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THE GARDENER’S ASSISTANT. 
L’Elegante. White-edged foliage, flowers single. 
Liberty. Light-magenta. 
Madame Emilee Galli. Pale-lilac. 
Marguerite Jacquot. Rosy-pink. 
Mrs. Cannell. Soft pale-lilac. 
Mrs. Hawley. Bright deep-rose. 
Old White. Single, for baskets. 
Prince of Wales. Cerise. 
Ryecroft Surprise. Salmon-pink. 
Souvenir de Charles Turner. Deep-rose. 
W. F. Dreer. Magenta-red. 
Scented-leaved Pelargoniums. 
These are mostly species or varieties modified 
more or less by cultivation. They are worth 
growing for the fragrance of their leaves alone, 
but many of them are also pretty flowering 
plants. 
Culture .—Generally these require the same 
conditions and treatment as the Zonal and Ivy¬ 
leaved sections. They may be pruned as in 
the case of the Shows and Fancies, or grown on 
from year to year until they are too large. 
When large plants are grown, they are useful 
at all seasons, and as the shoots are at times 
cut for use in vases, it is not a difficult matter 
to keep them within bounds in combination 
with occasional staking and tying. Some of 
them are not by any means the easiest plants 
to manage — some being delicate growers, whilst 
others are vigorous for a time, and then go off 
suddenly. Firm potting keeps the plants sturdy, 
and is conducive to good health. The best 
time to repot any that require it is in the early 
spring, whether the balls be reduced or not. 
Immediately after repotting, close treatment 
for a short time will encourage vigorous root- 
action; the cool house is then the better place 
for them. Large shifts should be avoided; in¬ 
deed plants which have not been repotted for 
three or four years will continue in good health 
if cared for as advised in winter. Active growth 
takes place in June, when an occasional water¬ 
ing with sulphate of ammonia, a table-spoonful 
in a three-gallon can of water, will benefit them. 
Three doses during the season will be ample. 
The best position for them is in the open air, in 
full sunshine, from the end of May until the end 
of September. The foliage of the highly fra¬ 
grant varieties is excellent for use as pot-pourri 
when well dried. 
List of Varieties. 
Strong Growers. —Capitatum (rose-scented), * Purple 
or Rollison’s and * Scarlet Unique, quercifolium (true oak- 
leaf), radula (balsam-scented), tomentosum (peppermint- 
scented), viscosissimum, vars. Pheasant’s-foot and Fair 
Helen. 
Medium Growers.—* Ardens (scarlet flowers), Attar of 
Roses (scent indicated), filicifolium odoratum (Fern-leaf), 
fragrans (Nutmeg-scented), graveolens, var. * Pretty Polly 
(Almond-scented), Lady Plymouth (variegated), Mrs. 
Douglas (dark-zoned), * quercifolium minor (small Oak- 
leaf), *Sliottesham Pet (Filbert-scented). 
Small Growers. —Citriodora, * Countess of Devon (a 
miniature “Fancy”), crispum (Lemon-scented), denticula- 
tum major, Lady Mary (small foliage), * Prince of Orange 
(free-flowering), Prince of Orange (variegated), radula, 
var. * Little Gem (very compact). 
* Denotes varieties useful also as flowering- plants. The best 
sorts for cutting purposes are capitatum, radula, Attar of Roses, 
fragrans, Lady Plymouth, crispum, and Little Gem. 
[J. H.] 
Pentstemon (fig. 594).—Few hardy plants 
have been so much improved during the last 
twenty years as the Pentstemon. By crossing 
and selecting from P. Hartwegii, P. gentianoides , 
P. Cobcea, and others, florists have obtained a race 
of hardy border plants, remarkably floriferous, 
large-flowered, and very varied in colour. 
Cultivation .—Garden Pentstemons succeed well 
in any good soil, but a deep and rather moist 
sandy loam is best. If occasionally dressed 
with manure and leaf-soil, they produce enor¬ 
mous spikes of beautiful flowers throughout 
summer and autumn. They can be grown in 
masses in beds, in groups in the herbaceous 
