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Phlox — continued. 



P. D. grandijlor'a is a fine large flowered variety 

 of great diversity of colour and the most 

 effective of the strains. 



P. D. cuspida'ta is a variegated leaved variety with 

 flowers mostly toothed and some fringed ; 

 about 1 ft. high. Kose and carmine shades. 



P. D. Jimh'ia'ta. Beautiful star-shaped flowers of 

 all sorts of colours margined with white. 



P. D. floref ple'no is a double flowered form of 

 numerous shades and colours. 



Seed should be sown tV in. deep in light soil in 

 a pan on a slight hotbed in March. Transplant 2 

 ins. apart in boxes, harden off gradually, and plant 

 outdoors 6 to 8 ins. apart in good soil in June. 

 Water frequently in hot weather. It is a good 

 plan to get bushy plants to pinch off the leading 

 shoot when quite small. 



Pillar Forget-Me-Not. See Myosotis stricta 

 Goelestina. 



Pimpernel. See Anagallis. 



Pincushion Flower. See Scabiosa atropurpurea. 



PiNK-RosETTE EVERLASTING. See Rhodanthe Manglesi. 



Platyste'mon — Cream- Cups or Cali/ornian Poppy 

 (from Gr. platus, broad, and stemon, a stamen). 

 Nat. Ord. Papaveracece. 



P. calif or' nicus is a pretty dwarf - spreading 

 Poppywort, having glaucous-green hairy 



