Flora’s Dial
.I. Dial of flowers which open—
(a) The first twelve hours.
A.M.
Opens.
1.
(Scandinavian Sowthistic closes.)
2.
3.
Common Ox-tongue.
4.
Hawkweed; Late-flowering Dandelion; and Wild Succory.
5.
White Water-lily; Naked-stalked Poppy; and Smooth Sowthistle.
6.
Shrubby Hawkweed and Spotted Cat’s-ears.
7.
White Water-lily; Garden Lettuce: and African Marigold.
8.
Scarlet Pimpernel; Mouse-ear Hawkweed: and Proliferous Pink.
9.
10.
Red Sandwort.
11.
Noon.
Ice Plant.
P.M.
Opens.
1.
Common Purslane.
2.
(Purple Sandwort closes.)
3.
(Dandelion closes.)
4.
(White Spiderwort closes.)
5.
Julap.
6.
7.
(Naked-stalked Poppy closes.)
8.
9.
Cactus Opuntia.
10.
Purple Bindweed.
11.
Midnight.
(Late-flowering Dandelion closes.)
II. Dial of closing flowers—
(a) The first twelve hours.
A.M.
Closes.
1.
Scandinavian Sowthistle.
2.
3.
(Common Oxtongue opens).
4.
(Wild Succory opens.)
5.
(Several Sowthistles open.)
6.
7.
8.
Evening Primrose.
9.
Purple Bindweed.
10.
11.
Bethlehem Star (la dame dʹonze heures).
Noon.
Field Sowthistle.
P.M.
Closes.
1.
2.
Purple Sandwort.
3.
4.
White Spadewort and Field Bindwort.
5.
6.
7.
Naked-stalked Poppy.
8.
Orange Day-lily and Wild Succory.
9.
Convolvulus Linnæʹus and Chickweed.
10.
Common Nipple-wort.
11.
Smooth Sowthistle.
Midnight.
Creeping Mallow and Late Dandelion.