(ENOTHERA FRASERI. 
FRASER’S EVENING PRIMROSE. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRARIdE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
2 feet. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1811. 
No. 163. 
(Enothera is derived from the Greek oinos, 
wine; and thera, pursuing 1 or catching; a name 
which is mentioned by Theophrastus as having been 
given to a plant on account of its root catching or 
acquiring the perfume of wine, from being dried. 
The origin of this word, though in the present day 
apparently far fetched, supported as it is by ancient 
authority, cannot be questioned. This admitted, we 
must, doubtless, conform to the accentuation of the 
third syllable. The specific name Fraseri, was giv- 
en in honour of Mr. John Fraser, who first introdu- 
ced it to notice, from North America. 
It is an extremely showy plant, perfectly hardy, 
of free increase, and which no garden should be 
without. It resembles the (Enothera fruticosa, ex- 
cepting in its capsule, which is quadrangular. Its 
growth is also somewhat smaller. 
It flourishes freely in strong or light soil, and may 
be divided every spring or autumn, if required. 
It may also be raised from seeds, which will some- 
times grow spontaneously where they happen to have 
been shed at the end of the summer ; and produce 
blossoms in the second year. 
Pursh. FI. Amer. 
