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should wait till thej flower, and eliminate everything 

 not np to the parental pattern. 



The Paniculata. Is a strong growing native variety. 



The Maculata. Is of a more dwarfish habit. These 

 two have been hybridized by European florists, till now 

 we have perhaps a hundred choice kinds. 



The Divaricata. Is yet another variety of our na- 

 tives. 



Phlox Dnnnmoncli. Was found growing in Texas 

 by a botanical collector, Mr. Drummond. He sent the 

 seed home, but soon after died of the fever, so this va- 

 riety, which is an annual, was named from him. This 

 has been greatly improved, and it is claimed that some 

 of the finest perennials have a strain of the Drummondi. 

 The plants should have the best of care. They need 

 Avater in hot, dry weather. I have known them to 

 stand up well under 110 in the shade, with the hot wind 

 raging, provided they had plenty of water. 



SOME OF THE VARIETIES THE WHITE. 



Independence. Is a full, snowy white, one of the 

 early ones. It is a free bloomer and quite attractive. 



Jeanne d' Arc. Is massive, fine and late, a great 

 mass of purity. 



The Pearl. Is another very fine one. 



But the grandest of all is Praulein Gr. Von Lossburg. 

 This is far in advance of any white one yet produced. 

 The flowers are of glowing, sheeny whiteness, and are 

 of immense size, sometimes measuring nearly two inch- 

 es in diameter. These are very rare, and so are quite 



