280 Classified Lists 
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. 
Lyturuy, see Loosestrife. 
Pea. Perennial (Lathyrus latijolius, 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. 
PentstTEemon (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 Callirrhoé. 
SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum majus, 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 aérial 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 
BiazINc-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. 
