The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-05-04
FLOWERS that
BLOOM IN NIGHT
Many Blossoms OF Rare Beauty
That Unfold When the
Sun Has set.
THE QUEEN OF NIGHT
No Flower Can Compare with the Gao.
tus That Grows on the Plains
Of Mexico, but its Glory Is
ShortiiVed.

London Globe: II Is not only In the
animal worid-amonR men and beasts
and blrds-that We have individuals
who turn night into day" and are In
their brightest and most attractive
phase during the hours OF darkness
There are also certain members OF the
plant community To which the evening
shadows do not suggest repose. but
which find In them instead only
stimulus TO increasing activity and ef-
fort. And thes. flowers OF the night"
are n most interesting group. for
though they are not bound together by
any ties OF family affinity. they have
many little ways and curious character
istics In common.
The evening primrose Is perhaps one
Of the most familiar night flowers. Dur
Ing the day IL IN apt To have slight
ly dtsxipated look for the flowers get
limp an the sun rises In the sky. To
sce 70 I'm iis beauty we must visit IL
In the evening-say. toward Z o'clock
for the green buds then begin To burst
open one after another and four large.
delicate yellow petals pop out OF each
and spread themselves like yellow stars.
Moreover. a sweet fragrance. absent all
day. grows strong an the dusk falls.
and II IN at this time that the flower
10 I'm It's most radiant beauty. hut II
10 q beauty that IN short lived: birth,
maturity and death are all comprised
In less than q complete days cycle. for
By the next evening the lovely fragile
petals are hanging In shabby rags and
other buds are just making their debut.
Some OF the thorn apples with their
fine white trumpet shapes flowers, and
likewise the marvel OF Peru. which
halls from America. also bloom nj
night and die next day I'm the day
light: while the tobacco plants are well
known night MOWERS. Mt their freshest
and best in the hours OF darkness. for
when their buds FIRST open and the
honeysuckle like scent In frst out
poured, 10 In only to meet the cleaning
OF n summer evening.
The CatehHy.
A flower OF the night which has par
ticulariy fascinating and Willy habits IL
one OF the catchfiies OF champions
namely. that known AZ the Nottingham
catchfiy. It's flowers have three times
the span OF life allotted 10 those OF the
evening primrose. for each makes It's
appearance on three successive nights.
The FIRST evening the bud opens. and
all through the night the pretty white
bloom stands out In the darkness like
ten-rayed star. and a delicate scent ex-
hales: but about . o'clock In the morn
Ing. when the dawn In breaking. IL
droops It's petal rays until they hang
down crumpled and withered looking.
and the miserable daylight look or the
flower is intensified. because the out
side OF the petals 10 not white. but
dirty gray. when evening comes again
there In a transformation reminding us
OF certain 'gas-iight' beauties. The APP
parentiy dead petals recover AZ the
duak closes around them. and again
In the darkness the star-like flower
shows It's real nature and pours out It's
scent. And so the night passes, the
plant radiant and attractive. al the
dawn gives the signal for the droop OF
the petals, and then. like Cinderella. Il