CHAP. XVII VILLA (lAKDENING 105 



Fireman, Ingoldsby, Lucretia, Newmarket, Nigger, Black Knight, 

 Duke of Wellington, Flag of Truce, Ghost, Napoleon III., Purity, 

 Royal Scarlet, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Old Crimson Clove, Old 

 Purple Clove, Old White Clove. 



Border Pinks. — Ascot, Anne Boleyn, Brightness, Fimbriata 

 alba major, Lord Lyons, Mrs. Moore, Newmarket, White 

 Perpetual. 



Mule Finks. — Hybridus flore-pleno : Multiflora rosea, Marie 

 Pards, Napoleon IIL, Striatiiiorus, Tom Thumb. The Mule Pinks 

 are usefid border plants. 



The Phlox. — The improvement which has taken place in 

 this family within a recent j^eriod has been immense ; in fact 

 it is difficult to say what now remains to be done in the way 

 of advancement, though the real florist does not admit the word 

 "finality" into his vocabulary. Of the two sections into which 

 the herbaceous Phloxes have been divided, under the names of 

 decussata and suffruticosa, the former is the most useful, being 

 more rubust in habit, and the blooming period being of longer 

 duration. Still, where there is space, both species shoiUd be 

 grown, as the suffruticosa section, besides the advantages of early 

 flowering, are sweet scented, and are chaste and delicate in colour. 

 An open situation, good, rather strong, soil liberally manured, and 

 frequent renewal either by cuttings or division of the roots in spring, 

 are among the chief essentials to their successful culture. When 

 coming into flower and during the blossoming period, plenty of water 

 is requisite. If we want si^ikes for exhibition, mulchings too of 

 manure are suitable. If more spikes show than are required, they 

 should be thinned early, removing the weakest. For merely deco- 

 rative purposes in the border, more stems may be left than would 

 be desirable if we want fine individual spikes. The Phloxes are so 

 beautifid and hardy, and serve so many purposes, that every one 

 should grow at least a dozen varieties. They shoiUd be divided 

 and transplanted every three years at least. New varieties may 

 be increased by cuttings at any time in a shady border. They 

 also strike as easy as Verbenas in spring in a hotbed. 



Varieties — Suffruticosa {early Jloweriny). — Alba magna, 

 white ; Allan M'Lean, rosy piu-ple ; Beauty, rosy lilac, crimson 

 eye ; Circle, white, crimson eye ; Conqueror, white, scarlet eye ; 

 Empress, white ; Harrison's Seedling, white, shaded centre ; 

 Mauve Queen, King of Purples, Mdlle. Reudatler, rose jDetals, with 

 white stripe on each ; Mrs. Camjobell, white, rose eye ; The Shah, 

 rosy purple ; Philip Pollock, light rose. 



Decussata (late floicering). — Admiration, red, crimson eye; 

 Boule de Feu, salmon, crimson eye ; Brilliant, rose ; Comtesse de 



