Abstract
MEMBERS of the genus Hemerocallis enjoy an increasing popularity as garden plants. The name signifies ‘beauty for a day’, and is a reliable description for individual flowers. The plant, however, maintains a succession of bloom, and is tolerant of a wide variety of cultural conditions. Mr. G. P. Baker has prepared a short monograph of the genus (J. Boy. Hort. Soc., 62, 9, 399–411, Sept. 1937,). A historical summary traces the early references to Hemerocallis flava from the time of Dioscorides, whilst the modern uses of the plant as medicine and as a flavouring in China, are set forth. Detailed descriptions of fourteen species and their variants impart much knowledge for the gardener.
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The Day Lily. Nature 141, 549 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141549c0
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