EVERY WO 31 AX HER OWX FLOWER GARDEXER. 79 



N Phloxes. 



The beauty of these Herbaceous Plants is not fully appreciated. 

 They are perfectly hardy, and their brilliant clusters of flowers, com- 

 prising all colors from white to crimson and purple, striped and mottled^ 

 have few superiors among hardy plants. They will thrive in almost any 

 soil, but enjoy fresh loam, and new quarters every two or three years. 

 They increase rapidly from the roots, t\u11 also grow easily from cuttings 

 or layers. 



Select list of varieties: — 



Albert Cameron, large white flower, with carmine eye. 

 Alexandrine Bellet de Varenne, carmine, with scarlet center. 

 Augustine Lierval, white, pink center. 

 Chloris, vivid red. 



Countess of Home, white, dark crimson center. 

 L'Orientale, amoranth, large flower, extra. 

 Madame Thaman, rich carmine, crimson center, 

 iladame d'Argent, rose colored, purple center. 

 Madame Henricq, velvety rose, carmine eye. 

 Mademoiselle Lemichez, white, scarlet center. 

 Monsieur Audry, very bright red. 

 Eoi Leopold, striped rose and white, very showy. 

 Eaphael, rose, crimson eye. 



White Lady, new, pure white, with clusters of flowers six inches in 

 diameter. 



Surpasse Marie Belanger, large, white, purple eye. 



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These come into bloom so late in the season that they are frequently 

 called the Christmas flower *' : and, as they fill a place occupied by no 

 other flower, should therefore be cultivated in every garden. 



They are most easily propagated from cuttings, taken in August, or 

 from the shoots sent up from the roots after blooming. They are very 

 hardy excepting at the extreme north, and can be wintered there under 

 sods. Good specimens should have but one stem, with short, thick-set 

 branches, which may be made to grow by pinching off the end shoots, 

 thus encouraging the side branches. They grow very vigorously in a 

 rich light soil. 



