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distinct kind with large pale mauve and white flowers, 
bnt too tender for most parts in the open air ; con- 
fertus, 6 to 18 inches high, pale yellow flowers from 
May to July ; Digitalis, 1 to 2 feet, white ; glaber , 
1 to 2 feet, purple, violet, or blue ; Hartwegi, 2 to 
3 feet, scarlet or blood red; Jajfrayanus, 1 to 2 feet, 
deep blue ; Ixvigatus, 2 to 4 feet, white and purple ; 
Murray anas, 2 to 3 feet, scarlet; rotundifolius, 1 to 
2 feet, brick red ; and speciosus, 3 to 4 feet, sky-blue 
tinted with red. 
PETASITES fragrans (Winter Hyacinth). — A coarse- 
growing plant with tufts of whitish, roundish, toothed 
leaves, and chiefly valuable for the trusses of sweet- 
scented whitish or pale lilac flowers which appear in 
January and February. It grows in any rough soil 
and is useful for decorating rough banks in winter- 
Increased by division after flowering. 
PHACELIA.— There are a few ornamental annuals- 
in this genus that may be raised from seeds sown in 
gentle heat in March, or in the open ground in April. 
They flourish in ordinary soil, and may be planted in 
clumps in vacant places in the border. The best 
known kinds are campanularia, 6 to 9 inches high, with 
deep blue broadly bell-shaped flowers ; grandiflora, 3- 
to 5 feet high, violet-purple ; divaricata, a trailing 
species with pale violet flowers, which become rosy- 
lilac in the variety called Wrangeliana ; Parryi, 6 to 1 2 
inches high, deep violet blue ; and Whitlavia (or Whit- 
lavia grandiflora) 2 feet high, with rich blue flowers, 
or white ones in the variety called alba. 
PHLOMIS. — These perennials of the Dead-Nettle 
family form conspicuous plants in the border on account 
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