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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
flourish in ordinary good soil, and produce their 
large scarlet flowers, 6 to 8 inches across, from May to 
July, and often again in the autumn. There are now 
many seedling forms, the large flowers of which are 
remarkable for the distinct shades of “ crushed straw- 
berry ” colour which they exhibit. Closely related to 
P. orientate is P. bracteatnm, which has deeply divided 
hairy leaves and scarlet blossoms like orientate, but 
is taller in growth. P. pitosum is another Poppy, 
1 to 2 feet high, having oval oblong, hairy, coarsely- 
toothed leaves and bright scarlet or orange-red 
flowers, with a white blotch at the very base of each 
petal. Other perennial Poppies worth growing are 
tateritium, 1 to 2 feet, bright orange ; and rupifragum 
attanticum, 1 to 2 feet, with orange or red flowers. 
PENTSTEMON. — The Garden Pentstemons have 
been raised by crossing such species as Hartwegi or 
gentianoides, Goboea, and possibly Murrayanus. The 
plants grow 2 to 8 feet high, having smooth leaves 
and masses of Foxglove-like flowers in which scarlet, 
purple, magenta, rose, salmon, and intermediate 
shades, with a white throat predominate. They are 
easily raised from seeds sown in gentle heat in March, 
and planted out 12 to 18 inches apart, about the end 
of May. Any particularly fine varieties can be kept 
true by raising them from cuttings inserted in sandy 
soil in late summer under the protection of a cold frame. 
Besides the garden varieties, there are several 
species worth growing, such as P. barbatus ( Chetone 
barbata), 2 to 3 feet, with drooping red or carmine 
flowers ; P. campanulatus, If feet, with narrow leaves 
and drooping purple blossoms ; Gobsea, 1 to 2 feet, a 
