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ana and others have been separated from this genus, and now 

 classed with Goodetias. 



O. grandiflora, Great-flowered Evening Primrose, is a 

 handsome border annual, with yellow flowers, from July to 

 October. Four feet high. A native of North America. 



O. nocturna. Night-smelling Primrose. An elegant half- 

 hardy biennial from the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pro- 

 fusely the first season, and may be considered and treated in 

 open air culture as a hardy annual, having a succession of 

 yellow flowers from July to October. Two feet high. 



O. tetraptera. White-flowered Evening Primrose. A 

 very beautiful prostrate-growing, hardy annual from Mexico. 

 One foot high, with a succession of pure white flowers from 

 July to September, which make their appearance after the sun 

 has descended the horizon, and perish before it rises in the 

 morning. 



O. longiflora, an elegant biennial, if the roots can be pre- 

 served through the winter., but generally cultivated as an 

 annual, with uncommonly large and showy yellow flowers from 

 July to October. A native of Buenos Ayres. Three feet high. 



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Poppy. 



" And the poppies red, 

 On their wistful bed, 

 Turn up their dark blue eyes to thee." 



Papaver rhceas. Corn Poppy, or African Rose. The spe- 

 cific name is from Greek, signifying to flow or fall, in allusion 

 to the quickly perishable nature of the flowers. It is a common 

 weed among grain on gravelly soils in England ; but, in its 

 double and semi-double varieties, it is one of the handsomest 

 of garden annuals ; sporting in a thousand different varieties 

 of scarlet, crimson, purple, pink, white, variegated, and parti- 



