PHLOX 



PHLOX ORDER 



I'HLOX 661 



margins. Flowers in July, red, in corym- 

 bose few-flowered panicles. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 flourishes in ordinary soil. It may be 

 increased by cuttings or division. 



P. maculata (P. latifolia; P. longi- 

 flora ; P. jaenduliflora) . — A native of the 

 United States (Pennsylvania, Iowa, and 

 Florida) with erect, almost simple stems, 

 about 2 ft. high and spotted with purple. 

 Lower leaves lance-shaped, upper ones 

 ovate, heart-shaped at the base, rather 

 thick, smooth or roughish. Flowers in 

 July, purple in the type, in oblong or 

 pyramidal panicles, sweet-scented. The 

 variety suaveolens or ca/ndida has pure 

 white flowers, and unspotted stems ; 

 pyramidalis has a more pyramidal inflor- 

 escence than the type. The garden forms 

 known under the name of decwssata are 

 doubtless hybrids between forms of P. 

 maculata and P. paniculata, and have 

 become so intermixed that it is impossible 

 to place them under either species. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



P. ovata (P. triflora). — An erect grow- 

 ing N. American perennial about 1 ft. 

 high, with more or less smooth but never 

 clammy stems, bearing ovate acute and 

 rather fleshy leaves below, and ovate 

 oblong ones above. Flowers in spring, 

 reddish-purple, in small terminal crowded 

 cymes, the petals being wavy and retuse 

 on the margins. P. Carolina is a taUer- 

 growing variety about 2 ft. high, with 

 ovate, lance-shaped leaves, sometimes 

 heart-shaped at the base, and pinkish or 

 purple flowers, about 1 in. across, in early 

 summer. 



Culture Sc. as above. This plant 

 grows well in borders in good soil. In- 

 creased by cuttings and division of the 

 roots. 



P. paniculata (P. cordata ; P. corym- 

 bosa; P. scabra; P.undulata). — A showy 

 species 3-4 ft. high, native of the United 

 States, with smooth, roughish, or hairy 

 erect stems. Leaves oblong- or ovate- 

 lance-shaped, tapering at the base, or the 

 uppermost more or less heart-shaped. 

 Flowers in August, sweet-scented, varying 

 from pinkish-purple to white in large 

 conical corymbose panicles. Corolla lobes 

 entire, rounded ; calyx teeth bristly or 

 awl-shaped. The variety acuminata has 

 the stems and under side of the broader 

 and more pointed leaves hairy. 



"What are known as the ' late-flowering 



or autumn ' Phloxes have been chiefly 

 derived from the intermixing of the forms 

 of P. paniculata and P. maculata, and 

 are known more commonly in gardens as 

 P. decussata. 



Culture etc. as above. 



P. pilosa. — A handsome species with 

 erect slender stems, 1-2 ft. high, native of 

 Carolina. Leaves linear or lance-shaped, 

 hairy, or downy, sometimes smooth. 

 Flowers from May to August, j-f in. 

 across, pink, purple, rose, or occasionally 

 white, in nearly flat sessile clusters ; co- 

 rolla lobes ovate, entire. This species is 

 very rare. The true plant resembles P. 

 Drummondi and will be found figured at 

 tab. 1307 of the ' Botanical Magazine.' 



Culture dc. as above. 



P procumbens. — A straggling tufted 

 N. American perennial 4-5 in. high with 

 small linear lance-shaped leaves borne 

 on slightly downy stems. Flowers in 

 summer, about | in. across, lilac with 

 violet marks near the eye, in clusters of 

 3 or 4 blooms on the upper part of the 

 stems. 



Culture dc. as above. This is supposed 

 to be a natural hybrid between P. ammna 

 and P. subulata. It is useful for the front 

 of the rockery or mixed border in sandy 

 loam. Increased by division. 



P. reptans (P. crassifolia ; P. stoloni- ' 

 fera; P. verna). — A pretty dwarf creeps 

 ing, stolon-bearing, downy perennial, 

 native of the Alleghany Mountains, with 

 obovate spoon-shaped leaves at the base 

 of the stems, and lance-shaped ones 

 higher up. Flowers in spring, about 1 in. 

 across, deep rose-piu-ple or violet, in few- 

 flowered corymbs. 



Culture dc. as above. May be grown 

 in the rookery, edges of borders, shrub- 

 beries &c., in masses for effect, in peaty 

 or light garden soil. Increased by divi- 

 sion. 



P. Stellaria. — A dark, wiry-stemmed 

 species forming a dense mass about 18 in. 

 high, with leaves 1-2 in. long. Flowers 

 in June, white, more than 1 in. across, 

 borne in great profusion. A very free- 

 flowering Phlox known in gardens as 

 P. lilacina somewhat resembles P. Stel- 

 laria in habit, but it is supposed to be a 

 seedUng form of P. subulata. It has lilac- 

 purple flowers, and is an excellent rockery 

 plant. 



Culture dc. as above. Treat like P. 

 reptans. 



