LETTER XXVI 



Evening Primroses Their Purity CEnothera Tarraxifolia CE. Mis- 

 souriensis CE. Fructicosa CE. Odorata The Mock Orange 

 Beauty of its Bloom Arranging Flowers Want of Taste in 

 Foral Decoration Pretty Combinations. 



l^th August, 1895. 



DEAR MARCO Hardly any flowers, that 

 I know, equal the evening primrose in 

 its exquisite purity : a charm which is, no 

 doubt, owing to the fact that their blooms 

 are so suddenly expanded and of so short 

 duration. To enjoy their spotless purity in 

 perfection you must rise very early in the 

 morning ; it is generally too dark when they 

 first open, in the evening, to see them pro- 

 perly, and they go off very soon after mid- 

 day. These flowers must expand very 



