PENTSTEMON M‘EWANI. 
Class. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
(M ‘Ewan’s Hybrid Pentstemon.) 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHUL ARI ACE2E. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
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Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted, with a dis- 
tant, solitary bract. Corolla ventricose, bilabiate. 
Stamens didynamous, with the rudiment of the fifth, 
which is usually filiform, and bearded on the upper 
side. Anthers separate, usually glabrous. Capsi 
ovate, two-celled, two-valved, many-seeded. See 
angular. 
GARDEN HYBRID. 
Of this well-known and ornamental genus, every species merits the cultivator 
attention. All are perennials, with a half-shrubby habit, and will bear the cold ( 
our winters tolerably well, seldom suffering unless the frosts are very intense. 
Their cultivation is, generally speaking, very simple ; they should always I 
planted in open, dry situations, in the flower garden or open borders, but neve 
where there is a possibility of their being reached by the drip of trees ; for the 
never thrive amidst excessive moisture, and in this lies the entire secret of the los; 
of so many choice kinds during the winter season. 
They require a dry well drained soil ; if it is disposed to be loamy it will be n 
worse, provided it is not too strong, when it should be lightened by the addition c 
a little heath mould, or leaf mould. 
Our present subject, P. M‘Ewani , is a hybrid, raised two years ago by a ger 
tleman of the name of M‘Ewan. The stock is in the possession of Messrs. Young 
Nurserymen, of Epsom, in whose nursery it was flowering profusely last Septembei 
when our drawing was made. It is of a dwarf bushy habit, a very free bloomer, am 
makes a conspicuous object on the flower border. It propagates freely by cuttings 
planted in pots of light soil placed in a little heat, or under a hand-glass in th 
open air. 
