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This name is sometimes given to the Alaternus, and like- 

 wise belongs to a genus of evergreens very similar to that 

 shrub. 



The Alaternus is not well adapted for pots, on account of 

 its far-spreading roots ; or it would be particularly desirable 

 to a lover of plants, as being one which the tasteful Evelyn 

 prided himself upon bringing into proper notice. 



PHLOX. 



FOLEMONIACEjE. PENTANDRIA MONOG\NIA. 



Called also Lychnidea. Italian, flosside. 



THESE plants are chiefly North American, and most of 

 them tolerably hardy. They are small, the blossoms pur- 

 ple ; blowing at different seasons, from April to September, 

 according to their species. They like a moist soil, and must 

 be liberally watered : should be housed in October, and 

 placed abroad again early in May. The usual colour of the 

 blossoms, called by the gardeners purple, is in truth rather 

 a purple-tinged flesh-colour, like that of Venus's Looking- 

 glass. They are numerous and handsome. 



In Captain Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the 

 Shores of the Polar Sea, he speaks of a species of Phlox, 

 which, from his unfortunate friend Lieutenant Hood, he 

 names Phlox Hoodii. " This beautiful species," says he, 

 " is a striking ornament in the plains of the neighbour- 

 hood of Carlton House, forming large patches, which are 

 conspicuous at a distance." 



