~Hemerocallis fulva. Tawny Day-Lily.~


_Class and Order._

~Hexandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ campanulata: tubo cylindrico. _Stamina_ declinata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

HEMEROCALLIS _fulva_ foliis lineari-subulatis carinatis, corollis
fulvis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 339._

LILIUM rubrum asphodeli radice. _Bauh. Pin. 80._

The gold red Day-Lily. _Park. Parad. p. 148. t. 149. f. 5._

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According to LINNÆUS, this species is a native of China.

It has long been inured to our climate, and few plants thrive better in
any soil or situation, but a moist soil suits it best; its leaves on
their first emerging from the ground, and for a considerable time
afterwards, are of the most delicate green imaginable; the appearance
which the plant assumes at this period of its growth is, indeed, so