herbaceous plants. 



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a bright orange-scarlet color. Flowers freely in summer and 

 is desirable both in borders and for planting on the margins 

 of water or in moist places in a rockery. Height two feet. 

 More common is the winged monkey-flower (JI. alatus), with 

 winged, erect stems lanceolate, stalked leaves, and attractive 

 blue flowers in early summer. Fine for naturalizing on 

 moist, grassy shores. Both are perennial but may be propa- 

 gated freely by means of seeds. Musk (J/, moscliuti/s) is a 

 small trailing plant with numerous yellow flowers all sum- 

 mer. It is flue for rockeries, window boxes, and vases, and 

 may be raised annually from seeds. 



Shell Flower, PenMemon barbatus. — One of our most 

 beautiful native plants, of an erect but slender and graceful 

 habit, with bright flowers late in 

 summer. Stem three or four feet 

 high with smooth, lanceolate leaves; 

 flowers bright scarlet, tubular, with 

 a bearded lip, collected in loose 

 racemes or panicles. One of the best 

 plants for a border or for moist 

 places on the shores of rivulets or 

 lakes or in open places in shrub- 

 beries. Thrives best in a well-drained 

 but moist and rich soil. The variety 

 Torreyii is larger with deeper colored 

 flowers. The hybrid pentstemous of 

 European gardens may be grown 

 with success in the South ; they are 

 extremely beautiful and floriferous 

 plants with flowers of many colors 



FIQ. 151.— BEARDED 



PENTSTEMON 



(PENTSTEMON BARBATUS 



TORREYII). 



