CENOTHE'RA RO'SEA. 
ROSY-FLOWEKED CENOTHERA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. AIONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Peru. 
2 feet. 
May &. Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1783. 
No. 1050. 
The derivation of CEnothera is given under No. 
1005. We would remind our young readers that 
the word, as generally spoken, is accented on the 
wrong syllable ; at least, by careless and unedu- 
cated persons. 
CEnothera rosea is an old plant, almost lost; 
except in colour it much resembles the generality 
of the genus ; its flowers possess a delicacy that is 
very pleasing, and when the plant is well grown in 
the borders, they become showy. Unlike some 
species of CEnothera, or Evening Primrose, its flow- 
ers continue in perfection through the whole day. 
In cultivation it possesses one advantage over 
many others, which is, that it may be grown as an 
annual, biennial, or perennial. It ripens seeds 
pretty freely, and if these be sown as soon as ripe, 
and the young plants kept in pots in a frame dur- 
ing winter, they will flower early in the following 
summer. Planted in a diy sandy soil, it bears 
our winters perfectly well ; again, it may be treat- 
ed as an annual, and if its early growth be accel- 
erated in a hotbed, it will become a pleasing orna- 
ment through the latter part of the summer. 
