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conspicuous and showy ornaments of the garden. Leaves are 

 scabrous, (rough,) pinnate, serrate. Propagated by dividing the 

 roots, which should be done as soon as the foliage has died 

 down in August, as it commences growing again in September, 

 and throws up leaves which remain during winter, it being one 

 of the most hardy plants. If deferred until spring, if it flowers 

 at all, it will be weak. It may also be propagated from seed, 

 but does not commonly flower until the third year. A native 

 of Levant. 



Papaver bracteatum, Bracted Poppy, is another superb 

 perennial, very much like the last, a native of Siberia. The 

 flowers are a deeper red, and the only essential difference is in 

 the leafy bractes by which the flowers are subtended. Propa- 

 gated in the same way ; with us, it has not flowered so freely. 



"Papaver camlricum is admired for its yellow petals." It 

 is now called Mecojiopsis cambrica ; not common with us. 

 There are also a number of other species and varieties of peren- 

 nial poppy, as P. nudicaule, with two or three varieties with 

 yellow, and one with scarlet flowers, from Siberia, one foot 

 to one and a half high. P. pyranaicum, from the Pyrenees, 

 with yellow flowers, and a variety with red, one foot high. 

 P. alpinum, from Austria, has white flowers three quarters of 

 a foot high. 



PENTSTEMON. 



The genus Pentstemon embraces a family of beautiful plants, 

 worthy the attention of the amateur. Most of the species are 

 hardy, while others require the protection of the frame during 

 the winter. The genus is peculiarly American, abounding i* 

 the west and south-west of our vast country, and Mexico. The 

 flowers of all the species are bell-shaped, more or less open. 

 The colors are scarlet, purple, blue, &c. 



The following species have flowered in our collection : 



