ALPINE FLOWERS FOR GARDENS 



[PART II. 



best, some coming into bloom a second 

 time in late summer. They have 

 large bright yellow or white flowers, 

 freely borne. Although known as 

 Evening Primroses, many of them are 

 open during the day, such as (E. 

 tinearis, speciosa, taraxaeifolia. Most 

 of them are natives of states west of 

 Mississippi, California, Utah, Missouri, 

 .and Texas. All will bloom the first 

 year from seed sown early. 



(Enothera csespitosa. A dwarf plant, 

 12 inches high, flowering in May, 4 inches 

 to 5 inches across, white, gradually chang- 

 ing to a delicate rose ; as evening ap- 

 proaches, coming well above the jagged 

 leaves, retaining their beauty all night, 

 and emitting a Magnolia-like odour. It 

 is a hardy perennial, and is increased by 

 suckers from the roots, and by cuttings, 

 which root readily. Syn., (E. marginata. 



CEnothera Csespitosa. 



CE. fruticosa (Sundrops). This and its 

 varieties are among the finest of perennials, 



1 foot to 3 feet high, with showy yellow 

 blossoms. There are about half a dozen 

 distinct varieties, one of the best being 

 Youngi, about 2 feet high, bearing many 

 yellow blossoms. It is one of the best 

 of yellow Evening Primroses for small 

 beds, for edgings, or as a groundwork for 

 other plants, and it goes on flowering even 

 after the first frosts. 



CEnothera glauca is a handsome North- 

 American species, allied to fruticosa. It is 

 of sub-shrubby growth, becomes bushy, and 

 bears yellow flowers. The variety Fraseri 

 is a still finer plant, and where an at- 

 tractive mass of yellow is desired through 

 the summer, there are few hardy plants 

 of easy cultivation so effective. In a 

 large rock-garden a few plants here and 

 there give good colour, and the plants 

 bloom long. 



05. Missouriensis (Missouri Evening 

 Primrose). A noble, hardy herbaceous 

 perennial, with prostrate, rather downy 

 stems, entire leaves, their margins and 

 nerves covered with silky down, and 

 with clear yellow flowers", 4 to nearly 

 5 inches in diameter, borne so freely that 

 the plant covers the ground with its 

 flowers. As the seed is but rarely per- 

 fected, it is increased by careful division, 

 or by cuttings made in April. It does not 

 make such a free growth in cold clayey 

 soils as it does in warm light ones, and 

 it is best on the lower flanks of the rock- 

 garden. North America. The blooms open 

 best in the evenings. Syn., (E. macrocarpa. 



(E. speciosa (Pale Evening Primrose). 

 A handsome plant, with many large white 

 flowers, which afterwards change to a 

 delicate rose, in these respects somewhat 

 resembling (E. taraxaeifolia^ but the plant 

 is erect, with almost shrubby stems. It 

 forms neat tufts, usually from 14 to 18 

 inches high, is a true perennial, and valu- 

 able for borders or the rougher parts of the 

 rock-garden. A native of North America ; 

 increased by division, cuttings, or seeds, 

 but not seeding freely in this country, 

 and thriving in well-drained loam. 



(E. taraxacifolia. One of the most 

 beautiful of our dwarf hardy plants, with 

 rather stout stems, that freely trail over 

 the ground, bearing a profusion of large 

 flowers. The leaves are deeply cut, some- 



