COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



panula lactiflora alba and C. latifolia alba, Verbascum Chaixii 

 alba and Verbascum Miss Willmott, Lychnis Coronaria 

 alba and the many varieties of Chrysanthemum maximum. 



Of all the yellow flowers of midsummer none are so 

 indispensable as the Evening Primroses and the Mulleins. 

 They have a long period of blossoming— fully two months; 

 they are particularly adapted to our climate; and they are 

 singularly radiant and shining in effect. The round 

 blossoms of the Evening Primroses wear a full warm tone 

 of yellow. A few, like the wild species of the roadsides, 

 open at night only, and nearly all are more beautiful and 

 striking as the shadows lengthen. Oenothera fruticosa and 

 its variety Youngii form dense clumps of strong stems 

 clothed with lustrous foliage and bear in greatest pro- 

 fusion shining, bright yellow flowers. 0. glauca Fraseri 

 is dwarfer, only a foot in height and flowers later in the 

 season — sometimes well into September. The common 

 0. Lamarckiana, that sometimes reaches a height of six 

 feet, is well worth growing, though it is a furious seeder and 

 is best planted in half-wild places where its persistent colo- 

 nizing will be a delight to the eye and not a menace to one's 

 choicest treasures. I have a handsome tall Evening Prim- 

 rose, a form of Lamarckiana called Afterglow, that bloomed 

 lavishly the first year from seed and continued right up to 

 the arrival of frost. It is said to be perennial and hardy.* 



There are some trailing Evening Primroses with which 

 one may make a bank gay, or plant along the edges of the 

 borders. Two of these are 0. riparia and 0. missouriensis 



•A longer acquaintance with this plant proves that the roots are not hardy in the vicinity 

 of New York, but the seeds are entirely winter proof and as they are freely produced, there 

 are always plenty of young plants to be had each spring. 



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