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"Evening primrose" Quotes from Famous Books

... all, a flower which seems to be at home even in a city garden, is the evening primrose, an American plant, which does not belong to the family of the true primroses. But the flowers have a primrose tint, and they are slightly fragrant, opening usually about six or seven in the evening, though an occasional bud may expand during the day. The flower ...

— Chatterbox, 1906 • Various

... at its height, The evening primrose greets its light With grace and joy: then opens up The mimic moon within its cup. Tall trees, as high as Babel tower, Throw down their shadows to the flower— Shadows that shiver—seem to see ...

— The Art of Letters • Robert Lynd

... found along the Delaware River, growing luxuriantly, with tall, waving stems two to four feet high. The clover-like flowers, in long, loose racemes, terminating the branches, were so fragrant that, like the yellow evening primrose, the scent was noticeable long before one perceived the flowers. And, strange to tell, sweet clover was never known to grow in this locality until the seed was washed up on the bank of the river some ten or twelve years previous to the date of my story, when ...

— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

Words linked to "Evening primrose" : herbaceous plant, Onagraceae, common evening primrose, Missouri primrose, herb, Oenothera macrocarpa, Oenothera biennis, enchanter's nightshade, Ozark sundrops, Oenothera fruticosa, evening-primrose family, sundrops, family Onagraceae, German rampion