PENTSTE'MON GENTIANOI'DES. 
GENTIAN-LIKE PENTSTEMON. 
Class. 
DXDYNAMIA. 
Order. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULARIACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. * 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
2 feet. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1836. 
No. 701, 
Pentstemon has been lately noticed under No. 
699. See, also. No. 316. 
We have had pleasure in observing the hardiness 
of Pentstemon gentianoides; since we find it, as 
well as hardy, one of the most beautiful of the 
genus, and so free a flowerer that its panicles of 
blossoms literally bear down its stems. Its gla- 
brous lanceolate leaves have a neater effect than 
many other species, and on the whole it is one of 
the most desirable plants of late introduction. 
Our plants of the Pentstemon gentianoides bore 
full exposure in the borders during the winter of 
1838-9, a season by no means favourable, although 
not of long-continued severity. It would be ad- 
visable, notwithstanding this, to strike young plants 
in July, which may be easily effected by planting 
cuttings or slips of the young shoots under a hand- 
glass, placed in a shady part of the garden. As 
soon as these strike root they may be planted in 
the borders; but to provide against destruction from 
excessive frost, a plant or two should be potted in 
a light compost, and kept in readiness to receive 
winter protection, if it be required. 
176 Don’s Syst. Bot. 4639. 
