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No. 164L 



PENTSTEMON RICHARDSONII. 



Class. 



DIDYNAMIA 



Order. 



ANGWSPERMIA . 



This is a native of the North-West coast 

 of America, near the Columbia River, where 

 it grows on bare dry rocks. With us it is 

 a hardy perennial plant, possessing much 

 beauty, growing about two feet high, and 

 flowering throughout the greater part of 



the summer, 'It is readily i 



ed by 



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cuttings, and thrives in any garden soil. 

 It was named in honour of Dr. Richard- 

 ' son, of the Northern expedition, by Mr. 

 Douglas, who discovered and brought it to 

 the garden of the Horlieultural Society, 

 whence we received it. 



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When we see so many beautiful new 

 plants adorning our gardens, introduced by 

 the exertions of a single individual under 

 the patronage of the Society, without which 

 they would liave been still " wasting their 

 sweetness in the desart air," we cannot help 

 cherishing the hope, that whatever vicissi- 



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