(ENOTHE'RA PU'MILA. 



DWARF (ENOTHERA. 

 Class. Order. 



OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



ONAGRARI&. 



No. 35. 



From two Greek words OINOS and THERA, the 

 first signifying wine, and the second a pursuit, in 

 consequence of the dried roots acquiring the flavour 

 of wine. Pumila, from the Latin, little. 



(Enothera has, by different authors, been accent- 

 ed on the antepenultimate, and on the penultimate 

 syllable : the latter agrees best with the derivation. 



Though this is the smallest (Enothera that we 

 are acquainted with, it forms a pretty ornament 

 amongst rock- work, and plants of like size; and we 

 find it possess this advantage, that whilst blossom- 

 ing through the hottest months, it rarely suffers by 

 drought. 



It is easily increased by parting the roots in 

 spring or autumn; but it will produce much finer 

 plants, and flower better, when raised from seeds. 

 Miller directs that they be sown in autumn, in pots, 

 placed under a hotbed frame until the spring, when 

 the plants will appear : when fit to remove, plant a 

 few in small pots, to be sheltered under a common 

 frame in winter; others may be set in a sheltered 

 border, and the following summer they will produce 

 flowers and seeds in plenty. 



Hort.Kew.2, v.2, 343. 



