evening-campion

Updated: July 20, 2026

I will now give two further illustrations afforded by crosses of the ordinary campion. I used the red-flowered or day-campion, which is a perennial herb, and a smooth variety of the white evening-campion, which flowers as a rule in the first summer.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation

These curve outwards in the red campion, but lack this capacity in the evening-campion, diverging only until an upright position is reached. The combination of hairs, colors and teeth gives eight groups, and the counting of their respective numbers of individuals gave the following: Teeth Hairs Flowers of capsules Number % Calculated

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation