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DREER'S SUPERB HARDY PHLOXES 



Hardy Phloxes have long been one of our leading spe- 

 cialties, and we are now the largest growers in the world 

 of this important hardy plant. We offer below a collec- 

 tion of the finest sorts, while on the following pages will 

 be found a selection of the very best large-flowering stand- 

 ard varieties, also a very complete list of the miscellaneous 

 species and varieties. 



The- following Cultural notes were written especially for 

 this book by Mrs; Ely, the author of "A Woman's Hardy 

 G&rjtaf." ' 



•" 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. 



The ground where Phlox is to be planted should be 

 trenched fully two feet in depth, and may be planted in 

 the autumn from the 1st to the 15th 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 man- 

 ure 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 bunches of three or four stalks 

 each, and then reset. 



Occasionally, in warm moist summers, the Phlox is at- 

 tacked by mildew. But if, upon the first sign of its ap- 

 pearance, the leaves of the plants are well sprinkled and 

 afterwards plentifully dusted with powdered 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. 



Hardy Phlox 



DREER'S "flATCHLESS DOZEN" HARDY PHLOX 



While we aim to grow only really worth while varieties of Hardy Phlox, quickly discarding those which fail to measure up to 

 our ideals, it is true that some varieties are so conspicuously superior that they belong in a preferred class. 



The dozen sorts offered below are all eligible to this exclusive set, .they are mostly recent introductions from noted European 

 specialists, and show great advances in color, some of the tones being quite new in Phloxes. 



B. Comte. Brilliant rich French purple. 



Elizabeth Campbell, Very bright salmon-pink, with lighter 

 shadings and dark red eye; attracts more attention in our 

 fields than any other variety; one of the handsomest. 



Europa. A white variety, with a decided crimson-carmine 

 eye. The individual flowers and trusses are very large; en- 

 tirely distinct; of remarkal.le sturdy, erect habit. 



Qefion. A new color in Phloxes, a tender peach-blossom 

 pink with bright rose eye, flower and truss very large, on 

 erect sturdy but compact stems. 



Minerva. A beautiful luminous violet rose, with white suffu- 

 sion and a bright carmine eye, flowers and trusses of largest 

 size. 



Mrs. Jenkins. The best all round pure white. 



Rheinlander. A most beautiful salmon-pink with flowers 

 and trusses of immense size. The color of the flower is 

 intensified by a very decided deep claret-red eye. 



Rivertoa Jewel. One of our own introductions, which it 

 gives us great pleasure to recommend. It is a lovely shade 

 of mauve rose, illuminated by a brilliant carmine-red eye, a 



Rynstrom. A great improvement on the popular variety 

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

 Rose. 



Thor. A most beautiful and lively shade of deep salmon-pink, 

 suffused and overlaid with a scarlet glow. A light, almost 

 white halo surrounds the aniline red eye. This lovely variety 

 holds the same place among the deep salmon pinks that the 

 popular Elizabeth Campbell holds among the light salmon- 

 pink sorts. 



Viking. A splendid new variety and one of the latest to 

 flower, producing much branched pyramidal heads of bloom 

 of a pleasing soft salmon-rose. 



W. C. Egan. One of the finest Phloxes yet introduced, and 

 while the individual flowers, according to color chart, are of a 

 delicate lilac, illuminated by a large bright solferino eye, the 

 color effect as a whole is a pleasing shade of soft pink. An 

 enthusiastic writer in one of the horticultural journals says: 

 " There never was a sweeter color." In habit of growth it 

 is strong and vigorous, producing immense panicles of flowers 

 nine inches high by seven across, and the individual flowers 

 are the largest known to us, frequently measuring If inches 

 in diameter. 



splendid improvement on the popular variety Asia. 



Price.— Any of the above sorts, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100 

 One each of the "Matchless Dozen," $2.50. 



For General Collection and Miscellaneous Hardy Phlox see pages 207 and 208 



