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than that which lured the sphinx-moth, but deli- 

 cious still. But they do not survive a torrid and 

 glaring noon. Evening-primroses, if the morning 



MIDNIGHT 



FIG. 643. A flower-clock afternoon and evening. 

 (Tentatively submitted.) 



The post-meridial half of the clock is compiled from the author's observations in 

 garden and field in the states of Ohio and New York. 



is cloudy, or if they grow in the shade, are pretty 

 until midday, but if ardent sunshine reaches them 

 they wilt much earlier, while the day-lilies re- 

 main crisp and fragrant till twilight falls again. 



