Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . to the farm and should be cut and composted with its com-panions before fruiting. 56- Evening1 Primrose. Sun-drops. (B.) Oenothera biennis, tall branching and fruitful weed with largeyellow flowers which open at night and close onthe rising of the sun unless the day be cloudyand wet. The illustration represents the top ofthe plant only, giving but little idea of its largecoarse growth. This is one of the conspicuousweeds of old fields and neglected lands, as wellas of roadsides and fence rows, where its flow-er
Your weeds and your neighbor's : part 3 illustrated descriptive list of weeds . to the farm and should be cut and composted with its com-panions before fruiting. 56- Evening1 Primrose. Sun-drops. (B.) Oenothera biennis, tall branching and fruitful weed with largeyellow flowers which open at night and close onthe rising of the sun unless the day be cloudyand wet. The illustration represents the top ofthe plant only, giving but little idea of its largecoarse growth. This is one of the conspicuousweeds of old fields and neglected lands, as wellas of roadsides and fence rows, where its flow-ers may be seen even on quite dark nights petals have the power of storing up sun-light and emitting a sort phosphorescence atnight in consequence. As the plants are pro-fuse seeders, they should be grubbed out, and,destroyed during their flowering season. The young roots ara said to be edible andpleasant either boiled or pickled, they having aiEvening Primrose. nutty taste; and are used in some parts ofFrance and Germany for the table. Medicinally, the plant has met:. 237 with considerable use in the South, where it is known as the Kingscure-all. Mr. L. J. Germain says of the uses of the plant: Insome of the Eastern States, it is said to be used as a diaphoretic infevers, and is there known as fever plant. It is also said to beused there in the harvest field under the name of coffee plant, forits invigorating qualities, and to slaken thirst and promote perspira-tion. In the Middle States it is generally known as scabish plant,or wild Evening Primrose, and is in great repute for summer com-plaints, such as ordinary diarrhoea, cholera morbus, bloody flux,Asiatic cholera, cholera infantum, etc. The young roots are alsograted fine, pulverized or macerated with fresh lard, mutton tallow,or fresh butter, and applied as an unguent to cutaneous affectionssuch as burns, scalds, felons, bunions, erysipelas, cuts and the Southern states it is commonly known as kings cur
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