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PENTSTEMON. 
Very ornamental plants, producing long spikes of flowers in great abundance. 
P. COCCineus. Deep scarlet; two feet. June and July. 
P. gentiaiioides. Known also as P. Hartwegi. A favorite old-fasliioned 
border plant in England. Native of the higher mountains of Mexico. 
P. gracilis. Fine white, from the Rocky Mountains; three feet. June. 
P. pubesceus. Pale lilac or white flowers; two to three feet. 
P. spectabilis. Handsome blue and red flowers. 
P. Torreyi. Bright scarlet; two to three feet. June. 
PHLOX. 
Regarded as among the finest of herbaceous plants. 
P. procumbens. Lilac, with violet marks near the eye; three inches. May. 
P. subulata. Moss- Pink. 
Spreading stems, and narrow moss¬ 
like leaves; flowers pinkish-purple, 
with a darker center, and produced in 
wonderful profusion in April or May. 
var. alba. A white flower¬ 
ing variety of the above. Very showy 
when in flower, presenting to the eye 
masses of bloom like sheets of snow. 
PLATYCODON. (Carapa- 
nula.) 
P. gran dirt or u m. Large, fine 
blue flowers; one to two feet. June 
and July. 
P. grand irtoru in album 
riibox subulata. semi-pleno. White; eighteen 
inches to two feet. 
POLEMONIUM. Greek Valerian. \ 
P. cseruleuin. Jacob’s Ladder. Blue; 
in terminal panicles; one foot. July. 
P. reptans. A low, spreading plant; blue; 
six inches. June. 
POLYGONUM. Knotweed. 
P. cuspidatum. Giant Knotweed. Flow¬ 
ers white, in clusters late in summer, followed by 
handsome, pale, rosy fruit; three and one-half to 
eight feet. 
P. Sieboldii. Bunches of white flowers in 
July and August. 
POLEMONIUM CASRULEUM. 
