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PBACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



PHLOX. 



P. subulata (Ground or Mo8S Pink). 

 A pretty N. American (New York to 

 Florida) perennial with creeping tufted 

 stems densely clothed with narrow moss- 

 like leaves j-i in. long, awl-shaped or 

 lanceolate, fringed at the edges and downy. 

 Flowers in great profusion in April and 

 May, pinkish-purple (sometimes white) 

 with a darker centre, in few-flowered 

 corymbs ; corolla-lobes wedge - shaped, 

 notched, rarely entire. The varietj' Beta- 

 cea has longer and more distant leaves on 

 its trailing stems, and smaller rosy-pink 

 flowers with delicate markings at the 

 mouth of the slender tube ; a sub-variety 

 violacea is much looser in growth, with 

 flowers almost crimson in colour. The 

 white-flowered form of P. subulata is 

 grown under three different names — ari- 

 stata, Nelsoni, and nivalis — the latter 

 being most appropriate. The variety 

 frondosa is distinct, having lilac-rose 

 flowers and a vigorous habit. 



Other desirable forms of P. subulata 

 are aldboroughensis, fine rose ; atropur- 

 purea, purple rose and crimson ; G. F. 

 Wilson, beautiful mauve ; grandifiora, 

 pink with a crimson blotch ; pallida, rose 

 shaded lilac ; Vivid, bright rose with a 

 carmine centre. 



Culture dc. as above. Eequires similar 

 treatment to P. reptans. 



P. suffruticosa. — A fine perennial 1-2 

 ft. high, native of the S. United States, and 

 closely related to P. glaberrima. Upper 

 leaves broadly lance-shaped, stiffish, 

 slightly hairy or smoothish. Flowers in 

 April, rosy, in clustered, few-flowered 

 corymbose panicles. Corolla-lobes ovate, 

 entire. The variety carnea has smooth 

 stems and leaves, and flesh-coloured 

 flowers. From this species the numerous 

 early-flowering garden Phloxes have been 

 obtained. 



Culture (tc. as above. 



Gaeden Phloxes. — Under this head- 

 ing are included the groups commonly 

 known as the decussata or tail late- 

 flowering Phloxes, and the suffruticosa 

 or bushy early-flowering Phloxes. The 

 decussata group has been obtained by 

 numerous crosses and blendings of the 

 best varieties of P. paniculata and P. 

 maculata, and they have now reached such 

 a stage that they form quite a class by 

 themselves fi'om a garden point of view, 

 although in a state of anarchy from the 

 botanical standpomt. A curious feature 



of garden Phloxes is that it is possible to- 

 foretell whether the flowers wiU be whiter 

 or deeply coloured from the colour of the 

 stems. Light or pale green stems and; 

 leaves usually indicate white or pale 

 flowers, while deep green stems and leaves 

 suffused with purple or red indicate rosy, 

 purple, and other shades according to- 

 intensity. This is also a peculiarity of the 

 Snapdragon and Pentstemon. The follow- 

 ing is a Hst of the best kinds grown : — 



P. suffruticosa Varieties 

 These are all very free bloomers, with' 

 large trusses of flowers in June and July. 

 In height they range firom 2 to 2^ ft. Im 

 the south of England and on warm 

 hot soils these early-flowering Phloxes 

 must be grown in partial shade, as they 

 are not able to withstand excessive heat sc 

 well as the later-flowering varieties unless 

 the soil is naturally cool and retentive, 

 such as a stifif loam. For general cultm-e 

 and propagation see above, p. 659. 



Pure White 

 Henri Joclet, Her Majesty, Lady 

 Napier, Madame Verdier, White Swan. 



White, with a Pink, Rose or Purple Eye 



Circle, Countess of Home, Cozie Glen, 

 Edith, Empress, Forerunner, Forward,, 

 Harrisonii, J. C. DuTce, Lady Lucy 

 Dundas, Little Beauty, Miss Annie 

 Johnson, Miss CooJc, Miss Lingard,. 

 Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Baillie, Mrs. Gibson 

 Blacli, Mrs. Greenless, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. 

 J. Boss, Mrs. James Watt, Mrs. Stewart, . 

 Mrs. Wilson, Nesida, Oberon, Snoivdon, 

 Vivida. 

 White, flushed with Rose, Lilac &c. 



Clouded Gem, Miss Martin, Miss Min- 

 nie, Mrs. B. Dumbar, Mrs. Dalrymple, Mrs. 

 Duncan, Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. W. Bichards, 

 Netty Stewart, Surprise, Thomas C. 

 Glover, Thomas Crimes. 



Purple, Mauve, and Lilac Shades 



Allen McLean, Archibald McEeith, 

 Burns, Dodridge, Floreal, Gem, George 

 Goodall, King of Purples, Lady Mus- 

 grave. Max Eolb, Mrs. Craven., Purple 

 Emperor, St. Bla/ise, Syren, Venus, W.'- 

 W. Piatt, Walter Gray. 



Pink, Rose, Carmine &c. 



A. McKinnon, Beacon, Cliarles 

 Doumie, Madame Bitchie, Madame 

 Verdier, Mrs. Miller, Ninon, Othello, 

 Bev. Dr. Hornby, Sunrise, Vulcati. 



