freely, and is therefore chiefly propagated, by layers or 

 cuttings, any time from July to September. 



The plant, if in good health, will emit numerous small 

 roots, along the young shoots and stems, and these shoots, if 

 taken off and potted, or laid down and slightly covered with 

 any good rich soil, will soon make strong plants. 



Seeds should be sown as soon as they are ripe, in any 

 good rich soil, in pots placed in a cold pit; they will not 

 vegetate before the March following, and will require potting 

 about the end of May. Plants so obtained will not flower 

 before the second year. If the seeds are not sown until the 

 spring they will probably remain dormant until the following 

 March ; as indeed is the case with most of the Pentstemons 

 from the N. W. coast of America. 



