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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
from Nepaul!! The latter appears very improbable, as no other species of the genus has ever been found in 
India. It was sent to England from Germany, in 1827; and it appears most probable, as is suggested in Sweet’s 
British Flower Garden , that it is a hybrid, originated in Germany. Godetia bifrons , commonly called (Enothera 
bifrons , is a hybrid raised in the London Horticultural Society’s Garden, between G. roseo-alba , and G. Lindley- 
ana. The seeds of both G. roseo-alba and G. bifrons are to be procured in every seed-shop ; and the plants will 
require the same culture as directed for G. 'purpurea. Professor Don, in Sweet’s British Flower Garden , has 
called another species (E. bifrons , but it is a biennial and has yellow flowers; and besides, we do not know where 
seeds of it are to be met with. The seeds commonly sold under the name of CE. bifrons , are those of Godetia 
bifrons , the hybrid we have above mentioned. 
S.—GODETIA QUADRIVULNERA, Spach. THE FOUR-SPOTTED GODETIA. 
Synonyme.—(E nothera quadrivulnera, Dougl. | Leaves Linear-lanceolate, somewhat denticulated, puberulous. Petals 
Engraving _Dot. Reg. t. 1119. | with crenulated margins. Capsule tetragonal, attenuated at the apex, 
Specific Character.— Stem declinate, branched, weak, puberulous. ! villous—(G. Bon.) 
Description, &c. —A pretty little flower, of a pale lilac, marked with spots of a reddisli lilac of a much 
darker colour. The plant has slender stems, and small leaves. It is a native of the north-west coast of North 
America where it was found by Douglas growing on the banks of streams, in 1826. From its delicate habit of 
growth, it is a very good kind for growing in a pot, as it will become “ a dense tuft of stems, about six inches 
high, which are almost covered with leaves, and elegant lilac flowers.”— (Bot. Reg. 1110.) When sown in the 
open border, it may be treated like G. purpurea , but from its low habit of growth it will not require much 
thinning, as it must be grown in masses to produce a proper effect. This species does well sown in September, 
either in pots in a slight hotbed, or in the open ground to stand through the winter and to flower early in spring. 
6 —GODETIA LINDLEYANA, Spach. DR. LINDLEY S GODETIA. 
Synonyme. — (Enothera Lindleyii, Douglas. 
Engravings_ Bot. Mag. t. 2832. 
Specific Character.— Stem ascending, diffuse, branched. Leaves 
linear-lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous. Capsules round, elongated, 
acute, larger than the leaves. Petals entire, two-coloured.— (Douglas.) 
Description, &c. _A very handsome species of Godetia , very closely resembling G. quadrivulnera , but with 
larger flowers, and growing a foot or eighteen inches high. Its capsule is also smooth, instead of furrowed, and 
its leaves are on short footstalks. It is a native of the north-west coast of North America, where it was found 
by Douglas in 1826, growing in a dry open situation. It is quite hardy, and if the seeds (which are to be procured 
in all the seed-shops) are sown in March or April, it will come into flower in June, and will continue flowering 
till killed by frost. As it requires a dry soil and an open situation, it is not suitable for sowing m small close 
gardens full of trees, the soil in which is generally rich and damp. It does best in a poor soil; as, where the soil 
is rich, the colours become so faint as to make the flowers look almost like those of G. roseo-alba , or G. bifrons. 
