178 HARDY PERENNIALS 
one lacks the convenience of frames or handlights. 
The named varieties of Phlox may be counted in 
hundreds, but any good hardy plant catalogue 
provides a descriptive list from which a selection 
may be made according to individual tastes. 
Phygelius capensis. — This is a plant of distinctive 
character and great beauty. The stems are clothed 
with broad dark leaves of strong substantial appear- 
ance, and the flower spikes stand erect with short 
horizontal offshoots from which hang tubular flowers 
of a rich vermilion colour. The plant will thrive 
in shady places, but also does remarkably well on 
hot dry banks where its bright flowers maintain a 
display from Midsummer to late Autumn. Cuttings 
root without difficulty. 
Physalis. — The Chinese Lantern plant is a rampant 
and vigorous subject with rambling underground 
stems, from the eyes of which upright growths 
appear. The leaves are large and overlapping and 
at intervals along the stems appear bladder-like 
flame-coloured cases enclosing round seed-pods from 
which the plant receives the name of Winter Cherry. 
The chief use of the Physalis is for Winter decoration, 
the gay lanterns maintaining their beauty for a 
long period after cutting. P. Alkekengi bears many 
lanterns of the size of walnuts upon each stem, but 
P. franchetti has very much larger and brighter 
lanterns. 
Phytolacca. — The Red Ink Plant is interesting 
because quite unlike other plants. Phytolacca 
