GAU'RA BIEN'NIS. 



BIENNIAL GAURA. 

 Class. Order. 



OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order, 



ONAGRARIJE. 



No. 75. 



The term Gaura has been deduced from the Greek 

 GAUROS, signifying pompous or stately. Biennis, 

 from its duration being of two years only. 



This stately herbaceous plant has very properly 

 been name Gaura, from its free and lofty growth, 

 its luxuriant branches, and its display of showy 

 flowers in the evening. Though each corolla that 

 expands in the afternoon, closes on the following 

 morning, yet its gaity is maintained by the conti- 

 nued extension of its flowering stems, and the pro- 

 duction of numerous young branches, which also 

 yield their proportion of blossoms. 



Seeds of the Gaura biennis may be sown in the 

 autumn as soon as ripe, or at the latter end of Feb^ 

 ruary. The young plants should be kept thin and 

 free from weeds during the summer ; and in the au- 

 tumn be carefully transplanted where they are to 

 remain. In the following summer they will produce 

 their lofty flowering stems, which should be pro- 

 perly confined to strong upright supporters, in order 

 that they may be effectually protected against the 

 rude winds that frequently occur in September and 

 despoil their beauty. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 344. 



