286 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



1 794 ; often called Chelone. P. campaiiulatus (bell-flowered) ; 

 half-hardy sub-shrubby perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers light rose- 

 purple, in July ; Mexico; 1794. P.centranthifolius{ctnX.Y2irit\\ViS- 

 leaved) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers deep scarlet, in July ; 

 California; 1834; often called Chelone. P. cobcea (coboea-flow- 

 ered) ; half-hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers white and rose, 

 in August; Texas; 1835. P. crassifolms (thick-leaved); half- 

 hardy sub-shrubby perennial ; i foot ; flowers blue, in June ; 

 North America ; P. cyana7ithits (blue) ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 

 feet; flowers deep-blue, in July ; Rocky Mountains; 1849. P. 

 diffusus (diffuse) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers light-purple, 

 in July; North America; 1826. P. digitalis (foxglove-like); 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers whitish, in July ; Arkansas ; 

 1824. P. Gordoni {GordiOri's); half-hardy perennial; 2 feet; 

 flowers light-blue, in June ; Rocky Mountains ; 1845. P. Hari- 

 wegii (Hartweg's) ; half-hardy sub-shrubby perennial ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers reddish-purple, in July ; Mexico ; 1825. Of this beauti- 

 ful and useful plant, there are numerous garden varieties ; the 

 most distinct are : albtcs, creamy white ; cocci?ieus, scarlet ; di- 

 aphanus^ rosy ; McEweni, rose ; Salteri, white, bordered with 

 rose ; Verplankii, rose. P. heterophylhun (various-leaved) ; 

 half-hardy sub-shrubby perennial ; flowers rose-color, in July ; 

 California ; 1834. P. mzjtiatus (vermiHon) ; half-hardy sub- 

 shrubby perennial ; I foot ; flowers vermihon, in July ; Mexico ; 

 1846. P. Murray aniwi (Murray's) ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 

 feet-; flowers scarlet, in August; Texas: 1835. P- ovatu^ 

 (ovate) ; hardy perennial ; 2|- feet ; flowers deep-blue, in July ; 

 North. America ; 1826. P. 7^ose7cs {rosy) ; half-hardy sub-shrubby 

 perennial; 2 feet; flowers rose, in July; Mexico; 1825. P. 

 speciosus (showy) ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers light 

 blue, in July; North America ; 1827. P.Wrightii(SMx\^\'(!s)\ 

 half-hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers rich deep-rose, in June ; 

 Texas; 1851. 



All the other species are worth growing where there is 

 space for them. 



Perilla. [Lamiaces.] Half-hardy annuals, valuable 



