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PENTSTEMON CRASSIFOLIUS. 
yet dense bush, adapt it for planting by itself in borders, and also fit it for growing 
in masses. We saw a bed of it in blossom last spring, and the effect was truly 
splendid. 
When propagated, which it can be by cuttings, or by pulling off the shoots 
which happen to have lain on the earth and rooted, it demands no subsequent 
culture. A loamy soil, such as exists in most good gardens, will be perfectly 
suitable, and when the plant is four or five years old, as it is apt to get ragged and 
shabby in the centre, it should be separated, and the divisions transferred to any 
desired position^ In dividing it, the older portions may be thrown away, and 
only the younger and more vigorous pieces be transplanted. 
A light open situation should always be chosen for it, and it will not thrive in 
a low wet locality. At all times it loves to have plenty of sun and air. 
