EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY 



ones were lovely and fragrant last night, the struggling 

 buds will open as the sun goes down to-day, and the 

 flower call of fragrance will summon to its side the 

 winged rangers of the night. 



Evening-Primrose. Onagra biennis 



As summer goes on toward autumn the plant 

 becomes a coarse, unhappy-looking creature, but in 

 early summer, in its youth and beauty, it is attractive, 

 and at any time it is worth while to give a half-hour 

 some evening to see its blossoms burst their bonds. 

 The flower structure is fourfold; four sepals, four 

 petals, eight stamens, and a four-celled ovary. The 



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