ON THE CULTIVATION OF PHLOX'DRUMMONDII. 
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Horticultural Essays, 
By the Members of the Regent's Park Gardeners' Society. 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 
By Mr. G. Wyness. 
The genus Phlox belongs to Pentandria Monogynia of Lin., 
and the Nat. Ord. Polemoniacese. It consists of elegant border 
flowers, chiefly valuable for producing their lovely blossoms late 
in the season. 
Amongst the many interesting and beautiful plants that have 
been introduced of late years to this country, there is none, in 
my estimation, which is more worthy of care and attention than 
Phlox Drummondii. Although it is now common in most parts 
of this country, it is rarely to be seen cultivated to perfection. 
When it is planted out in clumps in good soil, it is certainly 
beautiful for a short time; but to do it justice, it ought to be 
kept in the greenhouse, where it will amply repay for the 
trouble bestowed on it, by producing its lovely blossoms in 
abundance from May till December. If we take into consider¬ 
ation the length of time which it continues in bloom, or the 
pleasing effect produced by its great diversity of colours, which 
vary from the most brilliant scarlet to red, rose, pink, and purple, 
with all their intermediate shades, or, above all, its fragrance, I 
do not know of any annual plant which is more deserving of a 
little care; and, therefore, I would beg to recommend it to more 
general cultivation, by every lover of flowers who is possessed 
of a greenhouse, where, by proper treatment, it will prove a 
splendid ornament during the summer months, while the more 
permanent inmates are enjoying the open air. 
I have had the Phlox Drummondii , this season, in flower from 
May till December: the plants were from four to five feet high, 
and covered with flower from the pot to the top of the plant, 
and were admired by every one who saw them. 
I was induced to sow seeds in January, in the hope of getting 
strong plants early in the season ; but at that period I could not 
give a sufficiency of air, and, consequently, the plants got long 
and straggling, with naked stems, before they came into flower. 
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