ZINNIA TENUIFLORA. 
NARROW-PETALED ZINNIA. 
Class. Order. 
SYNGF.NESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
. 2 feet. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1799. 
No. 394. 
The name Zinnia is derived from that of Dr. 
John Godfrey Zinn, of Gottingen, where he was 
professor both of physic and botany. Though he 
died at the age of thirty-two, his experiments on 
the brain, to ascertain its sensibility ; and also on 
the eye, which were published in 1755, have en- 
titled him to permanent respect. Tenuiflora, is 
compounded from the Latin tenuis, narrow ; and 
flos, a flower. 
The narrow petals of this species sufficiently 
characterize it. If less bold than the other species 
which we have previously noticed, its flowers are 
more brilliant in colour. It is a pleasing annual, 
and continues long in flower. 
This plant is far best raised on a hotbed, for it 
sometimes happens that when its seeds are trusted to 
the open borders, the young plants, in an unpropi- 
tious season, become dwarfed, and flower at less than 
one-fourth of their natural height. They should be 
carefully transplanted to their final situation whilst 
very young. The finest plants are generally grown 
on a rich loamy soil, which is not peculiarly dry, 
but in a warm aspect. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 93. 
