The American Botanist Vol 28

Excerpt from The American Botanist, Vol. 28: A Quarterly Journal of Economic and Ecological Botany; February, 1922 T is only in some old-fashioned garden where the owner has time and inclination to bother with them that one is likely to find the evening primroses. The fact that many of them are biennial has much to do with-their lack of popular ity for it is not always that one cares to wait two years for the seeds he sows to produce flowers, or to make new sowings. Each year, to keep up the supply of bloom. Moreover, the majority of species are, as their name indicates, evening bloom ers, with their noontide of life placed at that period of the day when twilight is turning to darkness. Most of the species, however, have such cheerful and. Conspicuous flowers, produced through such an extended blooming season that they may be regarded as quite worth planting even if they do open only at evening. The perennial species, and especially the day blooming kinds. Are, of course, among our most desirable bord er plants. All are easily grown from seeds. The flowers have long been noted for opening with a celerity that makes the whole process of blooming perceptible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.