48 WESTERN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



XVII. LOBELIACE.. ^Lobelia Family.) 



70. Lobelia Kaltnii. Kalim's Lobelia. Brig-tit blue. 



71. Lobelia spricata var luitella. Spiked Lobelia, lilac. 



72. Lobelia Dortmanna. -- Dortmanna's Lobelia, lilac. 

 The above species are all pretty ; require damp soil. 



XVIII. PRIMULACE^E. (Primrose Family). 



73. Dodecatheon Meadia. American Cowslip. Flowers 

 small but pretty, purple, moist places. 



74. Primula farinosa, Birds-eye Primrose. 



75. Steironema ciliatum. Yellow loosestrife. Showy 

 flowers ; yellow ; common. 



XIX. GENTIAXACE^. (Gentian Family.) 



76. Gentiana affinis. 



77. Gentiana Andrewsii. Closed Gentian. 



78. Gentiana Crinita. Fring-ed Gentian. 



79. Gentiana Alba. White Gentian. The above species 

 of Gentian represent four different types and are all handsome. 

 Nos. 76 to 78 are blue, No. 79 white. 



XX. BORRAGINACE^E. (Borag-e Family). 



80. Tithospermum canescens. Puccoon "Cowslip." 



XXI. SOLANACE^E. (Nig-htshade Family.) 



81. Physalis Grandiflora. Wild Ground Cherry. 



XXII. SCROPHULARIACE^E. (Figwort Family.) 



82. Castilleia coccinea. Painted cup. Flowers sur- 

 rounded by brightly colored crimson to orang-e tracts ; very 



attractive ; common. 



"Scarlet tufts 



Are glowing- in the green like flakes of fire, 

 The wanderers of the prairie know them well, 

 And call that brilliant flower the painted cup." 



Bryant. 



83. Gerardia tenuifolia. Gerardia. A delicate plant, 

 said to be parasitic, 1 ft. hig-h ; grows on gravel ridges. 

 Flowers pink y? in. long-. 



84. Pentstemon confertus var atropurpureus. Purple 

 Beardtong-ue. Purple Pentstemon. 



