PLANTS GROWING IN RICH OR ROCKY SOIL. 187 



WILD PHLOX. 



Phlox divaricata. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Polemonium. Pale lilac or Slightly fragrant. New York west- Aprils May. 



blue. ward and s out hivard. 



Flmvers : large, over an inch broad ; terminal, in loose cymose clusters. 

 Calyx : of five pointed sepals. Corolla : salver-form ; of five round lobes 

 that extend into a slender tube, and have an eye of a darker colour. Stamens: 

 five; unequal, in the tube of the corolla, with deep orange anthers. Pistil': 

 one; stigma, three-lobed. Leaves: lanceolate; opposite; entire. Stem: a 

 foot to eighteen inches high ; erect ; spreading. 



There is so great a similarity between the wild phlox and 

 the cultivated forms of the plant that when we meet it in the 

 moist woods we are just a little surprised, and feel inclined to 

 ask if it is enjoying its stroll away from the garden. It has 

 such a complacent expression, however, that we hesitate and 

 pursue our own way feeling sure that if it has strayed away 

 from home it will find its way back again, unaided. 



P. maculata, or wild sweet william, as it is commonly known, 

 is a purplish-pink variety. Its flowers grow in panicles and the 

 leaves are rather heart-shaped at the base. The stem is con- 

 spicuously dotted with purple. It grows in rocky ground and 

 blooms a little later in the season than the above species. 



GROUND OR MOSS PINK. {Plate XCVIIL) 



Phlox subuldta. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Polemonium, Pink., purple or white. Scentless. New England south- April-June. 



ward and westzvard. 



Flowers : on pedicels; growing in terminal racemes. Calyx : of five narrow 

 lobes. Corolla: with five obovate lobes, notched at the apex. Stamens : five, 

 unequal, in the throat of the corolla. Pistil: one; stigma, three-lobed. 

 Leaves: scattered; lanceolate; pubescent. Stem: creeping; rising slightly 

 from the ground. 



It may be imagined how lovely is the hillside where this 

 little plant spreads a carpet of its soft bloom. The mingling of 

 the many colours and the dark eyes that peep out coquettishly 

 seem as though they were coaxing one to stop and play with 

 them awhile. 



The plant requires little moisture, and in a time of a 



