. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. 296 ONAGRAOEAE (EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY) doff her soft green hood and blossom — with a silken burst of ; Sweet odors pour from the pale yellow cups and attract the night-flying moths, which fer- tilize the flowers, and in the morning sunlight the blossoms droop and wither. Capsules an inch or more long, four-celled, slightly hairy, splitting at the top into a slender, vase-like shape; they
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. 296 ONAGRAOEAE (EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY) doff her soft green hood and blossom — with a silken burst of ; Sweet odors pour from the pale yellow cups and attract the night-flying moths, which fer- tilize the flowers, and in the morning sunlight the blossoms droop and wither. Capsules an inch or more long, four-celled, slightly hairy, splitting at the top into a slender, vase-like shape; they sway on the tall stalks all winter and birds de- stroy many of the seeds in their foraging. (Fig. 206.) Means of control Cutting crown leaves from the roots with spud or hoe in the first season; close cutting of flowering stalks while in early bloom; plants with capsules formed Fig. 206.— Evening should be cut and burned, as they ripen Primrose (CEnothera bien- .t . n nis). X i. °n tne staI^s-. SUNDROPS (Enothhra fruticdsa, L. {Kneiffia fruticdsa, Raimann) Other English names: Day Primrose, Perennial Primrose. Native. Perennial. Propagated by seeds. Time of bloom: June to August. Seed-lime: August to October. Range: Nova Scotia to Minnesota, southward to Georgia and Louisiana. Habitat: Dry soil; fields, meadows, and waste places. Stems rather slender, one to three feet tall, usually branched, finely hairy or sometimes smooth. Leaves alternate, oblong to lance-shaped, with few and shallow teeth, somewhat hairy, the lower ones with petioles, those on the stem sessile, the upper ones nearly linear. Flowers in terminal, leafy-bracted spikes, the blos- soms sometimes nearly two inches broad, the petals notched at the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 1859-1921. New York :
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