Phlox paniculata, continued 



Jocelyn. Salmon. 



Jules Finger. White, with red eye. 



La Fondre. Purple-crimson, with carmine center. 



La Vogue. Rosy mauve, with red eye. 



Lothair. Salmon, with crimson eye. 



Marquis de St. Paul. Rosy salmon, with crimson eye. 



M. Gladstone. Soft rose, with crimson eye. 



Ornament. Rosy magenta, with crimson eye. 



Pantheon. Deep rosy salmon. 



P. Bonnetain. Rose, overlaid with salmon. 



Prof. Schliemann. Lilac-rose, with carmine eye. 



Phlox reptans. CREEPING PHLOX. Stems 6 to 12 

 inches tall, from a creeping base. Leaves ovate, short 

 and broad, rich green. Flowers purple, often tinged 

 with violet, freely produced in spring. Splendid for 

 moist partially shaded places. Grows naturally from 

 Pennsylvania to Kentucky, southward to Georgia and 

 Alabama. 



P. subulata. Moss PINK. Stems tufted or matted, 

 often carpeting large patches of ground. Leaves ever- 

 green, small, densely crowded, sharp and rigid. Flow- 

 ers very profuse, literally covering the plants as with a 

 mantle, the colors varying from white to pink, purple 

 and rose. Grows naturally from New York to Mich- 

 igan, southward to Kentucky and Georgia. One of the 

 grandest and showiest of the spring blossoming species, 

 and unexcelled as a ground cover or rock-garden sub- 

 ject. Delights in well-drained sunny exposures. A 

 number of garden forms, characterized by the color of 

 the flowers, are as follows : 

 Alba. White. 



Atropurpurea. Rosy purple. 

 Lilacina. Light lilac. 

 Rosea. Bright rose. 



Physostegia 



Physostegia virginiana. FALSE DRAGONHEAD. A very 

 showy plant with large terminal spike-like racemes of 

 rosy pink flowers in summer. Stems 3 to 4 feet high, 

 bearing many narrow, deeply serrate leaves. Flowers 

 an inch long, very profuse. ' Widely distributed from 

 Canada to the Gulf. 



Rudbeckia laciniata. Golden Glow (see page 125) 



Platycodon 



Platycodon grandiflorum. CHINESE BELLFLOWFR, OR 

 BALLOON FLOWER. Very hardy and floriferous, and 

 one of the extra good perennials. Stems i to 2 feet high, 

 much branched, of dense habit. Leaves lanceolate, 

 sharply and irregularly toothed. Flowers blue or 

 white. Native of China and Japan. 



P. grandiflorum mariesi. GLAUCOUS CHINESE BELL- 

 FLOWER. A form of the above with very glaucous foli- 

 age. Stems about a foot tall, very stout and compact. 

 Flowers blue or lavender. 



Polemonium 



Polemonium caeruleum. JACOB'S LADDER. A charming 

 old-fashioned plant of easy culture. Stems i to 3 feet 

 tall, bearing numerous compound leaves of a pleasing 

 rich green color. Flowers blue, very profuse, produced 

 in late spring and early summer. Widely distributed. 



P. caeruleum album. WHITE-FLOWERED JACOB'S LAD- 

 DER. Similar to the preceding, but with white flowers. 



Polygonum 



Garden Phlox 



Polygonum cuspidatum. JAPANESE POLYGONUM. A 

 bold, handsome plant 4 to 6 feet tall, with stout clus- 

 tered stems. Native of Japan. Leaves broadly ovate or 

 heart-shaped, bright green. Flowers white, small but 

 very numerous, the great clouds of bloom giving a very 

 soft and pleasing effect. Very hardy and desirable. 



Potentilla 



Potentilla tridentata. EVERGREEN CINQUEFOIL. A 

 low evergreen plant only a few inches high, well 

 adapted for rockeries and as a ground cover. Grows 

 naturally from Labrador to Manitoba, southward along 

 the mountains to Georgia. Leaves dark green, clus- 

 tered, consisting of three leaflets, assuming rich red 

 and bronze tones in winter. '"Flowers white, very small, 

 opening in summer. 



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