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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



represented in the accompanying" plate ; the leaves are sometimes split at the point into 

 two sharp lobes, and sometimes become incised, or even serrulate. Their general tendency 

 is, however, to be wholly undivided. 



Like the other species of this genus from California, the Azure Pentstemon is readily 

 multiplied by either seeds or cuttings. Nor is it at all necessary to grow it in peat ; on 

 the contrary, it thrives perfectly in common garden soil. 



