302 HARDY HERBACEOUS FLOWERS. 



Centrlpetdla. — The flower is peculiarly formed, the petals of 

 the outside row are large, and of a fine rosy-pink color, those of 

 the next row are narrow and fringed, while the centre-petals are 

 full-sized and hroad. 



Victoria Tricolor. — The outside petals are light rose, mottled 

 ■with pink, the centre petals yeUowish-white, with occasional 

 ii.arkings of red. The flower is large and full. 



The Tree Poeonias are very beautiful, but they aU require 

 protection during our severe winters. Possibly they may be 

 sufficiently protected by the snow where it falls deep enough to 

 cover them, and remains through the winter, but in aU other 

 places they should be planted in favorable positions, where they 

 will be sheltered from the sweep of chilly winds, and protected 

 with straw or branches of evergreens tied over them during the 

 winter. There are many varieties of these also. Alba Variegata, 

 Oumpperii, Parmenteri, Peine Elizabeth, and Robert Fortune, are 

 among the best and most distinct. 



The Phlox. — There is an almost endless list of the varieti^ 

 of Phlox, all of them beautiful, yet not all equal in beauty. All 

 are perfectly hardy, enduring our most severe winters without 

 even the slightest protection, and may be grown in any garden 

 where the soil is rich and friable, but flourishing in perfection 

 where the soil is very deep, moist, rich, and loamy. The Phlox 

 is somewhat impatient of drought, and holds its colors better and 

 its bloom longer if planted so as to be somewhat shaded from the 

 fierceness of the sun, yet not under the drip of trees. It is 

 easily propagated by division of the roots, which may be divided 

 when the plant has done flowering or early in spring. New 

 varieties are raised from seed. 



The varieties in cultivation have been divided into Early 

 Elowering and Late Flowering. New and improved names are 

 being constantly produced by the florists, so that the favorites of 

 to-day, 1872, will probably be discarded in a few years to make 

 way for those of more recent introduction. Meanwhile those 

 who plant the following names will be sure to have most 



