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Old Time Gardens 
Linnaeus made a list of forty-six flowers which 
constituted what he termed the Horologe or Watch 
of Flora, and he gave what he called their exact hours 
of rising and setting. He divided them into three 
classes : Meteoric, Tropical, and Equinoctial flowers. 
Among those which he named are: — 
Opening Hour. 
Closing Hour. 
Dandelion . 
5—6 A.M. 
8—9 P.M. 
Mouse-ear Hawkweed . 
8 A.M. 
2 P.M. 
Sow Thistle 
5 A.M. 
I I — I 2 P.M. 
Yellow Goat-beard 
3-5 A - M - 
9-i° (?) 
White Water Lily 
7 A.M. 
7 P.M. 
Day Lily 
5 A.M. 
7-8 P.M. 
Convolvulus 
5—6 A.M. 
Mallow 
Q—IO A.M. 
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Pimpernel . 
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Portulaca 
9 —IO A.M. 
Pink ( Dianthus prolifer') 
8 A.M. 
I P.M. 
Succory 
4—5 A »M. 
Calendula . 
7 A. M. 
3-4 P - M * 
Of course these hours would vary in this country. 
And I must say very frankly that I think we should 
always be behind time if we trusted to Flora’s 
Horologe. This floral clock of Linnaeus was calcu- 
lated for Upsala, Sweden; De Candolle gave another 
for Paris, and one has been arranged for our Eastern 
states. 
