PHLOX OVA'TA. 



OVAL-LEAVED PHLOX. 

 Class. Order. 



PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



POLEMONIACEjE. 



No. 59. 



Though the term Lychnidea has been expelled 

 from Botanical genera, it is sometimes, nevertheless, 

 used as an English name for this tribe of plants ; 

 see No. 6. Ovata, from the Latin, signifying egg- 

 shaped, or of an oval figure. 



The Phlox ovata is a beautiful herbaceous plant, 

 and however often met with will always be welcome. 

 We believe there is not one individual in this tribe 

 but has powerful claims to the attention of every true 

 florist ; we may therefore presume that our readers 

 will have pleasure in being occasionally introduced 

 to others of the same family. 



This little plant, though from North America, was 

 for many years, after its introduction, regarded as 

 a subject for the greenhouse, and indeed in moist 

 situations it will occasionally decay. 



The greater part of the Phloxes delight in peat, 

 or a mixture of that soil with loam ; peat, however, 

 seems rather too retentive of moisture to suit the 

 Phlox ovata ; but if planted in sandy loam, in a warm 

 situation, the severest frosts will not be found to 

 injure it. It may be propagated by parting the 

 roots, or by cuttings. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 327. 



