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A FLORAL DIAL. 



" 'Twas a lovely thought to mark the hours, 



As they floated in light away, 

 By the opening and the folding flowers, 

 As they laugh to the summer's day. 



" Thus had each moment its own rich hue, 



And its graceful cup and bell, 

 In whose coloured vase might sleep the dew, 

 Like a pearl in an ocean shell." 



FLORAL DIAL. 



TIME AT WHICH THE FOLLOWING FLOWERS FOLD AND UNFOLD. 



Goat's Beard (Lat. syn. Tragopogon luteum), 

 Late-flowering Dandelion (Leontodon serotinum}, 

 Hawkweed (Picris echioides), 

 Alpine Hawk's-beard (Crepis Alpina), . 



Wild Succory (Cichorium intybus), . v , 



Naked-stalked Poppy (Papaver nudicaule,) 

 Copper-coloured Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva], . 

 Smooth Sow-thistle (Sonchus Icevis), 

 Blue-flowered Sow-thistle (Sonchus Alpinus\ 

 Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), . 

 Common Nipplewort (Lapsana communis], 

 Spotted Cat's-ear (Hypocharis maculata), 

 White Water-lily (Nymphata alba), 

 Garden Lettuce (Lactuca satzva), 

 African Marigold ( Tagetes erectd), 

 Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Hieracium piloscella), 

 Proliferous Pink (Dianthus proliferus), . 

 Field Marigold (Calendula arvensis}, . 

 Purple Sandwort (Arenaria purpurea\ . 



Creeping Mallow (Malva Caroliniana], . 

 Chickweed (Stellaria media\ . 



After this long digression, we return to our Evening 

 Primrose. 



Its large yellow flowers are disposed in clusters at the 



