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MOUNTAIN FLEECE, see Polygonum. 



MOUNTAIN FEATHER FLEECE (Stenanthium robustum). 5-8 ft. A 

 very beautiful hardy perennial with long lily leaves and panicles of 

 feathery, drooping white flowers often 2-3 ft. long. As the flowers 

 ripen they turn to shades of pink and purple. Requires a deep, rich, 

 moist soil; propagate by seeds or offsets. 



PHLOX. Perennial (Phlox paniculata, var. F. G. Von Lassburg). 

 4 ft. Though there are many white varieties, this is said to be the best 

 white Phlox under cultivation, bearing great heads of pure white 

 flowers. It requires a deep, rich soil, sun and much water during the 

 flowering season, also a top-dressing of manure during summer. If the 

 tops are pinched off when plants are about a foot high, they will make 

 a lower more bushy growth, and the flowers will be more numerous, 

 though smaller. They will also be a little later in blooming. By pinch- 

 ing off only a portion of the plants, or the outside stalks, it will retard 

 the bloom of certain ones and thus prolong the season of bloom. Propa- 

 gated by seed or division of the root in spring or autumn. The latter 

 method is the surest way to perpetuate any given strain. It can also be 

 increased by cutting a strong root in pieces and treating it as you would 

 seeds; also cuttings taken from roots of old plants grow easily, and 

 cuttings from shoots that will not bloom that season are used. Seed, 

 if sown early in heat, then hardened and planted out in May, will bloom 

 the first season; by this latter method new varieties are secured, as they 

 cross easily. White Phlox is particularly beautiful planted with Golden 

 Glow, Helianthus or Stokesia Cartesia. Also many shades of pink, red, 

 lilac and blue; see other lists. 



POLYGONUM. Mountain Fleece (P. amplexicaule) . 2-3 ft. Has a 

 strong, woody rootstock, flowers creamy-white in one or two racemes 

 from 2-6 in. long. Give partial shade and any good soil; inclined to 

 spring up over the garden. Propagate by division; needs a little protec- 

 tion in severe winters. Blooms very late in August or early September. 

 Also a deep red variety. 



SNAKEROOT. White (Eupdtorium ageratoides) . 3 ft. A native plant 

 in some portions of the North and Middle 'West, but very desirable 

 under cultivation. It is of erect, leafy growth with thin green leaves 

 and large heads of finely-divided white flowers. Give a rich moist soil; 

 propagated by division of root. 



