(ENOTHE'RA RO'SEO-ALBA. 
RED AND WHITE (ENOTHERA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDBIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Nahiral Order. 
ONAGRARIA. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Nepal. 
15 inches. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1827. 
No. 365. 
The word (Enothera is explained under No. 163. 
Roseo-alba refers to the colour of the flower. 
The great number of species contained in this 
genuSj nearly all of which are perfectly hardy; and 
the peculiar beauty of the greatest portion of them, 
will afford ample apology for the appearance of 
anotlier ffinothera so early. The variable combi- 
nation of rose-colour and white, in this species, is 
much admired. W e represent its most usual appear- 
ance, but it is oftentimes produced with an addi- 
tional stain of red upon each petal, in the manner 
of Oenothera Lindleyana. True hybrids between 
these two species have been produced, which have 
been observed to be peculiarly attractive. 
In cultivation it will be found rather more fasti- 
dious than some others, as it seems neither to bear 
continued drought or a wet season, without betray- 
ing some symptoms of injury. It succeeds best 
when sown in the open ground, in April ; and in the 
mixed borders, not more than one or two plants 
should be left in each place. They may be set about 
eighteen inches apart, when grown on separate beds; 
where they w ill afford a very gay effect. 
92 Sweet’s FI. Gar. 268. 
