ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
SHRUBBY SPECIES: P. fruticosa (Jerusalem Sage), yellow, June, 3 to 4 ft., 
8. Europe. 
Phliox.—Ord. Polemoniacew. Hardy & half-hardy annual and 
perennial herbs. First introduced 1725. _ Phloxes for garden cultiva- 
tion are divided into four classes, viz., Alpines, Early-flowering or Tall, 
Late-flowering (tall), and Annual. 
CULTURE OF ALPINE SPECIES: Soil, deep, rich sandy loam, con- 
taining a little leaf-mould or peat. Position, masses on, or as edgings 
to, sunny borders, or on ledges of rockeries. Plant, March to May. 
Lift & divide only when grown too large for the position they occupy; 
March. 
POT CULTURE OF ALPINES: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one 
part leaf-mould, & half @ part sand. Pot, March. Position, cold 
frame or greenhouse. Water moderately, Oct. to April; freely other 
times. Admit air freely always. 
CULTURE OF EARLY AND LATE-FLOWERING KINDS: Soil, 
deep rich moderately heavy loam; light soils not suitable. Position, 
sunny or partially-shaded borders, former preferable. Plant, Oct., 
Nov., Feb., or March. Mulch liberally with decayed manure in 
March or April. Apply liquid manure frequently, May to Sept. 
Water freely in dry weather. Cut down stems in Oct. Lift, divide, 
& replant in fresh rich soil triennially. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts turfy loam, one part leaf-mould 
or rotten cow manure, & one part coarse sand. Position, cold par- 
tially-shaded greenhouse in summer; cold frame in winter. Pot, 
March. Water, freely, April to Oct., very little afterwards. Apply 
stimulants once a week, May to Sept. 
CULTURE OF ANNUAL SPECIES: Sow seeds 1-16 in. deep in light 
soil in box, pan, or pot, in temp. 55° to 65°, March. Transplant seed- 
lings 2in. apart in boxes or pone, gradually harden off & plant out- 
doors, Gin. apart, in rich soil, in sunny position, in June. Nip off 
oint of main shoot after planting to induce bushy growth. Water 
Frsely in dry weather. Mulch with manure or cocoanut-fibre refuse. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts loam, one part decayed manure 
or leaf-mould & little sand. Plant four seedlings in 5-in. pot in April. 
Keep in temp. 55° until June, then place in cold frame or on outside 
window sill. Water freely. Apply stimulants when 3in. high. Nip 
off points of shoots when 3in. high. No repotting required. Propa- 
gate early & late kinds by seeds sown 1-16in. deep in sandy soil in 
temp. 55° in autumn or spring; by cuttings of shoots obtained from 
base of old plants inserted in sandy soil in temp. 55° in March; by 
division of plants in Oct. or March; by cuttings of shoots covered }in. 
of soil in temp. 55° in March or April. Alpines by cuttings of shoots 
inserted in sandy soil in cold frame in July; division in March or 
April. 
ALPINE SPECIES: P. amcena, rose, Jan., 6 in., N. America; divaricata, blue, 
May, 1 ft., N. America, and its varieties alba (white), canadensis (blue); ovata, 
rose, 1 ft., May, N. America; procumbons, lilac-blue, June, 6 in., hybrid; reptans, 
rosy purple, May, 3 in., N, America; Stellaria, white, June, 6 in., Illinois; 
subulata (Moss Pink), purple or white, May, 6 in., U. States. Frondosa (pink), 
Nelsonii (white), and setacea (rosy a, are varieties of the layt species. 
TALL PERENNIAL SPECIES: P. glaberrima, red, July, 1 to 2 ft., N. America; 
and its variety suffruticosa, rose, spring, 1 to 2 ft., U. States, parent of the early- 
flowering phloxes; maculata (Wild Sweet William), purple, July, fragrant, 2 ft., 
N. America, oue of the parents of late flowering phloxes ; paniculata, purple and 
white, August, fragrant, 3 to 4 ft., U. States, another parent of late-flowering 
phloxes. 
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