142 PETUNIA PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 



Coquette, shaded and blotched violet and purple. 

 Elizabeth, pure white. 



Evolution, purple, spotted white ; fringed edge. 



Fimbriata, very large lilac ; fringed margin. 



Aid. de la Vergne, large, blush pink. 



Queen of Whites, white, fine formed flowers. 



Rosalind, violet. 



Sable Queen, purplish maroon. 



Snowball, pure white. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 



The Phlox is named from the Greek, signifying 

 a flame, in allusion to the appearance of the flowers. 

 Phlox Drummondii was first discovered in Texas, 

 in 1835, by Drummoftd, a collector sent out by the 

 Glasgow Botanical Society. It is one of the most 

 valuable annuals in cultivation and cannot be ex- 

 celled in a brilliant and constant display of flowers, 

 through the late summer and fail and if carefully 

 lifted from the earth on the approach of winter will 

 continue blooming a number of Weeks in the house. 

 With good cultivation it grows about eighteen 

 inches high, but does not stand erect. It flowers 

 in clusters or corymbs, in colors ranging from pure 

 white to deep crimson, also purple, yellow and 

 striped. Crimson and white varieties grown in 

 contrast produce a fine effect. 



SOIL AND GENERAL TREATMENT. 



Phlox thrives in loam enriched with leaf-mold 



and ma nun, 



