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Hardy Phloxes have long been one of our leading special- 
ties, and we are now the largest growers in the world of this 
important hardy plant. We offer below a collection of the 
finest sorts, while on the following pages will be found a 
selection of the very best large-flowering standard 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 
Garden.”’ 
‘¢Probably the most satisfactory of all perennials is the 
Phlox, and a good space in proportion to the size of the 
girden 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 Ist 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 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 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 appear- 
ance, the leaves of the plants are well sprinkled and after- 
wards 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. 
Harpy PHiox 
DREER’S “FIFTEEN SUPERFINE” HARDY PHLOX 
The varieties described below, mostly recent introductions of noted European specialists, show great advances in color and color 
combinations, many of the shades being entirely new in Phloxes. 
Astrild. Dense trusses of bright cochineal carmine, shading 
deeper towards the centre. 
B. Comte. 
A white variety with very decided crimson-carmine 
Brilliant, rich French purple. 
Europa. 
eye, flowers and trusses very large. 
Elizabeth Campbell. 
shadings and dark crimson eye. 
Bright salmon-pink, with lighter 
Gefion. A new color in Phloxes, a tender peachblossom pink, 
with bright rose eye. 
Grideur. Soft mauve rose, suffused and overlaid with a lively 
deep shade of cerise, giving the whole a beautiful mottled ap- 
pearance. 
[linerva. A beautiful luminous violet-rose, with white suf- 
fusion and a bright carmine eye, flowers and trusses of largest 
size. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz, 
Mrs. Jenkins. 
Rheinlander. 
trusses of immense size. 
The best all round pure white. 
A most beautiful salmon-pink with flowers and 
Price. 
Riverton Jewel. One of our own introductions which it 
gives us great pleasure to recommend; a lovely shade of 
mauve-rose, illuminated by a brilliant carmine-red eye. 
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 deep scarlet glow, large 
This lovely variety will hold 
the same place among the deep salmon-pinks that the popu- 
lar ‘‘ 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 
35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
One of the largest flowered varieties in cultiva- 
white halo and aniline red eye. 
of a pleasing soft salmon-rose. 
W.C., Egan. 
tion, color effect a pleasing shade of soft pink. 
Wanadis. Entirely distinct, a mottling of white and light 
violet, reminding one of the native Phlox Divaricata Cana- 
densis, 
Any of the above Superfine sorts, except where noted, 20 cts, each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Ceollecticn of one 
each of the Fifteen sorts, for $2.75. 
Dreer’s Long-spurred Hybrid Columbines shown in colors on plate facing page 200 should find a place in every garden 
