(ENOTHE'RA SPECIO'SA. 
SHOWY (ENOTHERA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
onagraria:. 
Native of 
Heig^ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
feet. 
June, Sep. 
Perennial. 
in 1821. 
No. 339. 
For the derivation of the word QC nothera, see No. 
163. Speciosa, from the Latin, signifying hand- 
some, or showy. 
Unconscious of its habit, we first planted it, in 
spring, in a soil that was light and rich : the con- 
sequence was, that by autumn it had travelled seve- 
ral feet in each direction, by the agency of under- 
ground shoots. It then, obtrusively, sprung up in 
the acknowledged habitations of its neighbours, 
only to meet a decisive ejectment. The best prac- 
tice, therefore, is to plant it in a pot, which may be 
sunk in the border. It should then be repotted 
every spring, in preference to any other season. 
W ere vegetable beauties not held perfectly inno- 
cent of any trait of that vanity, which cynics pretend 
to discover in beauties of another class of creation, 
the (Enothera speciosa would stand accused by the 
same illnatured philosophers, of quitting its rightful 
domicil the better to display its attractions. 
This is a strongly marked variety of Nuttall's 
plant, of the same species. The latter has not 
been observed to perfect seeds in this country, whilst 
ours produces them freely. 
Hooker’s Ex. Flor. 80. 
Class. 
OCTANDRIA. 
