Pentstemon alpinus —10 in. Crowded spikes of large, intense blue, white- 
throated flowers. Gravelly banks in Colorado Rocky Mountains. Hardy. 
50 cents per packet. 
P. angustifolius— 8 in. Bushy gray-blue plant. Flowers shading from lilac 
to pure blue. Eastern foothills of northern Rocky Mountains. Hardy. 
50 cents per packet. 
P. antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Pentstemon—Much-branched evergreen shrub, 
4 ft. Small linear leaves. Wide-mouthed yellow flowers. Mesas and 
canyons of southern California to 3000 ft. 
P. BARBATUS (chelone barbata) —4 ft. Slender stems. Spikes of long- 
throated scarlet flowers. Widely distributed. Hardy. 
P. barrettae —10 in. Silvered evergreen foliage. Spikes of lilac-purple 
flowers. Mountains of Pacific Northwest. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. bridgesii —18 in. Narrow panicle of long scarlet flowers. High montane 
on rocky outcrops to 8500 ft. Hardy. 
P. centranthifolius, Scarlet Bugler—3 ft. Smooth gray foliage. Narrow 
bright vermilion flowers. Hot sandy places to 4700 ft. Probably hardy. 
P confertus, var. caeruleo-purpureus —10 in. Basal leaves forming mat. 
Close whorls of intense purple-blue flowers. High montane to 10,000 ft. 
Hardy. 
P. CONFERTUS, var. procerus (P. procerus) —16 in. Blue flowers in three 
to five whorls. Montane to 8000 ft. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. cordifolius —Climbing shrub, 6 ft. Glistening foliage. Straggling branches 
tipped with showy panicles of scarlet, honeysuckle-like flowers. Hill- 
slopes of southern California to 2000 ft. 50 cents per packet. 
P. cynanthus — 12 in. Blue-gray foliage. Dense racemes of clear blue flowers. 
Mountains of Pacific Northwest. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. DEUSTUS —8 in. Slender woody growth. Small sharply toothed leaves. At¬ 
tractive yellow flowers with red-brown throat. Montane to 8000 ft. 
Hardy. 
P. diffusus —18 in. Erect stems bearing close panicles of violet-purple flowers. 
Alpine meadows of Pacific Northwest mountains. Hardy. 
P. eatonii —18 in. Spikes of bright vermilion tubular flowers. Deserts to 
6000 ft. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. ENGLAUCUS —12 in. Foliage with blue-gray bloom. Whorls of deep blue 
flowers. Resembles P. confertus, var. procerus. Mountains of Paci- 
ific Northwest. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. garre TTii —10 in. Spikes of showy blue flowers. Rock crevices in moun¬ 
tains of northern Utah to 8000 ft. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. glaber —18 in. Spikes of wide-throated blue flowers. Montane on dry 
slopes to 8500 ft. Hardy. 
P. heterophyllus —18 in. Wiry stems. Narrow leaves. Blue or purple 
flowers. Rocky hillslopes to 5500 ft. Probably hardy. 
P. hians —3 ft. Stout erect stems spreading from base. Gray clasping leaves. 
Panicles of large blue-purple wide-throated flowers. Mountain ridges 
of central California coast. 50 cents per packet. 
P. humilis —10 in. Shrubby growth. Deep bright blue tubular flowers. 
Mountains of Pacific Northwest to 8000 ft. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. labrosus —2 ft. Basal foliage forming mats. Crimson flowers. Southern 
chaparral and forests to 6000 ft. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
P. laetus —Erect or decumbent, 10 in. Loose panicles of deep blue flowers. 
Montane on dry slopes to 8000 ft. Hardy. 
Packets Twenty-five Cents Unless Otherwise Indicated 
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