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Gardening for Amateurs 



effectively planted. They are invaluable 

 for grouping in the mixed flower border, 

 while a border devoted entirely to Phlox 

 produces a glorious display of colour from 

 the end of July to early October. When 



The Canadian Phlox (P. divaricata), a beautiful pale blue kind 



blooms are cut with long stems Phloxes 

 may be most effectively used for indoor 

 decoration. 



The original kind or species, Phlox pani- 

 culata, with purple flowers, is an attractive 

 border plant growing 4 to 5 feet high. 

 Even more effective is the white varietv, 



alba, which sometimes attains 6 feet high, 

 and has very large much- branched panicles 

 of starry white flowers. 



Low - Growing Phloxes. While small 

 groups of the low-growing Phloxes may be 

 planted in the rock gar- 

 den, it is when grown 

 in masses along the 

 front of the border or 

 in beds that one fully 

 appreciates their great 

 beauty. In spring and 

 early summer the plants 

 are almost hidden by the 

 profusion of bloom, and 

 as they are evergreen 

 they are of interest even 

 in winter. Varieties of 

 the American Moss Pink 

 (Phlox subulata or P. 

 setacea) grow 6 inches 

 high, and can be had in 

 a variety of colours. A 

 few of the best are atro- 

 purpurea, purple, marked 

 with crimson ring ; G. F. 

 Wilson, mauve ; Daisy 

 Hill, rose, crimson centre ; 

 Fairy, lilac; Nelsoni, 

 snowy white ; Xewry 

 Seedling, pale lilac ; The 

 Bride, white, pink eye. 

 The soft lavender-blue 

 flowers of the Canadian 

 Phlox (P. divaricata), that 

 grows about 1 foot high, 

 have many admirers. The 

 variety Laphamii, or 

 Perry's variety, has lovely 

 pale blue flowers, and is 

 rather taller ; there is 

 also a white variety, alba. 

 Another dwarf Phlox (P. 

 amoena) has bright rose- 

 coloured flowers ; the 

 plants are about 6 inches 

 high. These low-growing Phloxes thrive in 

 most well -drained garden soils, and are 

 readily propagated by division of the 

 clumps in September, or by cuttings in 

 July and August. Cuttings root readily in 

 light sandy soil under a handlight or in a 

 cold frame. 



