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Dreer's Superb Hardy Phloxes. 



AMONG hardy perennial plants no cla>s is of 

 more importance than the Phloxes, succeeding 

 in almost any soil and position, and flowering 

 through a long season; and while they will continue 

 in good condition and flower freely for many years 

 without attention, yet they respond quickly to and are 

 improved by liberal cultivation. The following cul- 

 tural notes were written especially for this book by 

 Mrs. Ely, the author of "A Woman's Hardy 

 Garden:" 



"Probably the most satisfactory of all perennials is 

 the Phlox, and a good space in proportion to the size 

 of the garden should always be given these plants. 



" If the early and late varieties are chosen, and the 

 heads of blooms are cut off" as soon as the blossoms 

 have faded, the Phlox should blossom from the middle 

 of June until ice has formed. 



"The ground where Phlox is to be planted should 

 be trenched fully two feet in depth, and maybe planted 

 in the autumn from the 1st to the loth of October, so 

 that they may become well rooted before winter; 

 otherwise it should be set out as soon as the frost 

 leaves the ground in the spring, as growth begins very 

 early. 



"Whether planted in spring or fall, a mulch of old 

 manure thrown around the roots will be of benefit to 

 the plants. 



" Phlox should be set out eighteen inches apart, 

 and if kept well watered will produce both individual 

 blossoms and heads of bloom far larger than otherwise, 

 and amply repay the extra trouble. 



" In October, after three seasons of flowering, the 

 Phlox should be lifted, the ground again trenched and 

 enriched, the plants separated into bunchei of three 

 or four stalks each, and then reset. 



"Occasionally in warm, moist summers. Phlox is 

 attacked by mildew. But if, upon the first sign of 

 its appearance, the leaves of the plants are well 

 sprinkled and afterwards plentifully dusted with pow- 

 dered sulphur, the disease will be arrested. In 

 November, after the stalks of the Phlox have been 

 cut, a litter of leaves may be spread over the plants 

 for winter protection, 



" The best effects to be had with Phlox are pro- 

 duced by planting masses of each color, not less than 

 six and even as many as two dozen or more plants of one color together. For example, a border Phlox may be planted, beginning 

 with palest pink and shading up to dark cherry; then pure white, and white with a red eye, and more white, then a quantity of 

 red and again white at the end. If in another border the shades of purple are planted with occasional bunches of white, the Phlox 

 will be the pride of the garden." 



Hardy Phlox. 



DREER'S COLLECTION OF 



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TWELVE BEST" HARDY PHLOXES. 



We grow each season more than half a million plants of Hardy Phloxes in over one hundred varieties, and while all of the sorts 

 offered are well worth growing, we realize that the average amateur only wishes a limited number of sorts, but wants these to be 

 the best. It is to meet this want that we offer below what we consider to be the best dozen standard sorts, each one of which is a 

 strong grower, with immense panicles of large individual blooms, pure in color and strictly first-class in every way. 



Antonin Mercie. Light ground color, one-half of each petal 



suffused bluish lilac. 

 B. Comte. Brilliant rich French purple. 

 Bridesmaid. Pure white, with large crimson-carmine eye. 

 Geo. A. Strohlein. Bright scarlet, with crimson-red eye. 



A large flower; color does not bleach in the sun. 

 Henry Murger. White, with crimson-carmine centre; a 



beautiful variety, 

 Mme. Paul Dutrie. Delicate lilac-rose in shade like a soft 



pink Orchid; flowers very large, borne in immense panicles. 



Professor Virchow. Bright carmine overlaid with brilliant 

 orange-scarlet. 



R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy-cnrmine, with claret-red eye. 



Rosenberg. Bright reddish vie, let with blood-red eye. 



Rynstrom. .\n improved form of the popular variety 

 Pantheon; of the same carmine rose color as the Paul Neyron 

 Rose, 



Seima. A pretty, delicate, soft pale rose, with distinct redeye. 



Von Lassburg. Splendid pure white with very large indi- 

 vidual flowers. 



Price. Any of the above "Twelve Best" sorts, 20 cts. each; JS2.00 per doz. ; ?1.'>.00 per 100. 

 ONE EACH OF THE "TWELVE BEST" PHLOXES FOR $2.00. 



List of Phloxes U continued on pages 220 and 221. 



