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tory just as portulaca is ; but 

 neither the evening-primrose 

 nor the bright-hued portu- 

 laca are satisfactory flowers 

 to pick. The tall, straight- 

 stemmed plant has an aver- 

 age height of three feet. It 

 blooms all summer. 

 WUd Geranium. The wild ge- 

 ranium, which 



maculatum. 



the 



English 



usually call wild cranesbill, is 

 a pale purple flower about as 

 delicate in character as the 

 evening-primrose ; some bot- 

 anists do not hesitate to call 

 its color pink. But Gray is 

 right — it is light purple. I 

 found it growing by the road- 

 side, its dainty purple flow- 

 ers in company with the yel- 

 low blossoms of the pretty 

 cinquefoil. The plant grows 

 about fifteen inches high ; 

 its leafage is light green, with 

 portions spotty and brownish- 

 looking, and the unopened 



Evening -Primrose. 



