. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 76 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. Sundrops, or The evening - primrose is a four- ETening-Frimrose, petalsd, pale-yellow flower which (EnotUrapumiia. q^q j^ay generally find on the road- side in early summer, or later. The variety (E. pumila I find very common on the meadows of Oampton in June. I have drawn a small piece of the plant, to show what is the general appearance of the flowers ; they are small and not nearly so pretty as the blos- soms of the later-blooming variety we most often meet beside the Evening-FrimroBe, (Enoihera
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 76 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. Sundrops, or The evening - primrose is a four- ETening-Frimrose, petalsd, pale-yellow flower which (EnotUrapumiia. q^q j^ay generally find on the road- side in early summer, or later. The variety (E. pumila I find very common on the meadows of Oampton in June. I have drawn a small piece of the plant, to show what is the general appearance of the flowers ; they are small and not nearly so pretty as the blos- soms of the later-blooming variety we most often meet beside the Evening-FrimroBe, (Enoihera biennis. The larger even- ing - primrose is common beside the road and in the pasture. It has a very lovely, pale, pure yellow blossom without a trace of orange on its petal. The peculiarity of this flower is that it opens about sunset, gives sundrops. ^^^^ ^ f^jjj^ perfumc, and then when broad daylight returns looks limp and with- ered ; this is true also of the charming Nicotiama affinis (tobacco). Of course, on cloudy days the primrose looks in better condition; but its only fault lies in its frailty. As a garden flower it is satisfac-. 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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