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not harmonize with pure pink or red, but grown in a mass by itself, or 

 when isolated from other plants by much green it is strikingly handsome 

 in effect. Give any good soil, full sun, rather a dry situation, else it runs 

 too much to leaf. Propagate by seed or division of the root. 



LYTHRUM, see Loosestrife. 



PEA. Perennial (Lathyrus latifolius, var. splendens). 4-6 ft. A 

 bright red form of this most desirable plant. For description and culture 

 see Pea. White and Pink Per., July. 



PENTSTEMON (P. barbatus, var. Torreyi). 3-4 ft. A tall twiggy plant 

 with pale leaves and loose raceme or panicle of handsome drooping 

 flowers with scarlet tubular corolla, the lower petals bearded in the 

 throat; very desirable. For culture see Pentstemon, Blue Per., July. 



POPPY MALLOW, see Callirrhoe. 



SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum ma jus, var. Giant Scarlet and Giant 

 Red). 2 ft. Two very handsome varieties of scarlet and red in both the 

 dwarf and tall forms. For culture see Snapdragon, White Per., July. 



TRUMPET CREEPER (Tacoma radicans; known also as Bignonia radi- 

 cans). A climber that rises by aerial rootlets, with handsome foliage and 

 terminal corymbs of large scarlet tubular flowers 2-3 in. long. It takes 

 some time to get established and does best when trained against a wall 

 with southern exposure. It may also be trained to a single standard 

 with drooping branches to make a hedge. If seed-vessels are not per- 

 mitted to form it will bloom almost the entire season. Give a rich light 

 loamy soil. Propagate by layering, by root cuttings or cuttings of partly 

 ripened wood. 



AUGUST 

 RED SHRUBS 



SMOKE-BUSH (Rhus cotinus). Classified under Blue Shrubs, July, as a 

 purplish-red bush, is still in bloom. 



AUGUST 

 RED PERENNIALS 



BLAZING- STAR (Liatris scariosa). 2 ft. A purplish-red variety with 

 heads 2 in. in diameter in the form of an elongated corymb. For cul- 

 ture see Liatris, Blue Per., Aug. 



