PHLOX 



(From the Greek phlox, a flame) 

 PoUmonidceir 



loi. Phlox suffruticosa, vars. {P. glaberrima, var. suffruticosa, 



P. nitida) 



English Name: Early blooming hardy phlox. 



HORTICULTURAL VARIETIES 

 TYPE FROM SOUTHERN U. S. A. 



JUNE TO MID-JULY, MID- 

 AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER 



FLAT flowers an inch or more across in white, flesh-pink, or purple, 

 profusely borne in close elongated heads sometimes a foot long, on erect 

 leafy stems from two to four feet high. Leaves medium size, narrow, and 

 pointed, dark glossy 

 green, and persistent. 



The white variety, 

 Miss Lingard, is perhaps 

 the best of all hardy 

 Phloxes on account of its 

 fine foliage and long 

 bloom. All the varieties 

 if not allowed to seed will 

 bloom well a second time 

 in September. One of 

 the most valuable flowers 

 for massing in the herba- 

 ceous border. Good also 

 for cutting. 



A perfectly hardy per- 

 ennial of easiest culture in 

 any garden soil, in sun. 

 Does best in rich, rather 

 moist soil. Should not be 

 crowded, and should be 

 divided every three years 

 in late fall. 



Propagate by division. 



Var. Miss Lingard. Pun- 

 white with pale pink eye, is 

 by far the finest. Other 

 varieties of rather questionable color an.-: 



Var. Burns. Deep rosy-purple. 



Var. Ringleader. Light purple with crimson eciure. 



