deep orange varieties 
having a heady Oriental smell like certain Amaryllis. The 
tawny ones have a rank, herbaceous odor only, while flava and 
others of the paler hues are refined and delicious in perfume. 
It is interesting when several kinds are blooming at once to 
compare the qualities of odor. 
1 cannot help wondering why these plants are not used more 
in civic and park planting. Their foliage is graceful and free 
from pests, they may be planted for practically unbroken suc¬ 
cession of bloom, and their colors are lovely. They would com¬ 
bine well with the various Funkias, blue and white; and to 
those who like foliage planting in public gardens they would 
seem to me far superior to the Canna which has insidiously 
crept from park planting to cottage plot. Perhaps the guilty 
propagandist of the Canna may see these words in praise of 
Hemerocallis and, repenting, will organize a campaign instead 
for these lovely, graceful, and sweet-scented flowers. 
RAISING THE MAYFLOWER FROM CUTTINGS AND SEED 
“ Pink, small, and punctual, 
Aromatic, low , 
Covert in April 
Candid in May.” 
Emily Dickinson. 
P ERHAPS best loved of all wild flowers of the Eastern States, the 
Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) is rarely seen in 
gardens, though its natural range is north to Newfoundland and Sas¬ 
katchewan, south and westward to Florida, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. 
Like the Blueberry it thrives in acid, peaty, sandy, well-aerated 
soils. 
Propagation by seed is the most satisfactory method, though wild 
plants may be transplanted in autumn or very early spring if care be 
taken to move a considerable portion of the root-mat without disturb¬ 
ing the roots. The Mayflower also roots easily enough from cuttings 
when handled in the winter, in a cool greenhouse in the usual way that 
evergreen cuttings are handled. In taking material for cuttings be 
sure to select portions that have some brown roots, for cuttings made 
with a bit of root, be it ever so small, are apt to establish themselves 
more quickly and surely than those without. When well rooted, the 
cuttings must be removed with great care because the mass of roots is 
so fine and hair-like that it holds the little ball of sand very firmly. 
This whole mass of sand and roots is attached to the cutting by only 
one or two slender connections readily broken by rough handling. 
Sow seeds about -fa inch deep in a well-drained shallow box, using 
2 parts Kalmia peat, finely sifted, to 1 part clean sand. Seedlings will 
begin to push up in three or four weeks and after three or four months 
are ready for potting up. A good potting mixture is: 9 parts (finely 
sifted) Kalmia peat, x part clean sand, 3 parts clean broken crocks. 
Rain-water, bog-water, or other water free from lime is what they like 
in the way of moisture. 
