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because of its superficial resemblance to Phlox pilosa, it failed 

 to receive a name until distinguished by the editor of this 

 magazine. The fact that it is taller, greener, later, and more 

 floriferous that Phlox pilosa seems never to have been taken 

 into consideration, though the blossoms, so different in color 

 from those of other phloxes, have always made it conspicuous 

 and botanists have reported it again and again. Like Phlox 

 pilosa this species has shown remarkable capacity for enduring 

 drouth; in fact, specimens dug from a dry soil and carried all 

 day without water, with the temperature in the nineties, came 

 through all right when planted. The plant responds readily to 

 good treatment and when removed to the garden produces a 

 profusion of its starry blossoms in late May or early June. 

 The first flowers are usually in time for Decoration Day, a 

 season when flowers of their color are in demand, and if the 

 plant is cut back after blooming, it will produce new flowering 

 branches until heavy autumn frosts spoil the blossoms. Recog- 

 nizing the desirability of a wide distribution of the plant, the 

 entire stock has been- sold to the well known firm of Thomas 

 Meehan & Sons, of Germantown, Philadelphia, who will ofTer 

 it to the public next spring under the name of Phlox argillacea. 

 The Meehans have always shown a commendable disposition 

 to secure new and interesting plants for decorative planting and 

 their catalogues always contain a number of species to be ob- 

 tained nowhere else. 



