The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
known as the day lily" the delight o.
the farmers wife.
cr<rry SEVEN PLANTS.

known as the DAY my NH0 NS"o"N
the farmers wife.
SIXTY SEVEN PLANTS.
There are sixty-seven flowers that
have their times for blooming. Ihis time
varies little. according to iautuue.
I'm, except in either an extremely not
or a piercing cold region, TINS docs hot
change. For instance. the yellow goat
beard OF the meadows closes promptly AT
~ noon In France as well as mere III
Scotland the goats beard is used Tor dls-
missing school in very poor dislIlc's'
where neither teacher nor scholars nave
a watch, and where the township Is 100
moor TO furnish any other umepiece' III
England the o'clock is as well known
in poetry as II is here and Is preserves
&c namesake hour as accurately.
Mrs John ID. Rockefeller is what Is
known as an inveterate botanlst. She
cultivates flowers in season and out OF
season. She is an authority upon plants
and could. If she would write a very
GOOD botany for common use. 1t Is sald
she taught botany before she married
che Young bookkeeper who can now az
ford TO hire botanisis 10 teach his wiie'
In the clock that has been designed FOR
the Rockefeller estate by the ONO lanu-
scape gardener, the hands" point 10
half past 5 IN the morning. They are
made of the common yellow dandenchs.
These flowers have a trick OF opening az
precisely $50 in the morning, ana OF
closing at $50 at night They are light
,ovino flowers. and do not care whether
the sun shines or not. They open with
the light and close when it goes away.
The dandelon is the most accurate ol
ali t,mepieces. and In a typical horai
clock the hands should be OF this hover
for they show exactly when day peslhs
for the floral world.
Tha > o'clock hand is made OF the COM
mon hawkwced. which closes promptly
al in the afternoon. ii opens AT III
the morning, but when the sun gets
around TO 2 1t closes up at the hour 10
a second. ..,,
BURDETr-C OUTrS CLOCK.
In making a floral clock there is some
doubt attached TO the laying OF II out
,rhe Baroness Burdett-Coutts has one
mat was planned to show the hours the
oowers closed. II you looked at the
o,clock placc. you would see "a ltle
white flower with a fluffy stalk rms
was the snow thistle OF the meadow.
Al O'Clock IL could be relied upon 10
double up its snowy petals and foldihs
its fun. shrink back into little haru
stalks OF green.
AT 2 o'clock on the Burdett-Coutts
clock the hawkweed closed. Al the
morning glories began 10 shrivei. TWIN
ing around their sticks planted at the 3
o'clock place. and at o'clock the little
four-o'clocks got In their self-appointed
task OF closing up. IL was more dificult
when Il came 20 the midnight flowers
b,,t there are night-closing and moon
light-opening plants OF the tropical varie-
ties that were utilized.
II is generally found that the dollhouse.
or cultivated varieties OF plants, do not
omen and close with any regularity. but
those of the meadows and forests can
10 depended upon. Like the birds. they
preserve their own time OF awakening.
A homely little plant, the snow thistle.
Is the most accurate IN the IL O'Clock
hour. This plant OF the pasture opens
regularly at and begins 20 close at ii
O'Clock. slowly completing the work by
the time the II O'Clock whistles are
sounding.
The architect who has prepared the
foral clock for the Rockefeller estate
has rcsorted 10 these wild flowers I'm
cultivated state. BY taking the thisiles.
the "weeds." the goat-beards and other
common wild flowers into lighthouses
and caring for them much larger
variety can be grown, more brilliant
IN color and more fragrant. And this
without sacrificing the time-keeplng quail
tiles. There are also some close relatives
OF these flowers that are in state OF
cultivation and still keep opening ana
closing. The day lily has cousins OF the
lliy family that DO this.
A FLORAL KEY.
The waite lily Is another accurate open
ar and closer. II opens when the sun
vises and closes when II sets. BY con-
quitting an almanac for the hours OF sun
~ saa sunset yen learn exactly tHs