COLLIN'SIA GRANDIFLORA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED COLLINSIA. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULARIN-®. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
1 foot. 
May, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1828. 
No. 391. 
Nuttall, the author of the Genera of North Ame- 
rica, established the name of this genus in honour 
of Zaccheus Collins of Philadelphia. Grandiflora, 
from the Latin grandis, great; and flos, a flower. 
This is one, amongst others, of the great number 
of beautiful plants lately introduced to this country 
from North America; but one that requires an in- 
timate acquaintance. It does not salute its admi- 
rers at a garden’s length, but lowly and modest, it 
reclines on its home, and invites the hand to raise 
it, the eye to inspect its party-coloured flowers, 
which are disposed in whorls, as rustic damsels 
were wont to garnish the village may-pole. 
Being low and somewhat recumbent, it may be 
grown in patches, near the front of the parterre. 
Seeds may be sown in spring, in the open ground. 
Or, if sown in August, and afforded a little protec- 
tion, in severe weather, the plants will flower early 
in the following summer. The recumbent stems 
will sometimes strike root, and the stimulus thereby 
obtained, will induce a renewed growth, and occa- 
sion the plants, in favourable situations, to continue 
through the winter and blossom in May. 
Bot Reg. 1107. 
