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H ENRtA DKEENWlADtLPlilA % W HARDY PERENNIAL PLANE 



DREER'S 

 Superb Hardy Phlox. 



Among the hardy perennial plants no class is of more im- 

 portance than the Phloxes, succeeding in almost any soil and 

 position, and flowering through a long season; and while they 

 will continue in good condition and flower freely for many 

 years without attention, yet they respond quickly to and are 

 improved by liberal cultivation. Those who wish to grow 

 Phloxes to the greatest perfection would do well to follow the 

 directions given below, written especially for this hook by 

 Mrs. H. Rutherfurd Ely, the author of the celebrated book, 

 "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 garden should 

 always be given to these plants. 



If the early and late varieties are chosen, and the heads of 

 bloom are cut oil" as soon as the blossoms have faded, the Phlox 

 should blossom from the middle of June until ice has formed. 



The ground where Phlox is to be planted should be 

 trenched fully two feet in depth, and a foot of well-decom- 

 posed manure placed in the bottom of the trench, which 

 should then be filled very full with alternate layers of a few 

 inches each of good top soil and manure. 



Phlox may be planted in the autumn, from the 1st to the 

 loth of October, so that it may become well rooted before 

 winter, otherwise it should be -et out as soon as the frost 

 leaves the ground in the spring, as growth begin- 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 indi vidual 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 as 

 before, the plants separated into bunches of three or four stalk- each, and then reset. 



Occasionally in warm, moist summers, Phlox is attacked by mildew. But if. upon the first sign of its appearance, the leav t - of 

 the plants are well sprinkled and afterwards plentifully dusted with powdered sulphur, the disease will be arrested. In November, 

 after the stalks of the Phlox have been cut, a litter of have- may be spread over ih ; plant- for winter protection. 



The best effects to be had with Phlox are produced by planting masses of each color, not less than -ix and even as many a- I wo 

 dozen or more plants of one color together. For example, a border of PIiIon may be planted, beginning with palest pink aid 

 shading up to dark cherry, then pure white, an 1 white widi a red eye, and more white, then a quantity of Coquelicot, the most 

 brilliant of all, and again white at the en 1. If in another border the shade- of purple are planted with occasional bunches of " line. 

 the Phlox will be the pride of the garden." 



Hardy Phlox. 



NEW AND RARE HARDY PHLOX. 



Aglae Adanscn. Immense flowers, snow-white, with red eye. 



Gruppenkonigin. Delicate pale rose-mauve, with claret red 

 eye. Effective and showy. 



F. Q. Von LaSSburg. The purest white in cultivation; indi- 

 vidual flowers larger than any other white. 



Geo. A. Strohlein. Bright scarlet, with crimson-red eve. 

 A large flower; color do - not bleach in th • -tin. 



Jules Cambon. Brilliant reddish-purple, with exceptionally 

 large, pure white centre. 



Louis Blanc. Reddish violet with purple shadings and darker 

 eye. A distinct dark-colored variety. 



Price, 2"> cts. each; $2.50 per do 



ilac-rose in shade like a -olt 

 borne in immense panii 



ilme, Paul Dutrie. Delicate 

 pink Orchid; flowers very large 



Prosper Henry. large compact truss of pure white with 

 bright crimson-carmine centre; dwarf. 



Rheingau. An ideal bedding -oil. with huge tin-- of pure 

 white and faint pink markings at base <>l petals. 



Siebold. An improvement on the populai scarlet "Coqueli- 

 cot," brighter in color and stronger. 



Vesuvius. One of our new seedlings, pure red. with bright 

 purple eye; a dazzling color. 



Von Hochberg. The ideal crimson; the richest of it- color. 



is. iki per Kill. Set of 1 - J varieties, $2.50. 



GENERAL COLLECTION OF HARDY PHLOX. 



For convenience in selecting we have arranged them in color classes : see also page "-'nT. 



Price. Any of the (l:iii! Collectio-i - .. - in strong one-year-old plants, 15c. each; £1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 pei 100. 



Best Rose and Pink Hardy Phlox. 



Pacha. Deep pink suffused with red. carmine eye. 

 Pantheon. Bright carmine-rose, A fine effective variety, 

 Professor Nocard. Bright mauve with aniline red eye. 

 Professor Schlieman. Pure mauve, crimson-carmine eye. 

 Selma. A pretty, delicate, sofl pah- rose, with distinct redeye. 



Sunshine. Aniline red with crim-on eye and light halo. 

 Thebaide. Carmine lake with blighter -hading-; red eye. 



Von Goethe. Imi.iu rose, suffused with carmine-lake and 

 carmine red eve 



Bacchante. Tyrian rose with crimson-carmine eve. 



Caran d'Ache. Geranium red, with old rose shadings and 



white eye; very effective. 

 Claral.cn/. I.oveK carmini rose with deepei eye. 

 General Giovaninelli. Bright Tyrian rose, with light 



shadings at the base of eat h petal; a pure red i ve 



Inspector Elpel. Tender rose, with bright crim-on eye. 



La Vague. Pure mauve with aniline red eyi . 

 Otto Thalacker. Tyrian rose with 'hep red eye and light 

 halo. 



GENERAL COLLECTION OF HARDY PHLOX continued on page 207. 



