March, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



107 



Keller's Improved Creeping Phlox 



EVERYB >DY knows, or ought to know, the charming little moss-pink, PIILOX 

 SUBULATA, which has rosy-purple, five-lobed flowers about an inch across in May. 

 It covers rocky places with" a continuous sheet of flowers, and unlike most rock 

 plants, will thrive on the level in common garden soil. Moreover, it is a hardy perennial 

 and wonderfully prolific, so that in two or three years, starting with a few stock plants, 

 one may easily propagate at home enough to cover a large stretch of sandy soil, or other 

 bare spot, too poor to grow anything else. <J The most gorgeous floral pictures at Tuxedo 

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 tivate, and enjoy their purity of color and increased size of flower. Why not have the 

 whole collection ? It costs very little, and you can pick out the kind you like best and 

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 flower garden ? Try creeping phlox. It carpets the ground as closely as a lawn — even to 

 the exclusion of weeds— and makes charming effects by invading the paths a little here and 

 there. Also, why not cover the bare ground beneath your shrubbery with flowers ? Creep- 

 ing phlox provides the easiest and cheapest way. 

 P. Stjedxata Fkondoso— A vigorous grow- P. Kosea— Bright rose. 



ing variety with lilac rose flowers. 

 P. Alba — A pure white variety. 

 P. Lilacika (Lavender Queen) — Light 



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 P. The Bride— A fine, pure white variety. 

 Price— 15c each, $1.50 per doz., §10 p;r 100. 

 P. Vivid — A fine, deep pink, late. 25c each, 

 82.50 per dozen. S18 per 100. 

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