Chapter VII: Part 7

+-------------------------------------------+--------+---------+ | Names of Plants. |Hours of|Hours of | | |Opening.|Shutting.| +-------------------------------------------+--------+---------+ |Yellow Goat’s Beard (_Tragopogon | | | | luteum_) | 3 | | | | | | |Common Base Hawkweed, (_Crepis | | | | tectorum_) | 4 | | | | | | |Field Sowthistle, (_Sonchus agrestis_) | 5 | | | | | | |Dandelion (_Leontodon Taraxacum_) | 5 | | | | | | |Alpine Base Hawkweed, (_Crepis | | | | alpina_) | 5 | | | | | | |Naked-stalked Poppy (_Papaver | | | | nudicaule_) | 5 | | | | | | |Orange Day-lily (_Hemerocallis fulva_) | 5 | | | | | | |Red Hawkweed (_Hieracium rubrum_) | 5-6 | | | | | | |Meadow Goshmore (_Hypochæris | | | | pratensis_) | 6 | | | | | | |Red Base Hawkweed, (_Crepis rubra_) | 6-1/2 | | | | | | |White Water Lily (_Nymphæa alba_) | 7 | | | | | | |White Spiderwort (_Anthericum album_) | 7 | | | | | | |Tongue-leafed Mesembryanthemum | | | | (_M. linguiforme_) | 7-8 | | | | | | |Bearded Mesembryanthemum | | | | (_M. barbatum_) | 8 | | | | | | |Dandelion (_Leontodon Taraxacum_) | | 8-9 | | | | | |Yellow Goat’s Beard (_Tragopogon | | | | luteum_) | | 9 | | | | | |Field Marigold (_Calendula arvensis_) | 9 | | | | | | |Single-flowered Hawkweed (_Hieracium | | | | Pilosella_) | 9 | | | | | | |Red Pink (_Dianthus prolifer_) | 9 | | | | | | |Red Sandwort (_Arenaria rubra_) | 10 | | | | | | |Ice Plant (_Mesembryanthemum | | | | crystallinum_) | 10 | | | | | | |Common Base Hawkweed (_Crepis | | | | tectorum_) | ... | 11 | | | | | |Alpine Base Hawkweed (_Crepis | | | | alpina_) | ... | 11 | | | | | |Field Sowthistle (_Sonchus agrestis_) | ... | 12 | | | | | |Red Pink (_Dianthus prolifer_) | ... | 1 | | | | | |Red Base Hawkweed (_Crepis | | | | rubra_) | ... | 1 | | | | | |Bearded Mesembryanthemum | | | | (_M. barbatum_) | ... | 2 | | | | | |Single-flowered Hawkweed (_Hieracium | | | | Pilosella_) | ... | 2 | | | | | |Red Sandwort (_Arenaria rubra_) | ... | 3 | | | | | |Field Marigold (_Calendula arvensis_) | ... | 3 | | | | | |Tongue-leafed Mesembryanthemum | | | | (_M. linguiforme_) | ... | 3 | | | | | |Red Hawkweed (_Hieracium rubrum_) | ... | 4 | | | | | |Ice Plant (_Mesembryanthemum | | | | crystallinum_) | ... | 4 | | | | | |White Spiderwort (_Anthericum | | | | album_) | ... | 4 | | | | | |Meadow Goshmore (_Hypochæris | | | | pratensis_) | ... | 5 | | | | | |White Water Lily (_Nymphæa | | | | alba_) | ... | 6 | | | | | |Naked-stalked Poppy, (_Papaver | | | | nudicaule_) | ... | 7 | | | | | |Orange Day-lily, (_Hemeroeallis | | | | fulva_) | ... | 8 | +-------------------------------------------+--------+---------+

It is, of course, impossible to ensure the accurate going of such a dial, because the temperature, the dryness, and the dampness of the air, have a considerable influence on the opening and shutting of flowers.

THE END.