PHLOX TRIFLO'RA. 



THREE-FLOWERED PHLOX. 

 Class. Order. 



PENTANDBIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



POLEMONIACE*:. 



No. 6. 



Linneus did not, in this genus of plants, retain 

 the old name Lychnidea, in consequence of its near 

 approach to Lychnis, the name of another genus ; 

 but chose the present name Phlox, perhaps, only 

 by reason of its analogy to the former, both being 

 derived from Greek words signifying flame or light- 

 ning. Triflora, from the branches of the corymbus 

 being mostly three-flowered. 



Every individual of this family inherits some de- 

 sirable quality; the greater part of them are ex- 

 tremely showy ; several grow higher than the present 

 plant; and a few clothe the border with a close 

 foliage during the whole year. England now pos- 

 sesses about thirty species of Phlox, brought prin- 

 cipally from North America, within the last eighty 

 or ninety years. 



It will grow in any common soil, but best in a 

 mixture of peat and loam. It may be easily in- 

 creased by cuttings, taken early in the summer, 

 or by dividing the roots in autumn; but this latter 

 practice should not be resorted to oftener than 

 once in two or three years, or the roots will be 

 much weakened. 



Sweet's Fl. Gar. p. 29. 



