ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



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(ENOTHERA. Evening Primrose. 



Free flowering perennials, the flowers of which generally open in the evening. 

 CE. Lamarquiaiia. Bright yellow flowers, 3 to 5 inches in diameter ; 3 to 4 



feet. June. 



CE. speciosa. An erect growing kind, with 

 large white flowers on a lengthened spike ; one of the 

 best for the border ; 12 inches. June. 



OROBUS. Bitter Vetch. 



O. vermis. Spring Bitter Vetch. Dark 

 purple flowers ; early ; the most beautiful of its family. 



PACHYSANDRA. 



P. procumbens. 



purple and white. 



Early flowering ; flowers 



PAPAVER. Poppy. 



This genus is remarkable for its large flowers, papayer. 



of rich and striking colors. 



P. bracteatlim. Scarlet. 18 inches. June. 

 P. Croceimi. An early and free bloomer; 

 £?% I orange yellow flowers ; 8 to 15 inches high. 



P. Orieiltale. Deep scarlet; large; very 

 showy ; eighteen inches. June. 



PENTSTEMON. 



Very ornamental plants, producing long spikes 

 of flowers in great abundance. 



P. Coba^a. White tinged with purple. June. 



P. COCCineus. Deep scarlet; two feet. June 

 and July. 



P. gracilis. Fine white, from the Rocky 

 Mountains ; three feet. June. 



P. Torreyi. Bright scarlet ; two to three 

 phalangium liliago. feet, June. 



PHALAKGIUM. 

 P. liliag'O. White, in spikes ; one foot. July and August. 



PHLOX. 



Regarded as the finest of herbaceous 

 plants. 



P. procumbens. Lilac, with 

 violet marks near the eye ; three in- 

 ches. May. 



P. subulata. Moss Pink. 



Spreading stems, and narrow moss-like 

 leaves; flowers pinkish purple, with a 

 darker center, and produced in wonder- 

 ful profusion in April or May. 



var. alba. A white flower- 

 ing variety of the above. 



var. A variety from Southern 

 Georgia, with fine purple flowers. phlox subulata. 



