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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
Conditions 
Required 
ly the finest Phlox for rockeries. It bears clear pink, white-throated 
flowers, as big as silver dollars, blooms all summer long and the 
plant is so small you can cover it with your two hands. It may 
possibly lap over into West Texas, but I know of none coming 
from there.” The Phlox Drummondii, the Texas native named for 
Drummond, who sent it from our prairies to the botanical centers, 
is one of the garden favorites of the world. 
Many of the plants listed by commercial growers are perennials 
that thrive in sandy, lime-impregnated loam; in unobstructed sun¬ 
light; where there is positive drainage and sufficient water in the 
early period of their growth to insure adequate root-growth. Then, 
practically "all of these plants will endure temperatures ranging 
from fifteen degrees Fahrenheit below to one hundred and twelve 
degrees above , and humidity that varies from muggy rainy years to 
desert-like dryness”, such as experienced in 1930-31. 
TRANSPLANTING 
It is many times expedient to transplant native plants, that is, 
where there is great abundance and sufficient roots, or seed that 
will assure the continuance of natural growth; or where the plants 
would be destroyed in the path of construction, or building activi¬ 
ties. When this is true, the following rules should be carefully 
observed. 
First: An effort must be made to give the plant the same type 
of soil it has enjoyed in Nature’s garden, remembering that many 
times wild things thrive only in close proximity to other wildlings, 
including those that surround the plant, and dig deep enough 
that the taproot (should there be one) is not injured or broken, 
lifting the clump out as a whole. 
Second: See that the plant is given the same amount of sunshine 
or shade to which it has been accustomed. 
Third: Transplant wildflowers, or shrubs, at the same season 
that it is advisable to move like varieties of cultivated flowers. 
