ANNUALS, AND THEIR CULTIVATION. 



tlie first of May, and early in July were in full bloom, and attracted crowds of admi 

 rers. We have found tliem to flourisla best on a light, dry soil. 



The name Salpiglossis, which signifies a tongue in a tube, is supposed to allude to 

 the shape of the stigma, which is plainly seen in the center of the tube-shaped corolla. 



Drummond's Phlox — Phlox Drummondi. — The Phlox Drummondi is one of the 

 most beautiful annual flov/ers ; 

 and, indeed, we are not certain 

 but we should be justified in call- 

 ing it the finest of all. It is re- 

 markable for the splendor and 

 variety of its colors. Flowers 

 from the same seed will be found 

 of almost every shade of color 

 from the deepest and most bril- 

 liant rose-color to the palest and 

 most delicate pink. Every flower, 

 though of the deepest carmine, 

 has the under side of its petals of 

 a pale blush color ; and every 

 petal, though of the palest pink^ 

 has a dark carmine spot at its 

 base. Thus the variety of colors 

 displayed in a bed of these flow- 

 ers, almost exceeds description ; 

 and when they are seen under a 

 bright sun, and agitated by a gen- 

 tle breeze, the efl'ect is exceedingly 

 brilliant — we know of nothing 

 more beautiful. 



This Phlox was discovered in 

 Texas, in 1835, by Drummond, a 

 botanical collector sent out by the 

 Glasgow Botanical Society, who 

 soon after died in Cuba, in the 

 midst of his researches. This 

 being one of the last plants dis- 

 covered by Mr. Drummojtd, it was 

 named Phlox Drummondi, in 

 honor of its lamented discoverer. 



The seed should be sown in a 

 nicely prepared bed about the 1st 

 of May, in this latitude, lightly covered ; and in July they will be in full 



are very easily cultivated, requiring no other care than keeping them clear of 



rmOX DRUMMOXDI. 



blossom. 



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