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* PHLOX Drummondii. 
Mr. Drummond's Phlox. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. POLEMONIACEZ. 
PHLOX. Supra, vol. 1. fol. 68. 
P. Drummondii; annua, patentim pilosa, erecta ; foliis oblongis acutis aristatis 
basi subcordatis semi-amplexicaulibus infimis subspathulatis, floribus corym- 
bosis, calycis laciniis subulatis acuminatissimis reflexis corolleeque tubo 
(calycis tubum ter excedente) hirsutissimis. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3441. 
An annual Phlox is indeed a novelty ; every species of 
that beautiful genus previously described being perennial. 
In this instance the novelty is accompanied by a degree of 
beauty which is hardly equalled by any annual in culti- 
vation. 
The flowers are either light, or deep carmine, on the 
inner surface of their corolla, and a pale blush on the out- 
side, which sets off wonderfully the general effect. A bed 
of this plant has hardly yet been seen ; for it is far too pre- 
cious and uncommon to be possessed by any one, except in 
small quantities; but I have had such a bed described to me, 
and I can readily believe that it produced all the brilliancy 
that my informant represented. 
Being an annual, it will only be propagated by seeds; 
and, unfortunately, the unusual wetness of last autumn was 
exceedingly unfavourable to their ripening. I have no doubt, 
however, that one fine dry season will render the plant com- 
mon and accessible to every one. 
* See folio 1351. 
