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was covered with mildew, almost to the top 

 of even the tallest varieties. A dusting with 

 flowers of sulphur, shaken on the leaves and 

 around the soil at the base of the plants is a 

 preventative of mildew, which is so disfigur- 

 ing, and phlox appears particularly draggled 

 and discouraged and forlorn when covered 

 with this horrid blight. 



Three attractive semi-dwarf varieties of 

 phlox that are not too tall for edging or 

 bordering are De Mirbel, a coppery-rose with 

 a clear crimson eye, Helena Vascaresco, a 

 pure white with a golden eye and Distinction, 

 white, mauve and blue. With all these ex- 

 cellent dwarf phlox, the late blooming Sedum 

 Spectabilea, bright rose, Japonicum with 

 white flowers and Sedum Brilliant deep crim- 

 son flowers, the Incana Veronica, growing 

 but a foot high with its silvery foliage and 

 delicate blue flowers, the graceful dwarf 

 grasses, and dwarf hardy ferns, without 

 which a garden is unfinished, an additional 



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