POPULAR GARDEN PLANTS. 
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border, or in the flower-garden to form a centre 
to large beds, or mingled Avith some other suit¬ 
able plant. 
Cuttings formed of barren shoots will strike 
at almost any time of the year, the best time 
being August or September; the softer the Avood, 
the more readily do the cuttings root. Leafy 
shoots 4 inches long should be taken, cut just 
below a joint, and inserted in light sandy soil, 
well drained, and in pots or pans in a cold frame. 
Or they can be put in a A\ r arm border and 
covered Avith a hand-glass, shading them from 
the sun. Plants that have remained out all 
the summer Avill often live through the winter 
in the open border, especially if some ashes 
are placed about the roots by way of affording 
protection in severe weather. 
Seeds saved from a good strain generally 
yield a large percentage of equally good 
varieties. They should be sown in shallow 
boxes of good light soil in February or March 
in a gentle bottom-heat, Avhere they soon 
germinate. When the seedlings are large 
enough to handle, they should be pricked off 
into other boxes and kept in heat for a time, 
hardening them off' before planting them in 
prepared beds in May or June. Plant them 
about a foot apart each Avay in good soil, and 
in dry Aveather occasional Avatering at the roots 
will keep them growing. If extra strong plants 
are required by May, seed should be sown in 
August, and the plants groAvn in a frame 
through the winter. 
Select Named Varieties. 
Adonis. White, suffused with lilac. 
Alfred Richet. Bright-vermilion, white throat. 
Archibald Colquhoun. Crimson and white, veined purple. 
Argou. Bluish-purple, white throat. 
Berlioz. Violet-purple, white throat. 
Bridesmaid. Large, pure-white. 
Charles Street. Pale-lilac, veined crimson. 
Compacta. Scarlet, purple, and white. 
Conspicua. Violet-purple and white. 
David Wood. White shaded purple. 
Eclipse. Purplish-crimson, blotched chocolate. 
Floribunda. Blood-red, white throat. 
George Ulrich. Scarlet, white throat. 
Henry Lister. Rosy-purple and white, marked crimson. 
Jean Mace. Scarlet, white throat. 
Le Niagara. Creamy-white. 
Mont Blanc. Pure-white. 
Mrs. Bosanquet. Purplish-crimson. 
Serenade. White shaded lilac. 
Surcouf. Carmine-lake, with chocolate markings. 
Tissandier. Rosy-carmine and white, spotted crimson. 
Victor Hugo. Dark-lilac, white throat, spotted purple. 
William Folder. Rosy-lilac, white throat. 
William Lumley. Bright-red, pencilled chocolate. 
W. M. Baillie. Bright-scarlet, white throat. 
Phlox (fig. 595).—The popular perennial 
border Phloxes are said to be the outcome of 
a cross between P. paniculata ( decussata ) and P. 
metadata, the former Avith tall, erect unbranched 
stems, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and large ter¬ 
minal panicles of lilac, purple, or white flowers; 
Fig. 595.—Phlox. 
the latter Avith shorter stems, spotted with 
purple, the panicle of flowers narrower, the 
flowers fragrant, purple or white. Their progeny 
are popularly known as forms of P. decussata. 
Many named sorts have been raised, chiefly 
by M. Lemoine, Mr. Ivelway, and Mr. John 
Forbes, and neAv ones are added annually. 
They vary in height from 1 foot to 3 or 4 
feet, and there is considerable range of varia¬ 
tion in the colours of the floAvers, and also in 
the shape of the leaves. 
Although these plants are not particular as 
to soil, they pay for good cultivation. They 
are too often left to struggle for existence with 
coarse herbaceous plants and shrubs, and even 
then they make a good display from July until 
the frost stops them. But to have them in 
perfection they should be groAvn in beds by 
themselves, a feAv large beds in a sunny position 
