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growing on the plant. They should be placed in a 

 sunny position in the house, however, otherwise the 

 flowers will remain closed, as they do at night and on 

 cloudy days in the open. The plants are easily raised 

 from seed, which may be started early in the house or 

 hotbed and planted out in May, or the seed may be 

 planted in the open ground in May, but earlier flowers 

 are obtained by the first method. The Arctotis is 

 much given to coming up self-sown, so that once 

 established in the garden one is likely to have a per- 

 manent supply of it, though it never comes up freely 

 enough to be troublesome. 



If one is so fortunate as to have a secluded, unoc- 

 cupied spot in garden or lawn, near to a summer 

 house or garden seat, he may plant here those flowers 

 of the dusk which, shunning the glare and publicity 

 of the day, fold close their petals until the shades of 

 night draw a protecting screen about them when, lo, 

 there spring open to the night blossoms of white and 

 of gold, of crimson and pink, filling the air with their 

 perfume. 



All fragrant flowers are more searching and subtle 

 in their fragrance when wet with the dew, but a few 

 only unfold their sweetness to the night. Among the 

 few night bloomers probably the best known is the 

 old garden favorite, the four o'clock, which opens its 

 flowers about that time in the day, continuing in bloom 

 until the following morning. These are quite robust 



