142 BRECK'S BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



Phlox stolonifera. Creeping. The plant puts forth suck- 

 ers or shoots near the surface of the earth, which take root, 

 something after the manner of the strawberry. Leaves ovate, 

 (egg-shaped,) brownish-green ; stem erect, bearing a few large 

 deep-red flowers, which begin to expand a few days later than 

 the preceding. A very lovely species and worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. 



Phlox nivalis. Snow-white. The flowers are brilliant 

 snowy white, marked with orange in the centre, on the end of 

 the branches, in bunches from three to five, and make their 

 appearance from the tenth to the middle of May, and continue 

 until the first of June. If the autumn is mild, it will produce 

 a second crop, but not in such profusion. Leaves setaceous, 

 (bristly,) shining deep-green. This is the most tender, and is 

 generally more or less injured without a little protection, and it 

 is undoubtedly one of the most elegant of the family : not 

 common ; now lost from my collection. 



Phlox divaricata. Branches divaricate ; that is, spread out 

 so far from the stem, as to form more than a right angle with 

 it above. This beautiful species flowers the last of May, very 

 large, pale-blue, on lax decumbent stems, one foot high. Leaves 

 ovate lanceolate, (egg-shaped at the base, tapering ofT at the 

 point like the ancient lance.) This may be considered one of 

 the finest, but has not been so extensively disseminated as some 

 of the tribe. 



There is a white, and other varieties of this Phlox. 



CLASS II. FLOWERING IN JUNE AND JULY. 



In describing this numerous and very ornamental branch of 

 the family, it will be necessary to cut loose from all botanical 

 distinctions, for the species have undergone such a transforma- 

 tion by hybridizing, that it will puzzle a botanist to trace their 

 parentage. 



The two following are no doubt the parents, on one side, of 

 many of the improved sorts, as the habits and style, in many 

 respects, correspond. 



