ZIN NIA ELEGANS. 
ELEGANT ZINNIA. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Mexico. 
2| feet. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1829. 
No. 549. 
Zinnia is a name established after a German bot- 
anist and anatomist of the name of Zinn. The 
The name violacea,in lieu of elegans, has sometimes 
been used ; but as well as paradoxical, it is of sub- 
sequent adoption to elegans. 
This variety of the Zinnia elegans is an ornament 
in the garden of so splendid a character that we 
are desirous of introducing it more generally to 
notice. The intense brilliancy of the colour that 
it sometimes produces exceeds that of any flower 
we have ever seen; but it should be observed that 
it occurs of various depths of tint; the pale scar- 
let being the most vivid. 
It is probable that this beautiful variety origina- 
ted in Mexico, whence seeds were first imported by 
the London Horticultural Society. It has been dis- 
tributed, subsequently, from the Continent. 
It should not be forgotten that although only an- 
nual, it may be increased by cuttings, taken before 
the stem has become too hard and woody. Seed- 
lings, forwarded by artificial heat, should be re- 
moved into a cold frame, soon after they are up ; 
and transplanted to the borders when an inch high. 
138 Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 92. 
