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PHLOX CORDATA GRANDIFLORA. 
(great-flowered cordate lichnidea.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA 
NATURAL ORDER. 
POLEMONIACEiE. 
Generic Character.-— Calyx tubular, five-toothed. Corolla tube curved, petals five, salver-shaped. 
Stigma trifid. Capsule tliree-celled. 
Specific Character. — Stem robust, branching, three feet high. Leaves large, oblong, cordate, acuminate, 
smooth. Spike of flowers two feet long, commencing at a foot from the ground. Calyx light green, 
smooth, slightly tinged with purple. Corolla, tube an inch long, slightly curved, petals rounded, when 
expanded an inch and a quarter diameter, rose colour, tinged with blue, eye white, delightfully fragrant, 
resembling the lilac, continues long in flower. 
This beautiful hybrid phlox was raised by Mr. Clark, nurseryman and florist. 
East Retford, Nottinghamshire. It comes the nearest in habit to the Cordata, of 
which it is most likely a variety; from this however it materially differs in the size 
of the flower, and the clear white eye. It grows very strong whilst young, and 
produces leaves of a large size, but the whole plant is dwarf, seldom rising higher 
than three feet, two of which compose the spike of flowers. 
The spike of flowers is something pyramidal, the lower branches projecting 
about a foot from the main stem, and gradually diminishing in length until they 
terminate at the summit of the plant in a crown of flowers. 
When rising from the ground in the spring, it has much the appearance of 
young mint. It commences flowering about the middle of July, and will by all 
appearance in favourable situations continue till the middle of September. 
It is a beautiful showy kind, perfectly hardy, and no doubt will be found to 
thrive in almost any soil and situation, but particularly in a light rich loam. The 
fragrance is more powerful than the corymbosa, indeed it nearly equals the common 
lilac. 
