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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
8.— PHLOX GLABERRIMA, Lin. THE SMOOTH-STALKED PHLOX. 
Engraving. — Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d ser. t. 36. tufts, etich consisting of three or four flowers ; teeth of the calyx 
Specific Character. — Tufted ; stem erect, very smooth ; leaves acuminate, spreading ; segments of the corolla rounded, 
linear-lanceoiate, quite smooth and glossy ; corymb terminal in three 
Description, &c. — This is rather a dwarf plant, as it grows in dense tufts with erect stems, from a foot to 
eighteen inches high. In most of the other species the stem is rough and hairy, but in this it is perfectly 
smooth. The flower-stem is also distinctly divided into three tufts of flowers. The species is a native of North 
America, whence it was introduced in 1725. It flowers from June till August, and grows well in any common 
garden soil. 
9.— PHLOX SCABRA, Swt. THE ROUGH-LEAVED PHLOX. 
Synonymes. — P. Sickmanni, Lelira. ; P. Americana, Ilorl. 
Engraving. — Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 248. 
Specific Character. — Stem glabrous in the lower part, but hairy 
above ; leaves oblong-lanceohate, acute, very rough and rasp-like on 
the upper surface, undulated at the margin ; flowers in a very loose 
panicle ; calyx hairy ; teeth awl-shaped, erect ; tube of the corolla 
curved, hairy ; segments of the limb obovate, spreading. 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this species are very handsome, but the leaves have nothing to recommend 
them, being coarse on the upper surface, and of a dingy green. The flowers are very fragrant. The species is 
a native of North America, whence it was introduced in 1812 ; and it is easily propagated by its suckers, which 
it sends up in great abundance. 
10.— PHLOX CAROLINA, Lin. THE CAROLINA PHLOX. 
Synonymes. — Lychnidea Caroliniana, Mart.; rough-stemmed Specific Character. — Leaves lanceolate, very smooth; stem 
Lychnidea. rough ; corymb subfastigiatc. 
Engraving Bot. Mag. t. 1344. 
Description, &c. — This species was the first kind of Phlox introduced into our gardens, as it appears to 
have been grown by Mr. Cowell, a nurseryman at Iloxton, before the year 1728. The flowers are large, and 
very handsome, with a dark, star-like mark in the centre. The corymb is rather small and roundish. The 
species is a native of South Carolina, and is consequently somewhat tender in our gardens. 
11.— PHLOX SUFFRUTICOSA, Willd. THE SHRUBBY PHLOX. 
Synonymes. — P. nitida, Pursh. ; shining-leaved Phlox. 
Engraving. — Bot. Reg. t. 68. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, very smooth, round, slightly 
spotted ; leaves ovate-oblong, somewhat fleshy, shining above, and of 
a very dark green, but pale below ; corymb fastigiate, lower branches 
elongated and naked ; segments of the corolla broadly ovate, and some- 
what retuse ; teeth of the calyx lanceolate, mucronate. 
Description, &c. — This species is nearly allied to Phlox Carolina, but in this both the stem and leaves are 
smooth, and the flowers are of a much darker and more brilliant purple. The leaves are also darker, more 
shining, and of a much thicker texture ; and the stem, which is somewhat shrubby at the base, continues 
partly undecayed and in leaf during the winter. The species is a native of South Carolina, and was introduced 
in 1790 . 
Synonyme. — P. carnea, Bot. Mag. 
Engravings. — Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 29 ; and Bot. Mag. 
t. 2155. 
12.— PHLOX TRIFLORA, Michx. THE THREE-FLOWERED PHLOX. 
Specific Character. — Stems erect, branching, somewhat pubes- 
cent ; leaves lanceolate, smooth, each branch having a three-flowered 
corymb ; teeth of the calyx linear. 
Description, &c. — This species has a very loose branching corymb of large pale-pink flowers. It grows 
well in the open ground to the height of about a foot or eighteen inches, and continues flowering from July till 
October. It is a native of North America, whence it was introduced in 1816. 
