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13.— PHLOX COLDRYANA, Paxt. MR. COLDRY'S PHLOX. 
Engratings. — Paxton's Mag. of. Bot. vol. 7, p. 197 ; and our jig. 
1, in PI. 72. 
Specific Chaiucteb. — Sterna erect, slightly downy, spotted ; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subcordate, slightly scabrous on the upper 
surface ; corymb spreading; segments of the corolla cuneate ; teeth 
of the calyx very short. 
Description, &c. — This very handsome species is a hybrid, raised about 1835, in the Bristol Nursery. It 
grows about two feet high, and is of a compact bushy liabit of growth. It should be grown in light soil, partly 
composed of leaf mould ; and it should be removed to a fresh bed about every third year, or the flowers will 
degenerate in both size and colour. The plant is propagated by dividing the roots. 
OTHEE SPECIES OF PHLOX BELONGING TO § 1. 
P. OMNIFLORA, Hort. 
This is a remarkably handsome species, with an elongated corymb of clear white flowers, which it continues 
producing from June till the latter end of October. It rarely grows above a foot or eighteen inches high, and is 
equally well suited to keep in a pot or to plant in the open ground. Even when it has flowered in the open 
ground all the summer, it may be taken up and put into a pot to force for flowering in early spring. It is thus 
one of the most useful kinds of Phlox for a suburban garden. 
VAN HOUTTE'S PHLOX. Bot. Reg. for 1843, t. S ; and our^. 4, in PU 72. 
Tliis is a very beautiful garden variety, raised by a nurseryman at Ghent. It is very pretty, being 
distinctly marked with a crimson star on a white ground, and the flowers are delightfully fragrant. Its habit of 
growth resembles that of P. omuiflora, and it requires the same treatment. 
P. PANICULATA, Lin. 
This was one of the first species introduced, having been sent to England in 1732. It is a native of Virginia, 
where it is found in rich moist meadows. The flowers of the species are purple ; but there is a variety the 
flowers of which are white, with a slight tinge of red. 
P. UNDULATA, Ait. 
Tliis is probably only a variety of the preceding species, as the only difference is in the leaves, which are 
somewhat undulated ; and in the stem, which grows tall and stronger, frequently attaining the height of five 
feet. It is a native of Virginia, and was introduced in 1759. 
P. LiVTIFOLIA, Michx. 
Is probably only a variety of P. pyramidalis, but the flowers are larger, and of a darker colour. It is a 
native of Carolina, and was introduced in 1812. 
P. MACULATA, Lin. 
This species has a stem marked with very conspicuous brown spots, with violet-coloured flowers. It is a 
native of Carolina, and was introduced in 1740. 
P. NITIDA, Pursh. 
This is a very handsome species, nearly allied to P. Carolina, but vtith large purple flowers and smooth 
shining leaves. It is a native of South Carolina, and it was introduced in the year 1800. 
