(ENOTHE'RA PURPU'REA. 



PURPLE-FLOWERED (ENOTHERA. 

 Class. Order. 



OCTANDRIA. MONOOYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



ONAGRARI*. 



No. 79. 



The derivation of the term CEnothera, from the 

 Greek, has been noticed under No. 35. Purpurea, 

 purple, indicative of the colour of the flower. 



This herbaceous plant, forms a pretty contrast, 

 both in flower and foliage, to the usual variety of 

 annuals which furnish our borders and mounts at its 

 own period of flowering. 



It is of moderate growth, never rising into ex- 

 treme luxuriance, to the destruction of other subjects 

 near to it, and generally supports itself without 

 assistance. 



The greater part of this genus expand their flow- 

 ers in the evening, and their beauty fades on being 

 exposed to the rays of the sun next morning. The 

 present species, however, possesses the advantage 

 of supporting its expanded flowers through the 

 whole of the day. 



Though frequently considered as a tender annual, 

 the (Enothera purpurea usually succeeds best when 

 sown in light rich soil where it is to flower. Or it 

 may be sown on a seed bed in March or April, and 

 transplanted into the flowering compartment when 

 the plants are two or three inches high. 

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



