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PENTSTEMON, Beardtongue. Most of these pentstemons are found on 
neutral or alkali soil, which seems to give them clear complexion. 
On acid soil the color tends to muddiness. They insist on dry 
crowns after blooming. 
acaulis. Something distinctly new in Pentstemons. Low dense mats 
of erect filiform leaves, suggesting Silene acaulis, sprinkled with 
delightful little upturned bells of clearest blue; dry sandy soil. 
alpinus. Profuse spikes bearing flowers of clear deep ultramarine. 
ambiguus, Prairie Fairy. Delicate pink flowers, flax-like. A graceful 
plant and strikingly different. 1 ft. 
angustifolius. Flowers of dazzling deep turquoise intensified by linear 
gray-blue folioge. 1 ft. 
barbatus, Fire Cracker. Wlame red, fascinates the humming birds. 
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brandegii. A large edition of P. alpina, but less intense blue. 2 ft. 
caespitosus. Flowers of sky-blue from flat mats of leathery leaves. 
Plants’ only. 3 in: 
ecrandallii. Brilliant with the loveliest turquoise upturned flowers, 
filiform gray-green foliage on wiry stems. A low spreading plant’ 
fairest of the family for the rock garden. 4 in. See page 8&8. 
erandalii procumbens. ‘Tiny round shiny leaves on trailing stems; 
sparsely spattered with clear blue flowers; stingy about seeding. 
grandiflorus. Large lavender-blue flowers; a strong plant. 3 ft. 
hallii. Basal tufts of shiny leaves, wide flaring trumpets of mid-blue 
on 6-inch stems. 
harbourii. Thick, oval leaves, broad, downy trumpet, light blue; 
alpine. 
humilis. Small blue flowers with a touch of lavender, slender stems 
trom dark green mats. Lovely in drifts emerging from pine woods. 
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jamesii. Pinky lavender; linear foliage; a dry plains variety. 1 ft. 
oliganthus. Little clear blue trumpets, white at the blow end, in 
loose clusters on slender 10-inch stems; any well drained soil. 
procerus, Clustered Pentstemon, Small deep blue-violet whorls. 8 to 
10 inches, 
rydbergii. Similar to procerus, but more robust. 
secundiflorus. Bright blue, open-faced flowers; now and again a 
pink variety. Another good one from dry plains. 1% ft. 
spectabilis. Clear rose pink flowers, glaucous foliage. 2 ft. 
teucrioides. A low flat wiry edition of P. crandalii; flowers less open. 
unilateralis. Many flowered, blue-lavender, short tubes with broad 
lips. Also a good clear pink variant. 1% ft. 
PETALOSTAMEN purpureus, Prairie Clover. Dense terminal spikes of 
rosy purple. 1 ft. 
PHACELIA, Purple Fringe. 
sericea. Racemes ot doubtful purple with extended bright yellow 
anthers. Alpine, 10 inches, 
PHLOX. Seed crop variable. We list “plants only” but occasionally 
can supply seed in limited quantities. 
andicola. Clear white flowers generous on plants of desert prickli- 
ness. Stoloniferous; thrives on any well-drained, non-acid soil. 
bryoides. Farrer says, “Ample, round-faced white flowers poked into 
a ball of fluffy moss.’’ Sunny rocky ridges. Plants only. 
eaespitosa. A Ph. condensata loosened up; myriads of white stars; 
subalpine; rocky gravel. 
condensata. Dense mats of sharp gray-green foliage displaying a 
“Milky way.” Like a glorified arenaria. Alpine screes. Another 
euchanting if—. Seed 50c per pkt. See page 19. 
longifolia. Clear rose-pink flowers, %-inch diameter, on erect stems; 
leaves sparse, long and very narrow; dry non-acid soil. 
multiflora. Close rounded cushions lavishly decorated with clear 
stars, usually white, sometimes lavender or rose. A really good 
rock garden plant. Found in alkali clay and in dry sand. (p. 17.) 
