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(ENOTIIERA* bifroiis. 

 The Spotted Blush CEnothera. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Onagraui.t. /mss, (^Introduction to the natural srjstevi of 

 Botany, p. .5(1.) 



(EN OTHER A. —Supra, vol. 2. fol. 147. 



Garden Variety. 



This very interesting variety was obtained in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, by Mr. James Ewing, between 

 Q^. roseo-aiba and (E. Lindleyana. To the fine lull flower 

 of the former it adds the deep crimson spots of the latter ; 

 and in mode of growth is, as it were, intermediate between 

 the two, — less bushy than (E. roseo-alba, more erect than 

 QS. Lindleyana. A great number of slightly different varie- 

 ties was raised from the same parcel of seed ; but the best 

 of them was certainly that now figured. Whether its pecu- 

 liarities can be perpetuated by seed, remains to be seen; 

 our knowledge of it extending only to the first season of its 

 appearance. Like its parents, it is a hardy annual, growing 

 freely in common garden soil. Its beauty will probably 

 be increased if cultivated in poor gravelly earth, and is 

 likely to be diminished in proportion as the soil is rich. 



* See fol. 1142. 



