186 SELECTION OF PLANTS. 



581. (ENOTHERA BIENNIS, var. GRANDIFLORA. Large- 



flowercd Evening Primrose. 



Class 8th. Octandria Monogyaia. 



This plant is not uncommon in gardens ; it is one of 

 the handsomest of all Biennials, and as easily managed as 

 the common (Enothera biennis itself. The seeds should 

 be sown at Midsummer; and the plants so obtained should 

 remain in the seed-bed till the next year, when they will 

 flower. It is a bad plan to transplant them, as it prevents 

 their blooming well ; and it is unnecessary, for if they are 

 thinned when young they will require no further care. 



582. CALCEOLARIA CRENATIFLORA. Crenate-fiowered 



Calceolaria. 



Class 2nd. Diandria Monogynia. 



It is an herbaceous plant, growing from a foot to two 

 feet high, and of a remarkably dark rich green in the 

 foliage ; is as hardy a species as any of the genus. Like 

 all the other species, plenty of air and a cool situation 

 when in the growing state are absolutely indispensable to 

 it ; for in no way do the whole of the herbaceous kinds 

 thrive so well near London as kept in pots in a cool shady 

 frame. It is increased by seeds, and by division of the 

 crown of the root. 



This is one of the handsomest of the Chilian Calceola- 

 rias. The plant was collected in the Island of Chiloe. 



583. XEROPHYLLUM SETIFOLIUM. Tough-leaved 

 Xerophyllum. 



Class 6th. Hexandria Monogynia. 

 A beautiful herbaceous plant, which blows in June and 



