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GENERAL COLLECTION OF HARDY PHLOX. 
For convenience in selecting we have arranged them in color classes : see also page 206. 
WHITE SORTS. 
Albion. One of our own introduction; a strong, vigorous 
grower, producing very large panicles of pure white flowers, 
with a faint aniline red eye. 
F. G. Von Lassburg. Purest white; individual flowers, very 
large 
Helen Vacaresco, Very large flowering dwarf white. 
Hermine. The dwarfest variety in our collection, never ex- 
ceeding ten inches in height; pure white flowers of good size, 
early; unequalled for bordering; a perfect little gem. 
Jeanne d’Arc, A good late-flowering pure white. 
Louise Abbema, Large pure white, dwarf. 
SCARLET AND RED SORTS. 
Consul H. Trost. Pure red, with bright French purple eye. 
Coquelicot. A fine pure scarlet with crimson-red eye. 
Etna. Crimson-red suffused with fiery red; cherry-red eye. 
General van Heutsz, Brilliant salmon-red with white centre. 
Pecheur d’Islande, Crimson-red, suffused with cochineal- 
red and carmine-red eye. 
Professor Virchow. Bright carmine, overlaid with orange- 
scarlet. 
Vesuvius. Pure red, with bright purple eye; a dazzling color. 
ROSE AND PINK SORTS. 
Caran d’Ache. Geranium red, with old rose shadings and 
white eye; very effective. 
Clara Benz. Lovely carmine-rose with deeper eye. 
General Giovaninelli. Bright Tyrian rose, with 
light 
shadings at the base of each petal; a pure red eye. 
La Vague, Pure mauve with aniline red eye. 
Pacha. Deep pink suffused with red, carmine eye. 
Pantheon. Bright carmine-rose. A fine effective variety. 
Sunshine, Aniline-red with crimson eye and light halo, 
Von Goethe. Tyrian rose, suffused with carmine-lake and 
carmine-red eye. 
Price: 
any 25 kinds for $2.50. 
Any of the above sorts, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz ; $10.00 per 100. y 
Complete collection of the above 39 sorts and the 15 sorts offered on page 206, 54 in all, for $7.50. 
CRIMSON AND PURPLE SORTS. 
B. Comte. A glowing reddish or French purple, one of the 
finest dark-colored varieties. 
Champs Elyses. A bright rosy magenta; very effective. 
Charles Sellier. Bright reddish violet, with white, star- 
shaped centre. 
Eclaireur. Brilliant rosy magenta with large lighter halo. 
Edmond Boissier. Bright reddish violet with large white 
halo. : 
Edmond Rostand. Reddish-violet, shading brighter towards 
the centre of petals, large, white, star-shaped centre. 
La Foudre. Rich glowing French purple, shading crimson. 
Louis Blanc. Reddish violet with purple shadings and darker 
eye. A distinct dark-colored variety. ‘ 
Obergartner Wittig. Bright magenta, with. crimson-car- 
mine eye; large flower and truss; the best of its type. 
LIGHT, DARK-EYED SORTS. 
Aglz Adanson. Immense flowers, snow-white, with red eye. 
Colibri. White, with crimson-carmine centre; very late. 
H. O. Wijers. Pure white, with crimson-carmine eye. 
Prosper Henry. Large, compact truss of pure white with 
bright crimson-carmine centre; dwarf. 
MOTTLED SORTS. 
Antonin Mercie. Light ground color, one-half of each petal 
suffused bluish-lilac. 
Beranger. Ground color white, delicately suffused with 
rosy-pink and distinct amaranth-red eye. 
De Miribel. White suffused with rosy-scarlet, crimson eye. 
Eugene Danzenvillier. Lilac, shading white towards the 
edges; large white centre. 
Mozart. Ground color white, suffused with salmon, red eye. 
Purchaser may select any 12 kinds for $1.50, or 
Early-flowering Mardy Phlox. 
’ (Phlox Suffruticosa.) 
Miss Lingard, A grand white variety, which begins flower- 
ing after the middle of June and continues throughout the sea- 
son. Extensively used for cut flowers. 20 cts. each; $2.00 
per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
Phlox Subulata (Moss, or ' Jountain Pink). 
An early spring-flowering type, with pretty moss-like evergreen 
foliage, which, during the flowering season, is hidden under the 
masses of bloom. An excellent plant for the rockery, the bor- 
der, and invaluable for carpeting the ground or covering graves. 
Alba. Pure white. Lilacina. Light lilac. 
Atropurpurea. Purplish-rose. Nelsoni. Pure white. 
Bridesmaid. Purplish-tinted white. | Rosea. Bright rose. 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Set of 6 for 50 cts. 
VARIOUS PHLOXES. 
Ameena, This is one of the best varieties for carpeting the 
ground, the rockery or the border; it grows but 4 inches high, 
and in spring is a sheet of rich bright pink flowers. 10 cts. 
each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native species, which 
is worthy of extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in 
April, and continuing through May, with large, fragrant lav- 
ender flowers on stems 10 inches high. (See cut.) 15 cts. 
each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
Ovata Carolina (Mountain Phlox). Grows 12 to 15 inches 
high, and bears masses of reddish-pink flowers in May and 
June. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Maculata. A native species, growing 14 to 2 feet high, of 
neat habit, producing during May and June good-sized heads 
of purplish-rose flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Purox DivaricatTa CANADENSIS. 
SWEET.WILLIAM and HARDY LARKSPURS are shewn on the plate opposite pages 188 and 189. 
