190 SELECTION OF PLANTS. 



.593. (ENOTHERA TENELLA, var. TENUIFOLIA. Large 

 Purple Chilian Evening Primrose. 



Class 8th. Octandria Monogynia. 



A hardy Annual of great beauty, requiring no particular 

 treatment, and ripening seeds in abundance. It flowers in 

 July and August with beautiful purple blossoms. 



It is a native of Chile. 



594. CALCEOLARIA RUGOSA. Sage-leaved Slipper-flower. 



Class 2nd. Diandria Monogynia. 



It is a half-hardy plant, requiring in the winter no pro. 

 tection beyond a cold frame, or even a roof that extends 

 over the border in which it is planted. It flowers all the 

 summer, producing an abundance of yellow flowers, with 

 brownish purple branches. 



It is a native of Chile. 



595. AMELANCHIER FLORIDA. Many -flowered 



Amelanchier. 



Class 12th. Icosandria Pentagynia. 



It forms a handsome hardy shrub in the way of the 

 Snowy Mespilus ; is propagated by layers, and produces 

 its bloom in May. 



It is a native of North-west America. 



596. CALLIPRORA LUTEA. Yellow Pretty-face. 



Class 6th. Hexandria Monogynia. 



A very handsome, and a hardy bulbous plant, growing 

 freely in a shaded peat border, and flowering in July ; it is 

 propagated by offsets, which it produces pretty freely ; it 



