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at night are especially handsome, but some of the other 

 kinds are almost equally worth growing. 



In addition to the evening primroses already referred 

 to, there are several other very attractive species, some 

 being delightfully fragrant. They are quite easily 

 grown in almost any soil, and night-gardeners should 

 cultivate all of them. Oenothera eximia, which likes a 

 light soil, is one of the best of the white-flowered kinds, 

 its scent somewhat resembling that of the magnolia. 

 Oe. speciosa (white to rose), Oe. odorata (yellow), Oe. 

 fruticosa (yellow), Oe. macrocarpa (yellow), Oe. biennis 

 grandijlora (yellow), and Oe. triloba (yellow) are but a 

 few names. Some of the evening primroses remain 

 more or less open in the daytime, in which case they 

 are usually visited by bees as well as by their guests of 

 the night. 



The catchflies are a family of night-bloomers, and 

 their relative, the Soapwort {Saponaria officinalis), re- 

 sembles them in this respect, for its large rosy flowers 

 open and become fragrant much after the manner of 

 those of &ilene nutans. The common pinks, too, which 

 are allied plants, yield increased fragrance during the 

 hours between sunset and sunrise, and are then fre- 

 quently visited by moths. 



The petunias are not often capable of being grown as 

 hardy perennials in English gardens, but are easily 

 grown as half-hardy annuals. They lend much beauty 

 and fragrance to the night-garden, the white P. 

 nyctanigifiora being especially good. All the scented 

 pelargoniums are delightful, the night-scented P. triste 

 and P. atrum being as good as any. The hardy 

 terrestrial orchids, Habenaria bifolia and H. chlorantha, 

 which yield their spicy fragrance at night, are easily 

 grown in the bog garden, or indeed in any damp shady 

 place if plenty of leaf-mould be mixed with the soil. 



Although usually to be seen only under glass, it 



