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ON DIAL PLANTS. 



ARTICLE V.— ALTST AND DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS WHOSE 

 FLOWERS INDICATE THE HOUR OF THE DAY. 



BY MR. JAMES BROWNE, DERSINGHAM, NORFOLK. 



I take the liberty of sending the following extract for the use of your 

 readers if you think it worthy a place in the cabinet. 



" Among curious collections, it may be desirable to assemble the 

 dial plants, or such as indicate the hour of the day by closing or 

 opening; a list has already, been given by Linnaeus in the Philosophia 

 Botanica: but the following are plants generally known and easily pro- 

 cured, and are sufficient to form a botanist's dial in Britain. 



NAME OF PLANTS 



Tragopogon pratensis. . . . *• 



Leontodon serotinus 



Helmenthia echioides .... 



Boikhausia alpina 



Cichorium Intybus 



Fapaver nudiraule 



Hemerocallis fulva , 



Sonchus lcevis 



Agathyrsus alpinus 



Convolvulus arvensis 



Lapsana communis 



Leontodon taraxacum 



Achyrophorus maculatus ... 



Nymphsea alba 



Lactuca sativa , 



Tagetes erecta 



Anagalis arvensis 



Hieracium pilosella . . .* . 



Dianthus prolifer 



Calendula arvensis 



Arenarea purpurea 



Portulaca oleracea 



Malva Carolinians 



Stellaria media 



The above might be planted in a department by themselves, and 

 would form an object of great interest to all lovers of Nature, 



While I have pen in hand, I must express my disapprobation of 

 botanists continually changing the names of plants, names that have 

 been transmitted to us by our forefathers. Our old favorites have now 



