THE PHLOX. 



Phlox paniculata. 



All DEN phloxes are compounds 

 of several species, and but little 

 of their origin is distinctly 

 traceable in their styles of 

 growth and flowering. It will 

 suffice to say that the so-called 

 Phlox decussata and P. pyramir 

 da Us, to which most of the 

 -garden phloxes are referred, 

 have no proper existence as 

 species, and for the cultivation 

 and classification of phloxes it 

 is best to consider the habit 

 (whether tall, dwarf, or inter- 

 mediate), the time of flowering 

 (whether early or late) , and the 

 colour and general style of the 

 flowers, those that are large 

 and circular and produced in 

 dense masses being the best. The florist is chiefly concerned 

 with their decorative qualities, and will have abundant 

 reason to be gratified, provided he has first secured a 

 good collection, for the varieties that have been produced 

 by cross-breeding within the past ten or twelve years are 



