Gardening for Amateurs 



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is through neglect of this that the plant is so 

 often lost, and unjustly considered difficult 

 to grow. 



Phloxes are valuable for garden decora- 

 tion, either grouped by themselves or with 

 other plants in the mixed border. They 

 can be had in a great variety of colours, from 

 pure white, through varying shades of pink, 

 rose and red, to orange-scarlet, in addition to 

 violet, lilac, lavender and purple. Varieties 

 of purple and lilac and allied shades look best 

 when grouped with white -flowered sorts 

 and silvery foliage plants ; if planted in a 

 slightly shaded position they are still more 

 effective, a suggestion that applies to most 

 flowers of purple shading. 



A Beautiful Colour Scheme can be 

 carried out with Phloxes alone, starting with 

 the violet and lavender shades, following 

 with creamy white ; this leads up to the 

 paler shades of rose and pink, which should 

 be followed by the red and orange-scarlet, 

 white succeeding. The front of the border 

 could be finished off by a line of the dwarf 

 white-flowered variety Tapis Blanc, or a 



broad, irregular band of white Violas would 

 look very well. Most effective of all, perhaps, 

 is an edging of the grey-leaved Lavender 

 Cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus). The 

 tall, small, white-flowered Phlox paniculata 

 is especially useful for large groups at the 

 back of the borders or for grouping in the 

 shrubbery. 



Some of the stronger-growing sorts are 

 well suited to beds on the lawn. Suitable 

 combinations are the dwarf white Tapis 

 Blanc and the purple Le Mahdi ; the gorgeous 

 orange-scarlet G. A. Strohlein and Frau 

 Ant. Buchner, the best of the white-flowered 

 Phloxes. 



The following are a few of the best sorts 

 for massing : White, P. paniculata, tall, with 

 small flowers, Fiancee, Frau Ant. Buchner, 

 Friefraulein von Lassberg, Mrs. Jenkins, 

 Sulphide and Tapis Blanc. Violet-blue: 

 Dr. Charcot, Lord Rayleigh, Iris, Le Mahdi 

 and Widar. Mauve and Lilac shades : Vio- 

 letta, Antonin Mercie, Ellen Willmott, Eugene 

 Danzanvilliers, La Vogue, Lady Peel and 

 Queen Alexandra. Orange-scarlet : Coqueli- 



Flower borders in a suburban garden. 



