SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDEXS. CHAP. 



501 . NETTLE, the red dead. Lat. Galeopsis ladanum. 

 Fr. Chambreuile commune. An annual plant common in 

 Europe, which grows one foot high, and blows a pretty 

 pink flower from July to October. Propagated by sowing 

 the seed in any soil. A very handsome plant. 



502. CENOTHERA, great Jlowered.Lat. (Enothera 

 grandiftora. Fr. Enothere a grandes fleurs. A biennial 

 plant originally from Virginia. It is generally three or 

 four feet high and blows in July, August and September, 

 a beautiful yellow flower. Any soil suits it, but it likes 

 a moist one and a sunny situation. Propagated by sowing 



the seed in a bed, but it also sows itself CENOTHERA, 



evening primrose. Lat. (Enothera biennis. Fr. Enothere 

 bisannuelle. From North America ; biennial j blows a 

 fine yelloyv flower from July to September. Likes a good 

 garden mould, but is not very nice as to soil} and it^ 

 should be sown in the spring in the place where it is to < 



blow the following year. CENOTHERA, purple. Lat. 



(Enothera purpurea. Fr. Enothtre pourpre. An American 

 annual, growing eighteen inches or two feet high, anill 

 blowing, from June to August, abundance of purple 

 flowers at the ends of its numerous stalks. Sow in the i 

 open ground early in Spring, in the place where it is ta: 

 blow. 



503. ONOSMA, hairy. Lat. Onosma echioides. Fr. 

 Onosma a feuilles de viper ine. A hardy perennial plantj 

 from the south of Europe, about a foot high, and blowr 

 a yellow flower in May. Propagated by seed sown in 

 the open earth. Likes a dry soil and, though hardy, 

 likes a little covering in very severe weather. 



