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roots at that season. If these are taken off just 

 helow a joint when five or six inches in length, and 

 put into pots of light sandy soil pressed firmly about 

 them, and then stood in a cold frame, they will root, 

 and make very useful plants for the following 

 season. Or if old plants in pots he placed in a brisk 

 heat in early spring, they will throw out young- 

 growths, and from these cuttings can be made and 

 put in pans of sandy soil, kept moistened, and on a 

 bottom heat, and they will strike root in a very short 

 time. They are then potted off singly into small 

 pots, hardened off, and placed in a cold frame for a 

 time, to become inured to exposure 



or early- 



the seeds germinate irregularly, many of them not 



till months after being sown. 



Selection of varieties of P. suffruticosa, 



flowering Phloxes : — 



Allan McLean. 

 Annie Lockhart. 

 Burns. 

 Clipper. 

 Hercules. 

 Linnet. 



Magnum Bonum. 

 Selection of varieties of P. dcciissafa, or late- 

 flowering: Phloxes : — 



Mrs. Hai-die. 

 Mrs. Hunter. 

 Pauline. 

 The Shah. 

 Van Houtte. 

 Venus. 

 Vulcan. 



Andrew Keddie. 

 Austen Withers 



George Sand. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. 



Phlox Deummondii. 



Young plants intended to flower in the open 

 ground should be transplanted into a rich deej) loam. 

 The stronger and more holding the soil, the finer 

 will be the spikes of flower. As the flower-stems 

 rise in height, they should be neatly tied to stakes, 

 to secure them from being blown about by the 

 wind. The plants need to be ke^^t watered in dry 

 weather, and it is a great assistance to the plants, 

 especially when they are required for exhibition 

 purposes, to thoroughly cover the surface of the bed 

 with short dung, as this keeps the soil cool and moist, 

 besides being a valuable fertiliser. This is what is 

 termed "mulching.'' 



Then the herbaceous Phlox can be raised from 

 seed, and it is in this way that new varieties are 

 obtained. Some of the varieties produce seed fairly 

 freely, and in order to secure germination as quickly 

 as possible, it should be sown as soon as it is ripe, 

 using a shallow pan or box, and a sandy loam mixed 

 with leaf-mould, which should bo placed in a cold 

 frame and kept moist. Some patience is needed, as 



Baronne Schlickler 



Becky. 



Cameron. 



C. Darwin. 



Cortambert. 



De Freycinet. 



Frederic Fadlie. 



John Alexander. 



Lucie Baltet. 



Madame Verschafteldt. 



Mrs. James Anderson. 



Pelleton 



Suffrage. 



Victor Hugo. 



There is a section of extra dwarf-growing varieties 

 of F. decHssata, which form a very elegant group, 

 entirely distinct from the two preceding sections, 

 and are specially fitted, from their dwarf habit, for 

 growing in pots, for they assume a comparatively 

 miniature growth, neat and compact in appearance, 

 a;nd produce large heads of bloom : — 



Atlante. 



Cassiope. 



Concours. 



Floreat. 



General Frolow 



Malgacbe. 



Michel Servantes. 



Montezeuma. 



Le Soleil. 



Tomboucton. 



Protec. 



Toreador. 



Perennial Evergreen Phloxes. — These are 

 in the main what are known as procumbent species, 

 and are verv useful indeed for covering rockwork 



