GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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PENTSTEMON BARBATUS. 

 War. torreyi,) 



Pentsterroon colxxia is an early variety blooming in sum- 

 mer and also Pentstemon harbatun, var. Torreyi. Tt is 

 sonaewhat rare. The foxglove-like 

 flowers are two inclies or more 

 long in a spike of purple striped 

 with white. Petalostemon decuni- 

 bens is one of the prettiest pros- 

 trate plants \vith stems a foot long, 

 on the ends of which are borne 

 dense spikes of deep violet-purple 

 flowers. It commences to bloom 

 in summer and lasts till frost. 

 Platycodon graruMflm-um., large 

 bell-flower, is the same as Wahlenbergia and Ca7wpaiiu,la 

 grandijlora. It is the largest of all the bell flowers. 

 The buds, before opening, become inflated like a balloon. 

 The flower is a shallow bell, two inches or more across and 



deep blue. It blooms all summer 

 and is very attractive. Salvia 

 pratensis, meadow-sage, is twelve 

 to eighteen inches high, comes 

 from Europe, and bears long 

 spikes of rich blue flowers all 

 summer. Scabiosa Oauoasica is a 

 handsome plant only a foot high. 

 It grows vigorously and bears free- 

 ly beautiful soft lilac flowers, that, 

 when cut, last a long-time in water. 

 There are several herbaceous spireas that merit well a 

 place in the flower-garden. Spiraea Filipendnla, fl. pi. 



LARGE BELLFLOWER. 

 (platycodon grandiflorum.) 



