ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 271 
PHLOMIS, “Jerusalem Sage.” (N.O. Labiatae.) 
A good plant for the mixed border, flowering in summer in any 
soil or situation. Propagated by seed or division. 
P. fruticosa (syn. canariensis'). A plant of neat bushy habit, 
bearing yellow flowers and woolly foliage, 3 to 4 feet. 
P. tuberosa. Purple rose, hoary foliage, 3 feet. 
P. viscosa (syn. Russelliana). Golden-yellow flowers in whorls, 
a very effective variety, 1 to 2 feet. 
PHLOX, “ Flame-flower.” (N.O. Polemoniaceae.) 
The name flame is descriptive of the general brilliancy of the 
flowers, a genus with twenty-seven species of different kinds, 
natives of North America and Russian Asia. 
Suffruticosa and decussata , the early and late tall-flowering, are 
suitable for the herbaceous border. Any good border will suit 
them, but they do best on rich, heavy soil and in partial shade. 
They will not succeed on a hot, dry soil in full sun. They are 
highly attractive and easy of cultivation, and a succession can be 
kept up all summer and autumn with the early- and late-flowering 
kinds. They require plenty of water, and like a mulching of 
manure, and division every two years. 
Propagation by seed, sown as soon as ripe in pans of sandy 
loam and kept in a greenhouse till spring, when the young plants 
will appear. They should be grown on and planted out in May, 
and will sometimes flower the first season. This method is only 
employed to raise new varieties. The more general is by division 
in spring, or by cuttings taken either in spring from the shoots 
springing from the base, or in late summer from the side shoots 
growing up the stems. 
P. suffruticosa , or early-flowering dwarf phloxes, June and July. 
P. Attraction. White and mauve, large head. 
P. Cybele. Silvery lilac, large. 
P. Cleopatra. Rosy crimson. 
P. Harry Veitch. Creamy white, deep pink edge. 
P. Isaac House . Pink. 
P. Mrs Miller. Rose-pink. 
P. John Turnbull. Salmon with crimson edge. 
P. Mrs James Robertson. Mauve and purple edge. 
P. Snowflake. White. 
P. The Shah. Rosy purple. 
P. White Swan. White. 
P. Mrs Greig. Mauve. 
