Plate 224 . 
PENTSTEMONS, PRINCESS OP WALES 
AND ATTEACTION. 
Amongst the many herbaceous plants to which the attention 
of the hybridizers has been directed for some years past the 
Pentstemon has not failed to secure a place, and has been in 
their hands greatly improved. Messrs. Downie and Co., Mr. 
Bull, and others at home, and several Continental raisers have 
brought forward annually a considerable number; it is one of 
the flowers also to which Mr. John Salter, of the Versailles 
Nursery, Hammersmith, has paid particular attention, and from 
his varied and beautiful collection the two varieties in our 
Plate have been selected. 
There is little to be said on the subject of cultivation with 
regard to plants so easily grown as most of our herbaceous 
plants are; the Pentstemon requires therefore but little care. 
It is easily increased by division of the roots or by cuttings, 
while those who are anxious for novelty and the little excite¬ 
ment of seedling raising may easily gratify their wishes, as seed 
is produced very freely, and by at first only growing a few that 
are really of good properties; the seed, when gathered, will 
produce flowers fully equal to those in cultivation, and probably 
in advance of some; or, if preferred, any respectable nursery¬ 
man who grows them will supply seed of good quality; but 
where time is not of so much consequence we should prefer the 
former method. 
The varieties now figured ar e—Princess of Wales (Pig. 1), 
having a white tube and throat, lips edged with pink, the plant 
is very dwarf, free, and with large flowers; Attraction (Fig. 2), 
light rose-pink tube, with pure white throat, an improvement 
