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raised by the writer ; corolla round and perfect ; stem branched ; 

 three feet high in August. 



Phlox Mary Ann. A superb new variety, with striped 

 flowers ; corolla five-shape ; the centre part of each segment is 

 of a clear pale-purple, while the margins are pure white ; in 

 dense flattish corymbs ; in July and August ; one and a half 

 foot high. 



Phlox panicidata alba. A fine variety, with pure white 

 flowers, arranged in pyramidal panicles; three feet high; in 

 August. 



Phlox nymphea alba. A fine variety, with white flowers, 

 tinted with purple ; tube of the corolla purple ; flowers ar- 

 ranged in dense spherical corymbs : three feet high ; in July 

 and August. 



Phlox cordata grandiflora. Corolla large, fine round 

 shape, purplish-pink, with white centre, in large flattish, dense, 

 terminal panicles ; four to five feet high ; in August. 



Phlox decussata alba. A fine white variety, with perfect 

 flowers in regular 'compact pyramidal corymbs ; three feet high ; 

 in August. 



Phlox Lawrencii is a variety with white flowers ; a seedling 

 raised by W. E. Carter, late of the Botanic Garden, Cam- 

 bridge ; three to four feet high ; in August. 



Mr. Carter has raised a number of fine seedlings, flowering 

 in August, viz. : Phlox Frelinghuysen, with variegated flow- 

 ers ; and Phlox Henry Clay, with white flowers, finely penciled 

 with purple ; each about two to three feet high. 



Phlox rosea superba is a variety with brilliant rose-colored 

 flowers. 



Phlox undidata. The margin of the leaves slightly undu- 

 lated ; lance oblong ; stem erect, smooth, three feet high ; the 

 latest species flowers in September, and retains its beauty 

 long after the commencement of frosts, and lingers to the con- 

 fines of winter; red; many of the flowers turn white, which 

 gives its panicled corymbs or heads a variegated appearance, 

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