flowering, the former having spread and become perfectly at 
home. Phlox subulata, a splendid plant for carpeting rocky 
places or for dry banks, is now blooming, with magenta flowers 
that are not popular with some, but which can be used effectively 
if grouped with harmonious associates. It forms a mass of color 
in the local flora section. It is found wild in our local flora range 
only in southern New Jersey and adjacent Pennsylvania, all the 
numerous stations northward being derivatives, probably of culti- 
vated plants. Most of the azaleas, rhododendrons and laurels 
that would usually be in flower at this time, will probably be con- 
siderably later, owing to the phenomenally cold spring. 
N. T. 
