do are evergreen, make big bushes and flower much sooner September, 

 than the seedlings. Good varieties can be increased from Penstemon 

 cuttings made from the side shoots in September, struck in boxes 

 of sandy soil, and kept in a cold frame through the Winter. 

 Many of the new seedlings are beautiful, with large, well- 

 opened flowers, running through shades from white to crimson, 

 and including good pinks and cherry-reds with white throats. 

 Some ugly magenta kinds are sure to appear, but they should 

 be an exception and can be discarded. The finest of all the 

 dark ones is called M. Millardet, and is a deep, glossy, Indian 

 red. 



There are other useful varieties of Penstemon, such as 

 Barbatus called also Chelone barbata with graceful long 

 spikes of salmon-pink flowers, but much smaller individually 

 than those of the Hybrids. P. Newry Scarlet is a small- 

 flowered variety with a long trumpet, deep crimson-scarlet in 

 colour, a profuse bloomer, and lasting until late in the Autumn ; 

 it is hardier than most kinds, and can be left in the open border 

 through a not too severe Winter. One of the most charming of 

 all is P. heterophyllous ; the buds are pink on opening, and 

 change as does a Forget-me-not to an exquisite shade of pale 

 blue. 



A plant nearly related to the Penstemons, and like them in 

 the form of the scarlet flower spike, is Pbygelius capensls. 

 It does well with us under a south wall, flowering till late 

 Autumn, but in the borders it is not a success. 



In the wood we have an effect which has almost the 

 delight of a spring one Cyclamen Neapolitanum are making 

 shining clumps of white among the Ivy trails and the already 

 falling leaves. These tiny, pure white flowers, with their 



