PHLOX SUBULA'TA. 
AWL-LEAVED PHLOX. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MOJiOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLEMONIACE &. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
3 inches. 
May, June. 
Perennial. 
in 1786. 
No. 248. 
The word Phlox, as previously noticed, is of Greek 
origin, and though not first applied to this genus, 
still, if flame, which it signifies, be metaphorically 
used for splendid or beautiful, it may very justly be 
claimed by the present attractive family of plants. 
The Latin subulata, belonging to an awl, has been 
chosen to distinguish the species, in allusion to the 
shape of its leaves. 
This delightful little plant is by no means un- 
common, and in a tolerably dry and warm situation, 
few of the like size can exhibit so exquisite a dis- 
play of beauty. Its trailing stems of foliage spread 
luxuriantly on the soil, and form a carpet of mingled 
green, on which its flowers glow with a delicacy 
unattainable by art. Some admirers of the Phlox 
subulata, support its branches on little frames, that 
its blossoms might be somewhat elevated ; but this 
destroys its natural character, and lessens the interest 
excited by the beauty of a plant so humble. 
It grows freely in almost any soil, but particularly 
in a mixture of peat and light loam. The trailing 
stems strike root, and may be separated for increase ; 
or cuttings may be struck in a hotbed: 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 327. 
