PHLOX 



PHLOX OBDER 



COLLOMIA 663 



p. decussata (P. paniculata varieties 

 X P. maculata vwrieties) 



A great advance has beenmade during 

 the last few years in this beautiful and 

 useful family of hardy plants, the result 

 being larger and bolder trusses, with in- 

 dividual flowers twice and thrice the size 

 of those of the older kinds. During 

 August and September these beautiful 

 Phloxes are among the most decorative 

 of garden plants. They are popularly 

 known under the name of P. decussata, 

 but as explained above this name has 

 been given by gardeners to the hybrid 

 forms which have resulted from crossing 

 P. paniculata with P. maculata. Most 

 of the varieties range from IJ to 2 J ft. in 

 height. 



White Varieties {those inarhed with an 

 asterisli (*) being pure white without 

 coloured centre). 



Amazone, *Avalanche, Bayadere, 

 *Berenice, Christina Stuart, Croix du 

 Sud, "Diadem, Faust, Flocon de Neige, 

 Geant des Batailles, Gen. Breart, Henri 

 Miirger, Hon. Mrs. Vernon, "Jeanne 

 d'Arc, Jenny Grieve, Lady Herbert 

 Morrell, La Fille de I'Air, "La Neige, 

 "Lawrence, Leonardo da Vinci, Long- 

 champs, "Louisa Schwartz, Lucy La 

 Comtesse de Turenne, Madamie Antoine 

 Denis, M. Bouquet de la Cyr, "Niphetos, 

 "Panama, Peerless, Perle, Protee, 

 "Purete, *Sappho, SelUer, "Sylphide, 

 "Themis, "Venus. 



Soft Pink and Rose Varieties 



Beatrice, Belvedere, Oolihri, De 

 Jussieu, Epopee, Famfluche, Grevin, 

 Jourda/n, Le Steele, Le Soleil, Leonnec, 

 Marquds de Breteml, Massenet, Michael 

 Cervantes, Mrs. J. Landall, Mrs. 

 Standring, P. Bonnetain, Pantheon, 

 Rachel, Sheriff Ivory, Souvenir d'Emile 

 Liebig, Wilbia'tn Bobi/nson. 



Salmon and Scarlet Varieties 



.Am,abilis, Aurore, Aurore Boreale, 

 Boule de Feu, Burnouf, CoqueUcot, 

 Eclatant, Embrasement, Etna, Flambeau, 

 George Smith, Henry BegnoMlt, J. K. 

 Lord, Jocelyn, Laniboire, Liberie, Manon, 

 MoUere, Mrs. Brooke, Mrs. Kinghom, 

 Pamtheon, Peclieur d'lslande, Begulus, 

 Boi des Bases, Solon, Tempite, Toreador 



Rose cind Crimson Varieties 



Abonda/nce, Aquilon, Cocci/nea, Con- 

 cours, Croesus, Gen. Brice, Harmonie, 

 JeanLamour, Major Houston, Pa/rachute, 

 Pont-Biquet, Quantoch, Boxelaime, Schlie- 

 mann, Tourbillon. 



Purple Varieties 



Asteroide, Coeur de Lion, Congress, 

 Corneville, Dutreuil de Bhins, Eclaireur, 

 Floreal, Gracieux, Ina/ad/i, Le Vengeur, 

 Ouragon, Bobur, Sesostris, Win. Muir. 



Soft Blue and delicate Lilac Varieties 



Cendrillon, Erinnye, Esclarmonde, 

 Eugenie Da/nzamvilliers, Javanaise, 

 Joconde, Leo Delibes, Lucie Ballet, 

 Oriental, Paul Bert, Bichepin. 



COLLOMIA.— A genus with about 

 a dozen species of annual (rarely biennial) 

 herbs, having alternate — or at the base 

 opposite — entire, cut, or pmnately dis- 

 sected leaves. Flowers often red, orange, 

 or white, in terminal cymes, the dense 

 heads having an involucre of leafy bracts. 

 Calyx bell-shaped, with 5 acute, narrow, 

 entire segments. Corolla salver-shaped 

 or somewhat funnel-shaped, with a long, 

 slender tube, and oblong or obovate 

 lobes. Stamens 5, often protruding. Cap- 

 sule obovoid, truncate ; cells 1-2-seeded. 



Cultu/re and Propagation. — Collomias 

 grow' well in ordinary garden soil and if 

 placed in warm sheltered spots will 

 probably appear year after year from 

 self-sown seeds, and flower early. Seeds 

 may be sown in the first place in April, 

 where the plants are to bloom, the seed- 

 lings being thinned out to 2-3 in. apart. 



C. coccinea (C. Cavanillesi). — A 

 pretty Chilian annual, with somewhat 

 downy, clammy stems, 1-lJ ft. high, and 

 lance-shaped Huear or ovate leaves, 

 upper ones quite entire, or deeply 2-4- 

 toothed at the apex. Flowers from June 

 to October, deep red. 



Culture dc. as above. Seeds sown in 

 autumn, in cold frames, will produce 

 plants for pot-culture in conservatories. 



C. grandiflora. — A CaHfornian species, 

 li-2 ft. high, with erect, branching stems, 

 rather downy at the top. Leaves oblong, 

 lance-shaped, entire, shining, fringed 

 with glands. Flowers from Jime to 

 October, of a distinct reddish-yellow 



