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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
Blossoms for Each of the Twenty-four Hours 
(As Illustrated Opposite) 
Should one wish a unique flower arrangement, a planting around a pool 
can be planned so that blossoms will come into flower each succeeding hour, 
beginning with the 
Ragged Poppy - - 
- at 3 A. M. 
Dandelion and Potato - 
at 
1 P. M. 
Swamp Rose - - - 
- at 4 A.M. 
Whiteday Waterlily - - 
at 
2 P. M. 
Black Night Shade - 
- at 5 A. M. 
Iris ....... 
at 
3 P. M. 
Hemerocallis Lemon 
Four o’Clocks - - - - 
at 
4 P. M. 
Daylily .... 
- at 6 A.M. 
Evening Primrose 
Morning Glories - - 
- at 7 A. M. 
(Oenothera) ... 
at 
5 P. M. 
Deanthus (Pinks) 
- at 8 A. M. 
Jimson Weed (Datura) - 
at 
6 P. M. 
Marigolds - - - - 
Night Blooming Cereus 
at 
7 P. M. 
Poppies. 
Honesty. 
at 
8 P. M. 
Purslane .... 
Night Blooming Jasmine 
at 
9 P. M. 
Thistles. 
While the Pink, White and Yellow Tropical Waterlilies unfurl in suc¬ 
cession from 10 P. M. until 3 A. M., and on moonlight nights the Yuccas 
open their pyramids of white bells, glistening under the moon’s rays with 
unusually satiny sheen. 
