by themselves, or with Shirley Poppies or loose-growing Roses ; July. 



also in glades of the wood where they can freely seed them- Foxglove 



selves. To keep the strain white the greatest care must be an j Phlox 



taken to pick off all the pink flowers that may appear; they 



are pretty in their way but do not approach the white in 



beauty. On a soil they like, with space round them, these are 



magnificent ; the best I have ever seen were at Teynham where 



many of them reached six feet in height, and one particularly 



fine plant had twenty good shoots round the central spire, 



making a pyramid of flower. Like every other plant they 



repay the grower for giving them a position they like. Being 



biennials, they must be sown two years running in May, and 



then ought to be self-supporting. Dozens of young plants 



will come up round the old stems, and some should always 



be pricked out in a nursery bed for stock. 



For the borders, and for large beds where a brilliant colour 

 effect is wanted, Phloxes will be found most useful. By using 

 both Summer and Autumn varieties their flower can be enjoyed 

 through July, August, and September. They are to be had in 

 beautiful shades of flaming red, pink and white. Coquelicot 

 and Coccinea will be found two of the best reds ; other good 

 kinds are Mrs Farquhar, Etna, Mrs Oliver, J. C. Hamisch, 

 Sylphide, Aurore and Pascale. They are all perfectly hardy 

 and very easily increased by seed, cuttings, or division. Cuttings 

 may be taken, at almost any time of the year, but a very good 

 plan is to make them from the early shoots thrown up in March ; 

 they strike well then, and better flower is produced by the old 

 plant if some of the shoots are thinned out. For division, the 

 plants should be taken up in the Spring, cut into small pieces, 

 and replanted. 



