ECHINA'CEA HETEROPHYL'LA. 
VARIABLE-LEAVED ECHINACEA. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. 
Natural Order. 
COJIPOS1TA2. 
Native of 
Heig'ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
If feet. 
October. 
Perennial. 
in 1829. 
No. 679. 
Echinacea is a word deduced from the Greek 
ECHINOS, a hedge-hog, in allusion to the bristly 
chaff of the receptacle. 
This is a bold handsome plant as a border orna- 
ment, nearly related to Rudbeckia ; indeed, by Li li- 
nens, it would have been considered as one of that 
genus. It was introduced from Mexico to the Royal 
Botanic Garden of Madrid, many years ago, but 
perished there, and seems to have been lost sight of 
by botanists, till seeds of it were imported by Mr. 
Lambert, and the late Mr. Barclay of Bury Hill, 
from which plants were raised and distributed to va- 
rious individuals in the neighbourhood of London. 
The Echinacea heterophylla has a tuberous root, 
which would be destroyed if exposed to the effects 
of frost, therefore it will be necessary to take it up, 
in autumn, and pot it, and give it protection in a 
well-secured cold frame, or in a house, till the fol- 
lowing May, when it should be again turned into 
the open ground. It should be planted at the foot 
of a southern wall, in a sandy soil. It does not 
admit of frequent division, but this is unimportant, 
since it may be raised from seeds. 
Sweet’s FI. Gard. s. 2, 22. 
