A CHAPTER ON PHLOXES. 



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with deep red flowers ; stems fan-flowered ; 

 18 inches high. Radical leaves rhomboidal ; 

 upper ones ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in 

 June. This has disappeared from our col- 

 lection. 



Phlox van houtii. — A superb new va- 

 riegated Phlox, with a fine corolla, each 

 segment being regularly and distinctly strip- 

 ed with purplish-red on pure white ground. 

 Flowers on elongated panicles, half the 

 length of the stem. Height two feet. Leaves 

 rhomboidal, nearly clasping, glabrous. In 

 flower the last of June. 



Phlox picta. — A beautiful new white va- 

 riety, with large reddish purple eye. Flow- 

 ers arranged in loose pyramidal panicles ; 

 stem spotted ; eighteen inches high. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate. Flowers in July. A very 

 delicate and beautiful variety ; the eye 

 gives it a lively appearance. 



Phlox shepherdia. — Named in honor of 

 William Shepherd, curator of Liverpool 

 Botanic Garden. A beautiful variety, about 

 two feet and a half high, with purplish-red 

 flowers in elongated panicles; leaves lance - 

 oblong, glabrous. Flowers in July. 



Phlox keermesina alba. — Another fine 

 new eyed variety. Corolla round, white, 

 with light purple eye, arranged in loose 

 pjTamidal panicles of great beauty ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, glabrous. Two feet high. 

 Flowers in July. 



Phlox meechantea speciosa. — A fine 

 new variety. Corolla Avhite, beautifully 

 tinted with rose ; corymbs very branching ; 

 flowers arranged on the branches in elonga- 

 ted panicles. Leaves deep shining green, 

 glabrous, lance-ovate. Corolla fine form. 

 Three to four feet high. Flowers in July. 

 A very desirable variety. 



Phlox nymphea alba. — A fine new white 

 variety. Corolla fine form, white, delicately 

 tinted with purple ; tube of corolla purple. 

 Flowers arranged in dense spherical co- 



rymbs. Leaves ovate-acuminate, somewhat 

 spatulate at the base. Three feet high. 

 July and August. Beautiful. 



Phlox paniculata alba. — A fine new 

 variety, with pure white flowers arranged 

 in pyramidal panicles. Stem three feet high, 

 with lateral branches extending down near- 

 ly to the ground ; they are nearly two feet 

 in length, the extremities covered with 

 flowers. Leaves four inches long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, spatulate, somewhat 

 rugose, the margin slightly undulate. Flow- 

 ers in August. 



Phlox la wrench. — A new and beautiful 

 white variety, raised by W. E. Carter, which 

 we consider one of the best whites that has 

 yet come under our observation. The 

 flowers are large, fine shape, a pure snowy 

 white, in large, dense, pyramidal corymbs, 

 with lateral branches regularly arranged, 

 increasing in length as they descend the 

 stem, but not so long and straggling as in 

 the last described variety. Leaves seven 

 inches long, lanceolate, acuminate, gla- 

 brous. From three to four feet high. Flow- 

 ers in August. 



Phlox frelinghuysen. — Another beauti- 

 ful seedling of Mr. Carter's, with variega- 

 ted flowers in dense pyramidal corymbs : 

 light purple and white, finely pencilled in 

 irregular stripes. Leaves lanceolate, spatu- 

 late, glabrous. Three feet high. August. 



Phlox acubiinata. — A distinct, fine old 

 species, with purple flowers in a very dense 

 spherical, terminal corymb or panicle. 

 Leaves spatulate, ovate-acuminate, a little 

 scabrous ; upper ones lanceolate. Three 

 feet and a half high. July and August. 



Phlox henry clay. — A beautiful seed- 

 ling of Mr. Carter, with very large, fine 

 white corolla pencilled with purple ; tube of 

 the corolla also purple. Flowers in pyra- 

 midal corymbs. Leaves lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate. Flowers in August. 



