PHLOX PHASEOLUS I'LATYSTEMON. 205 



PHLOX. 



The only annual Phlox with which we are acquainted is 

 Phlox Drummondii, and this, in all its varieties, is worthy of a 

 place in every garden. It is perfectly hardy. When planted 

 in masses, no plant is more showy. The varieties are scarlet, 

 crimson, purple, white, and pink, variegated with all inter- 

 mediate shades. 



It grows about one foot high. To have a constant bloom of 

 this beautiful flower all the season, seed should be sown in 

 autumn, in the hot-bed in April, and in the open ground in 

 June. If the plants are put out six inches distant from each 

 other, they will form a compact mass, and amply repay all the 

 care and trouble of cultivation. 



The plants are low and spreading, about one foot high. 



PHASEOLUS. 



Phaseolus multiflorus. Scarlet-flowering Bean. This is 

 a popular climbing annual, with spikes of showy scarlet flow- 

 ers, and a variety with white flowers. They are extensively 

 cultivated to cover arbors, walls, or to form screens, for which 

 purpose they are admirably adapted, on account of their vigor- 

 ous and rapid growth. 



Plant the beans the middle of May. 



PLATYSTEMON. 



Platystemon Californicus. It is a hardy annual, of con- 

 siderable beauty, growing in any light, loamy soil, and readily 

 increased by seeds, which it perfects freely in the open border. 



It is one of the many interesting discoveries of Mr. Douglass, 

 to whom our collect' ons are indebted for its introduction. 

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