CENOTHE'RA DENSIFLORA, 
CLOSE-FLOWERED (ENOTHERA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRARI m.. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
California. 
3 feet. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1831. 
No. 540. 
The derivation of (Enothera has been previously 
noticed. The application of the specific name of 
our present plant, will be evident from a single 
glance at its densely-flowered spikes. 
Seeds of the CEnothera densiflora were first sent 
to this country by Mr. Douglas, the London Horti- 
cultural Society’s collector in America. The plant, 
in its habit, is unlike that of CEnothera; it partakes 
of that of epilobium, and in botanical character 
approaches the genus gaura. It cannot lay claim 
to the same admiration which some other species of 
(Enothera command — its flowers are far less splen- 
did, but its tall and upright growth render it a suit- 
able ornament for the back of the border and other 
positions, where the other species would be useless. 
It is thus that almost every plant offers its useful- 
ness in the garden, just as individuals, in society, are 
each of them advantageous to the community, whilst 
employed in the stations to which they really be- 
long. 
This annual is of the easiest culture. It should be 
sown in spring, but a few plants may be raised in 
autumn, for early flowering. 
Bot. Reg. 1593. 
