Polemoniacece Phlox. 



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and Ph. Carolina and Ph. ovata have semi-erect smooth stems 

 and foliage, and small terminal crowded cymes of pink or 

 purplish flowers with entire rounded petals. 



3. Ph. subulata (fig. 171). This beautiful dwarf species 

 grows in dense tufts, 

 producing its pink, 

 purple, or white 

 flowers, with a darker 

 centre, in great pro- 

 fusion in early Spring. 

 Leaves very narrow 

 and usually clothed 

 with hairs. But the 

 variety called setacea 

 has them nearly or 

 quite smooth. There 

 are white varieties in 



Cultivation, Under the Fig. 171. Phlox subulata. (Jnat. size., 



names Nelsbnii and nivalis. Ph. frondosa of gardens is a 

 variety of this species. North America. 



Fig. 172. Phlox Drummondii. (J nat. size.) 

 x 2 



