. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 128 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. which is usually of a brown-madder color. The flower rays are a rich golden yellow, and have a graceful reflex curve; tlie flower stems are brownish, stiff, and rough to the touch. The plant grows about eighteen inch- es high. It blooms in July. Catchfly. The catchfly is Silene noctiflora. COmmon in waste grounds, and is easily identified by its two-parted, white petals. The variety I have sketched is called night- flowering, as the little bud opens only toward evening, or on cloudy days. It blooms side
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 128 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. which is usually of a brown-madder color. The flower rays are a rich golden yellow, and have a graceful reflex curve; tlie flower stems are brownish, stiff, and rough to the touch. The plant grows about eighteen inch- es high. It blooms in July. Catchfly. The catchfly is Silene noctiflora. COmmon in waste grounds, and is easily identified by its two-parted, white petals. The variety I have sketched is called night- flowering, as the little bud opens only toward evening, or on cloudy days. It blooms side by side with the evening primrose, and might easily be taken for a white variety of the latter flower by one who consults his imagination rath- er than his botany. But there is really no point of resem- blance between the flowers. This catchfly is the most. Eudbeckia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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