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now lost, and I have not been able to obtain it from any 

 nursery in the country ; the foliage is shining deep-green, 

 more bristly ; the flowers are pure white with yellow eye, 

 and I think it is more tender than the other. 



P. r^ptans, sometimes called P. stolonifera^ is a beauti- 

 ful dwarf species, running upon the ground like those just 

 described, sending up innumerable clusters of deep-crim- 

 son flowers, blooming in May ; the flowers are nearly as 

 large as in the late flowering species. The leaves are oval 

 and not so abundant as those of P. suhulata. 



P. divaricata. — This species, with its varieties, flow^ers 

 late in May and beginning of June ; one foot high. The 

 varieties are those with white, lilac, light-purple, or blue 

 flowers, with intermediate shades. 



P« maculata* — From this species (and probably P, 

 paniculata^ and others also), have been produced a great 

 number of fine varieties known in the gardens under the 

 term Perennial Phloxes. They are divided into two clas- 

 ses, early and late. These were fully described in a com- 

 munication to the chairman of the Flower Committee of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society a few years ago, 

 from which I present the following extracts : — 



" Early Phloxes. — These commence flowering about 

 the first week in June ; the difierent varieties successively 

 coming into bloom to the middle of July, and continue in 

 bloom, more or less profusely, until October, particularly 

 when the flower-stems are cut down to the ground as the 

 trusses or spikes of flowers begin to fade. This class of 

 Phloxes rano;e in heisrht from one and one-half to three 

 feet, according to the richness of the soil ; some few vari- 

 eties are rather more dwarfish in their habits. The early 

 sorts all differ in their foliage from the later. The leaves are 

 generally glossy, with a smooth surface, and mostly oblong- 

 lance shape, sometimes with a heart-shaped base." Among 

 the varieties of this class are Madame Ditboulet^ pink ; 

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