PHLOX SETA'CEA. 



FINE-LEAVED PHLOX. 

 Class. Order. 



PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



POLEMONIACEjE. 



No. 68. 



The probable origin of the word Phlox has been 

 noticed under the sixth subject given in this work. 

 Setacea, from the Latin seta, a bristle, in allusion to 

 its bristle-like foliage. 



The species of Phlox which we now present to 

 our readers, is completely dissimilar from either of 

 those already treated of, but is still a desirable one. 

 It is a partial trailer, and any effort to lead it upright 

 will rarely be found to improve its effect. Many 

 plants require our care to support them against the 

 assaults of rude winds and battering rains. Our 

 convenience also requires the cutting back, and the 

 confinement of plants in certain positions, otherwise 

 nature, left to herself, generally produces a freedom 

 of outline that must abash every advocate of antique 

 Italian clipping and carving. 



We beg to warn those of our fair readers, who 

 happen not to examine the present plant botanically, 

 against confounding it with the Phlox subulata, 

 which is far more common through the midland 

 counties of England. The leaves of the Phlox se- 

 tacea are narrower than those of subulata, and its 

 flower also possesses greater delicacy of colouring, 



