PHLOX WHEELERIANA. 
wheeler’s phlox. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRl A. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLEMONIACEJ5. 
Hybrid 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Raised 
origin. 
3 feet. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
1 in 1824. 
No. 395. 
Phlox is a Greek word, signifying flame, and 
intended, most probably, to indicate a glowing col- 
our. Wheeleriana, is a name given to this hybrid 
plant after that of the person who raised it, Mr. 
Wheeler, nurseryman, of Warminster. 
The delicate tint of the flowers of this plant, with 
its central shading, make it as desirable as any one 
in the present long list of Phloxes, so many of 
which have now established themselves in almost 
every flower garden. 
We would recommend those of our readers who 
happen not to be fully acquainted with this genus 
to lose no opportunity of increasing their collection 
of.them. They are, every one of them, from those 
of three inches high, to those of six feet, highly or- 
namental and showy. 
None of the tall species are peculiarly fastidious 
as respects the soil or aspect in which they are 
planted; but it is somewhat important, particularly 
if planted in a light or peaty soil, that they be occa- 
sionally taken up, in spring, the roots divided, and 
replanted. It will add much to the luxuriance of 
their growth. 
