12 to 24 inches or more, ending in rocket- 
bursts of spreading stems with slender, 
swaying racemes of silvery calyces and whit¬ 
ish blossoms. Blossom effect, June to Au¬ 
gust. 25c; 3, 65c. 
PENTSTEMON albidus—Close spires of 
white, 6 to 14 inches; May, June. 15c; 3, 40c. 
P. angustifolius—Brilliant azure—with nar¬ 
row, glaucous, evergreen, basal leaves—this 
flower has a wonderful appeal. June. 25c; 
3, 65c. 
P. eriamtherus—Broad, hairy, purplish lea¬ 
ves ; handsome spires of warm lavender 
blossoms with prominent gold-hairy tongues, 
the buds, pink. 8 to 12 inches. May, June. 
Lime may be necessary. 15c; 3, 40c. 
P. glaber—Large for the rock garden, 18 or 
20 inches, with many stems. A fine dark 
blue with touches of purple. June, July, and 
again if cut back. 25c; 3, 65c. 
P. gracilis—A small flowered kind, the col¬ 
or, amethyst. 10 or 12 inches. Will bear 
some shade. June, July. 20c; 3, 50c. 
P. grandiflorusi—Largest flowers, dark lav¬ 
ender. racemes often 8 or 9 inches long, 
carried 18 to 30 inches up. The evergreen 
basal, and smaller stem leaves, broadly oval, 
smooth, very glaucous!. June, July. Wonder¬ 
ful against dark shubbery. 20c; 3, 50c. 
PETALOSTMON villosuis—This denison of the 
sand hills is quite distinct from the usual 
Prairie Clover, with its compact, seven to 
nine-parted, gray-velvety leaves, and abun¬ 
dant flowers of soft silvery rose. 5 to 12 
inches; spread, a little more. July, Sept. 35c; 
3, 90c. 
PHLOX hoodi—Through May, half-inch, 
white flowers cover the mossy mats of rich 
green, 2 inches or less in height, At its best 
with some shade and good soil, it is frequent 
also on the hard soils of the sun scorched 
prairie. P. hoodi and the two following spe¬ 
cies handle as readily as the average gar¬ 
den plant, in their native climate, and being 
adapted to the Plains it seems they should 
be amenable to culture elsewhere. 30c; 
djoz. $3.00. 
P. kelseyi—Lavender pink to bright pink, 
the flowers sometimes an inch in diameter. 
Their delicious scent fills the garden. Leaves, 
lance-linear, slightly grayish, with whitish 
edges. Height 3 to 5 inches; May, June. 
Spreads slowly. In sun or shade, any soil 
seems to do. 30c; doz. $3.00. 
P. planitiarum (andicola)—Large blossoms 
of fine white, more or less abundant from 
April through June. Reclining and ascending 
stems, needle leaves in open arrangement. 
Height 3 or 4 inches, spread seldom as much 
as 6. 20c; doz. $2.00. 
PULSATILLA ludoviciana (Anemone patens 
nuttalliana)—Pasque. Furry buds open into 
large starry chalices of delicate lavender with 
golden centers, before the leaves appear; 
March, to May. Later, the divided leaves and 
tall, silvery-brownish seed heads are attrac- 
