228 Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers 
and its location. A flower which has been visited 
and fertilized by moths will probably wilt more 
quickly than one which has been neglected, and 
Noon 
pall 
Fic. 644.—A flower-clock—morning. (Tentatively submitted.) 
Most of the morning hours and flowers are cited from a ‘'clock"’ compiled for 
France by Lamarck. They may need some correction for the more southern 
latitudes of the United States. 
the life of the blossom after daylight will be af- 
fected by the temperature and humidity of the 
morning. Honeysuckles generally keep their fresh 
looks all day, and with them a fragrance, fainter 
