FOUR-O'CLOCK FAMILY 



dwellers of the night and fills the air with fragrance to guide them 

 to its stores of nectar. 



Ordinarily treated as an annual, the Four-o'clock is really a 

 perennial, and forms large tuberous roots not unlike those of 



Four-o'clock. MirdbiUs jal&pa 



the dahlia, which if stored with the dahlias and planted at the 

 same time in the spring will produce stronger plants and better 

 flowers than can be had from seed. The habit is bushy, and a row 

 of plants will readily develop into a hedge which will do duty until 

 frost comes. There are dwarf and compact varieties, also forms 

 with variegated foKage; all will thrive in any good garden soil. 



ABRONIA. SAND VERBENA 



Abrbnia umbellhta. 



Abronia, Greek, meaning graceful. 



A slender, prostrate herb of the western coast; sometimes cultivated. 

 California. Summer. 



5tew.— Prostrate, branching, jointed, tumid at the joints. 

 Leaves. — Opposite, ovate-oblong, thick, entire. 



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