RED JUNE 
- Botanical Height A 
Color Fee Hane foe Description mn fignerot 
“Scarlet” SCARLET = Ourisia Creeping alpine plant with clus-| 6-12 in. |June, 
24 deeper OURISIA coccinea tered panicles of 12 drooping pentste- |Deep July 
mon-like flowers with cream-colored |shade 
anthers rising from a clump of pretty 
heart-shaped leaves. Protect in win- 
ter. Rock-garden. Prop. in spring 
by division. Sheltered spots in stiff 
heavy soil. Chile. 
“Red” |HERBA- **Pponia See color “various,” page 270. June 
CEOUS vars. 
PEONY 
“Crim- |COMMON **Paednia See page 116, Mid. 
son”? GARDEN officinalis May to 
33 redder PEONY & vars. mid. 
etc. P. filgida June 
“Deep |FINE- *Pzdnia See page 116. ss 
red” LEAVED tenuifdlia 
20 richer, PEONY 
“Blood |BRACTEATE;*Papaver See page 116. Late 
red” POPPY bracteatum May to 
17 redder P. orientale mid. 
var. b. June 
“Scarlet”\ORIENTAL |**Papaver Showy and vigorous when once es-| 3-34 ft. |Early 
bet. POPPY orientale tablished. Flowers 6-9 in. wide, typi- |Sun June 
12& 19 cally scarlet with black spots; vars. to 
in shades of orange and pink less har- early 
dy. Foliage remarkably decorative, July 
but dies down in middle of summer. 
Excellent in border but must be cut 
down and concealed by other plants 
in July. Prop. by seed and division 
after flowering. Bears transporta- 
tion badly. Rich garden soil. Asia 
Minor; Persia. See Plate, pages 219 
and 220. 
**Var. Parkmanni, Parkman’s Ori- 
ental Poppy, a large strong-growing 
var. with black blotches at the base 
of the petals. Difficult to obtain, 
Hort. **Var. “Royal Scarlet,” strong- 
growing var. not very different from 
type. Hort. 
“Light |RUPIFRAGE |*Papaver See page 117. May to 
red” 16 /POPPY rupifragum Aug. 
“Crim- |CLEVE- *Pentstémon See page 117. Late 
son” LAND’S Clévelandi May to 
PENTSTE- mid. 
MON June 
“Pur- |HARTWEG’S |/Pentstémon Species from which many hybrids | 3-4ft. |June 
plish LARGE- gentianoides | have sprung, of erect branching habit. |Sux to 
red” FLOWERED jhjybrida Drooping tubular flowers in long loose Sept. 
41 deeper. HYBRID grandiflora clusters. Good for the border. Prop. 
PENTSTE- | P. Hartwegi | by seed and division. Any good gar- 
MON bybrida g. den soil. Mexico. 
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