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Species. CEnoiherafruticosa and its varieties, Fraseri and Youngii, 

 have rich, golden yellow flowers produced freely from June through 

 September. It is one of the most commonly seen Evening Primroses, 

 growing 2 feet tall. 



CE. speciosa is the commoner white sort, of "lazy looking habit;" 

 the unopened buds are drooping. The flowers, as they mature, gradu- 

 aUy turn pink. The leaves are divided. 



CE. missouriensis. This startling species produces golden flowers, 

 5 inches across, upon low, trailing plants. The flowers are foUowed by 

 large, winged seed pods, so large for the size of the plant that they seem 

 unnatural. The foliage becomes reddish in the Autumn. This sort is 

 sometimes catalogued as CE. macrocarpa. 



CE. biennis and CE. Lamarckiana are biennials which have become 

 weeds in most gardens and for this reason they are not greatly admired 

 although they are praised in European catalogs for their height and 

 wealth of yeUow blooms. 



These plants open their flowers toward evening and close them 

 in the morning, hence their common name. Most of them, however, 

 are open through the day as weU as during the evening. 



Uses. Evening Primroses are handsome plants for the rockery, 

 for the border and for bedding designs. The flowers are fragrant and 

 therefore are useful as cut flowers. They are beautiful when massed 

 in front of shrubbery or planted in the wild garden, for the clusters 

 of flowers are very fragrant and the bees are always around them. 



Culture. CEnotheras sometimes become "weeds" because the 

 plants spread fast. They grow weU in any ordinary situation, in weU- 

 drained, moderately rich soil. They need moisture and the soil should 

 be prepared as deeply as it is possible to get good moisture. The 

 clumps need not be transplanted often. 



Propagation. Many of the species increase by producing small 

 tufted plants at the base of the old ones. When the plants are divided 

 it should be done in early Spring, in March or April. They are easily 

 grown from seeds. 



Papaver — Oriental Poppy, Iceland Poppy 



There are Poppies and Poppies, old-fashioned ones and new 

 varieties, and it would almost seem that they grow more dazzling and 

 more gorgeous each year. Perhaps they are grown in a greater number 



