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leaves, strawy manure, etc., is all that is required. Sometimes the 

 buds at the crown will winter-kill. When this happens they will 

 generally sprout up from the roots and send up dozens of small 

 shoots. These can be left until the next season, then transplanted, 

 and they will soon make nice plants. 



I have about thirty named varieties and at least seventy-five dis- 

 tinct seedlings. We always transplant the seedlings when they are 

 from two to three inches high. They never fail to blossom the same 

 season they are transplanted but somewhat later than established 

 varieties, and this helps to prolong the season of bloom. If the 

 center shoot is cut soon after it blossoms side shoots will appear 

 later and bloom as freely as the main stalk. This, also, is a good 

 way to prolong the flowering season. 



No flower on my grounds the past season caused more com- 

 ment than the perennial phlox, and no one variety was so much 

 admired as the Jas. Garland. This is pure white with large crimson 

 eye. 



If all realized how easy the culture and how gratifying the re- 

 sult with perennial phlox, this worthy flower would be more widely 

 known and loved. Let me beg you to give it at least a thorough 

 trial. 



Mrs. H. K. Eves : I have heard it suggested that they die out ; 

 that the seedlings are not as strong as the parent plant. 



Mr. Fryer : I am using seedlings, and they usually come back 

 to the old variety. I have seen variations in different plants, but 

 named varieties will be the same every year. 



Mrs. Eves : I understood that the running out was usually 

 the death of the old plant and the sprouting of the seedlings. 



- Mr. Wedge : I am very glad this paper was read here. Phlox 

 is a favorite of mine, and I think it is something that needs just 

 the attention our ' friend has given it. In regard to the trouble 

 the lady speaks of, I think the facts are just these: If the plants are 

 neglected, simply left to themselves, with perhaps fair cultivation, 

 the seedlings are liable to be different when they take the place of 

 the old plants. As the old plant loses vigor it should be divided, 

 similar to the paeony and other plants of like nature. By this meth- 

 od of dividing the old plants and giving them a new setting and 

 taking care they are not seedlings of the original plant, there will 

 be no trouble about running out. 



