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away by growers, who treat tbe plant as a florists' flower; but, of 

 course, those who desire to use them for embellishing the margins 

 of shrubbery, etc., will have no hesitation about doing so. Indeed, 

 where the soil suits the Phlox well, and the amateur or gardener 

 does not regard it as a florists' flower, the annual propagation is by 

 no means necessary, and the plant may be treated exactly as au 

 ordinary herbaceous one. The first year of their existence, and the 

 first year of their flowering, they do not rise too high to be associated 

 with plants that grow about sixteen or eighteen inches high ; but in 

 the second year they usually rise much higher, and will prove meet 

 companies for dahlias, early asters, and things of like height. 



Many of the species of Phlox are in cultivation, some of them 

 excellent for rockwork, etc., and therefore we give a list of them, 

 with the best marked (^•'). They are generally very dwarf, and 

 excellent for the spring garden : — 



Phlox canadensis, P. divaricatus, P. frondosus, P. Nelsoni,* P. 

 nivalis, P. ovatus, P. ovatus Listoniana, P. pilosa, P. procumbens,* 

 P. setacens, P. subulata,* P. verna,* P. suaveolens fol. var. 



A concise and varied selection of the best of the newer hinds : — 

 Madame Corbay, Madame Duchemin, Comtesse de Turenne, Ma- 

 dame Lemont, Madame Hosay, Monsieur de Launay, Monsieur 

 Donnaud, L'Abbe Eoussel, Lucien Tisserand, Madame Devilliers, 

 Madame Emarant, Madame Herbeaumont, Eeve D'Or, Monsieur 

 Mittivier, Monsieur Paulmier, Liervalii, Etoile de Neuilly, Ma- 

 demoiselle Christine Nilsson, Premices du Bonheur, Eoi des Eoses, 

 Vierge Marie, Pigaro, Geant des Batailles, L'Avenir, Madame 

 Lecomte. 



KOTES 0:N' MESSRS. P. AND A. SMITH'S TEICOLOE 

 AND BRONZE ZONAL GEEANIUMS. 



T Messrs. P. and A. Smith's nursery. Park Road, West 

 Dulwich, is one of the finest collections of varieties 

 of these attractive plants. Having lately inspected 

 them, we offer the following notes on their characters 

 and qualities : — 

 Aureum, a golden-leaved variety, of the brightest tone of yellow, 

 with trace of a zone. The flowers are clear delicate cerise, produced 

 in abundance. As a beddcr it is unique; the leaf bright enough to 

 allow of the removal of the flowers, yet the peculiar tint of the 

 flowers renders this less necessary than in the case of strong 

 scarlets. 



Alhamh-a, a gold zonal, in the way of Mrs. Pollock, but sur- 

 passing it in habit and colour ; the best bedder at present of this 

 group ; colouring brilliant. 



Aurora is a gold zonal, with large bold leaf, and most brilliant 

 tones of yellow and red ; a most grand and telling kind, whether in 

 a bed or a pot. 



Brunette, a bronze zonal j the disk and edge greenish-sulphur, 



