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MINNESOTA STATE HOKTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



No one of these perennials is fairer or more useful or will give 

 more complete satisfaction than the phlox. Those who remember 

 the thin-petaled, white and dull-hued purple perennial phlox of old- 

 fashioned gardens can scarcely recognize these new varieties as the 

 same flower. From July until late in the fall they present huge pan- 

 nicies of close bloom, like that of hydrangea, while the individual 

 florets are twice the size of the old-time phlox. The colors are of 

 the brighest, richest and clearest, consisting of all the different tints 

 of rose, carmine, red and purple, as well as pure whites with dis- 

 tinct purple or crimson eyes. 



They succeed in any position either as single specimens in the 

 mixed border, or in large clumps or beds in the garden or lawn. 



SEEDLING PERENNIAL PHLOX IN BLOOM 



They are of the easiest culture, and the tiniest plants with ordinary 

 care will blossom the same season they are set. They can be safely 

 planted in September or the first of October, but I prefer to plant 

 in the spring when the new shoots have made a growth of three or 

 four inches. They are more easily separated then and can be di- 

 vided into one or two shoots which will make fine plants for the 

 next season's use. 



About the 20th of last May we transplanted about 1.500 very 

 small plants after they had made a growth of six to ten inches, and 

 how well they grew and blossomed can be seen by the above cut. 

 It was very dry at the time, yet I do not think a dozen plants died. 



Mulching is necessary when they are planted in exposed posi- 

 tions, or when we have winters without snow. A light covering of 



