VAN HOUTTE'S PHLOX. 



Garden Variety. 



For a knowledge of this remarkable plant we are indebted 

 to M. Louis van Houtte, nurseryman of Ghent, who sent it to 

 us in October last, in full flower ; but without any account of 

 its origin. 



It is a variety of remarkable beauty, looking as if P. sua- 

 veolens had been crossed with P. caroliniana, leaving on a 

 white ground a crimson evidence of its paternity. The ap- 

 pearance of the plant is beautiful, far beyond any thing yet 

 seen in the genus Phlox ; and we were almost going to say, 

 beyond any thing among the hardy perennials in cultivation. 



An approach to it was exhibited last year by Mr. Mount- 

 joy, nurseryman of Ealing, but it was only an approach, with 

 a much paler stain on the corolla. That, however, was very 

 pretty ; and well worth the acquisition of the lovers of gay 

 flowers. 



