PHLOX FAMILY 



The plant naturally grows in tufts and should be allowed room 

 to develop; it also is well to divide the old clumps, taking especial 

 care of the young shoots on the outside. 



Perennial Phloxes usually bloom in early summer, but if the 

 tips of the shoots are pinched out once or twice the bloom may 

 be greatly delayed and fine bloom obtained even in October. 



The Annual Phloxes are derivatives of Phlox DrummondM, of 

 Texas, a native species which has been so modified by domestica- 

 tion that the garden varieties are numbered by scores. In color 

 they are the same as the perennial forms. The collector, Drum- 

 mond, sent the seeds of this Phlox from Texas to England in 

 1835, and it was named in his honor. A horticultural form called 

 Star Phlox has been developed, more curious than beautiful. 



The Wild Phlox of our northern spring is Phlox divarictita, 

 which bears a loose, corymbose panicle of attractive flowers which 

 vary in color from pale-lilac to nearly white. Like all the Phloxes 

 the corolla is salver-shaped; this word referring to the ancient sal- 

 ver whose handle was a tube extending below the tray, rather 

 than to our modem form. It is very pretty in masses, but its 

 color is not decided enough to be effective alone and its loose clus- 

 ters look a little ragged., 



GROUND PINK. MOSS PINK 



Phlox subulhta. 



A perennial of tufted or matted stems, extremely variable, prized for 

 its abundant flowers in early spring. Native to Pennsylvania and 

 ranges south and west. May. 



Stem. — Tufted or matted, much branched and very leafy, more or 

 less procumbent. 



Leaves. — Crowded, narrow, linear, very sharp and usually stiff, 

 ciliate. 



Flowers. — Profuse, in small clusters, about an inch across, pink, 

 pale-blue, white, sometimes eyed; standing two to six inches above the 

 ground. 



Calyx. — Tubular, five-lobed. 



Corolla. — Salver-shaped, five-lobed; lobes notched or entire. 



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