THE PHILOX, 
Phlox paniculata, 
ARDEN phloxes are compounds 
of several species, and but little 
of their origin is distinctly 
traceable in their styles of 
growth and flowering. — It will 
suffice to say that the so-called 
Phlox decussala and 2. pyrami= 
dalis, to which most of the 
garden phloxes are referred, 
have no proper existence as 
species, and for the cultivation 
and classification of phloxes it 
is best to consider the habit 
(whether tall, dwarf, or inter- 
mediate), the time of flowering 
(whether early or Jate), and the 
colour and general style of the 
flowers, those that are larve 
and circular and produced in 
dense masses being the best. The florist is chiefly concerned 
with their decorative qualities, and will have abundant 
reason to be gratified, provided he has first secured a 
good collection, for the varieties that have been produced 
by cross-breeding within the past ten or twelve years are 
