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free-branching panicles of flowers, and the 

 large, well-formed blooms all show improve- 

 ment. In colour the flowers range from 

 pure white to scarlet and crimson, including 

 practically every shade of pink, rose, lilac, 

 grey, purple, and carmine. 



Early Summer Phloxes. Varieties of 

 Phlox suffruticosa flower freely during June 

 and July, and continue to some extent in 

 August. They prefer a little shade, particu- 

 larly if the soil is rather light. They grow 

 from 2 to 3 feet high. Six of the best sorts 

 are : Attraction, snow white, rosy-crimson 

 centre ; Isaac House, satin-pink ; Magnifi- 

 cence, rosy-pink, crimson centre ; Mrs. 

 Miller, rosy-pink, deeper centre ; Xellie 

 (NYttie) Stewart, white, flaked rose; and 

 Snowdon, pure white. Small groups, con- 

 sisting of from three to six or more plants, 

 should find a place in the flower border. 

 The flowers are useful for cutting. 



Late Summer Phloxes. In these, known 

 as Phlox decussata varieties, we possess a 

 most valuable class of border plants, unsur- 



passed in brilliant and varied colouring. A 

 list of twenty beautiful sorts, embracing a 

 wide range of colour, is given here, but as 

 the named varieties may be counted almost 

 by the hundred no two growers would 

 probably agree in making a short list of the 

 best : Antonin Mercie, violet, white centre ; 

 Coqueiicot, orange-scarlet ; Elizabeth Camp- 

 bell, salmon ; Etna, coral-red ; Eugene 

 Danzanvilliers, rosy-lilac ; Flambeau, orange- 

 scarlet ; Freifraulein von Lassberg, white ; 

 George A. Strohlein, orange-scarlet, carmine 

 centre ; General von Heutz, salmon-red, 

 white centre ; Le Mahdi, violet-blue ; Mrs. 

 Oliver, salmon, white centre ; Pantheon, 

 deep pink ; Paul Bert, lilac and white ; 

 Reichgraf von Hochberg, purple ; Selma, 

 pink, red eye ; Sheriff Ivory, light rose ; 

 Tapis Blanc, dwarf white ; Walter Wright, 

 crimson-purple ; and William Ramsey, dark 

 purple. 



It is hardly necessary to describe the 

 numerous positions in the flower garden and 

 pleasure grounds where Phloxes may be 



A lovely perennial Poppy, Jeannie Mawson, salmon-pink. 



