PHLOX SUAVE'OLENS. 
Variety bicolor. 
HYBRID SWEET-SCENTED PHLOX. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLYMONIACE^. 
Of hybrid 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Raised 
Origin. 
2 feet. 
July. 
Perennial. 
in 1843. 
No. 965. 
Phlox is altogether a Greek word, which signifies 
flame. Linneus’s choice of it could not have been 
on account of the flowers of any Phlox being flame- 
coloured, but simply from their showy character ; 
just as we use the word ‘flaming’ for an object that 
is gay or fine. 
We here present a specimen of a vaiiety of the 
sweet-scented Phlox, with an admixture of a pur- 
ple sjiecies, by Avhich it has become two-coloured. 
In the flower border it is an exceedingly pretty 
novelty ; the tint of pink in the centre is gradually 
shaded into the white, and it may be said that the 
one does honour to the other. Another variety, 
more strongly coloured, has appeared, but it is less 
pleasing. 
The Phlox family is thus yielding to the inge- 
nuity of the times ; some persons will, probably, 
say, jfielding to its folly, seeing that hybridizing 
has become so general a practice, and our gai’dens 
are crowded with non-descript flowers. Since all 
of us have much reason to suspect that our own 
notions are not immaculate, it ought to be admitted 
that the innocent pursuits of others, although at 
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