PHLOX SPECIOSIS'SIMA. 
SHOWY PHLOX. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLEMONIACE^. 
Hybrid 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introdueed 
Origin. 
3 feet. 
September. 
Perennial. 
in 1840. 
No. 876. 
The derivation of the name has been recently 
noticed. 
This is one amongst the handsomest, if not the 
very handsomest plant belonging even to this 
handsome and very showy genus. It is, probably, 
a hybrid variety from Pyramidal is and one of the 
larger species, but whether it originated in this 
country or the continent, we are not informed. 
We received it from the Handsw^orth Nursery. 
The pale centre of the corolla, contrasting with the 
bright margin, gives it a finer effect than is pro- 
duced by any other Phlox. 
Notwithstanding the taller species of Phlox are 
always handsome under any sort of management, 
still no plants yield a more grateful acknowledge- 
ment for attentions bestowed on them in cultivation. 
Their longer, brighter, and more numerous flowers, 
amply compensate kindly treatment. When left 
undivided, every one must have observed their 
efforts to enjoy fresh soil; the centre of a large 
root will even decay. They should be annually 
divided into small portions, a circumstance to 
which we shall ere long revert. 
