Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Phlox paniculata or de-cussata

Perennial Phlox

4

2-3

Various

July to Oct.

The perennial Phloxes are among the best known and most satisfactory garden plants. The colors are white, red, salmon, purple, and parti-colored. They are most effective in masses of one color. The seeds germinate readily if allowed to ripen on the plants and to drop on the ground; and as seedlings of any variety will produce mostly magenta-colored flowers, the old flowers should be cut as soon as they fade, and before they can form seeds. Phloxes prefer a rich and somewhat moist soil. With good cultivation they will sometimes produce panicles a foot long. The plants increase rapidly in size, and it is well to dig up and divide the old stools at least every fourth year. Phloxes are subject to mildew, therefore they should be treated occasionally with Bordeaux mixture. If late blooms are desired, the tips of the shoots may be pinched once or twice in early summer. A great number of varieties are offered for sale by nurserymen, and following are a few of the most distinct and best named varieties:

Phlox paniculate varieties

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White Varieties. - Independence, tall, large spikes; Ixion, pink eye; Saison Lierval, crimson eye; Charlotte Saison, deep pink centre; Edith, dwarf; General Trochu, scarlet eye; Jeanne D'Arc, pure white; J. G. Von Lasburg, pure white; Richard Wallace, rosy crimson eye.

Red Varieties.- Coccinea, rosy red and large; Coquellicot, vermilion scarlet; Ornament, carmine; Eclair-eur, carmine, salmon centre; Gen. Brice, fiery red, purple centre; Joseph Barr, carmine; Madame P. Langier, dark red.

Purple Varieties.- Le Mahdi, deep purple; Lord Raleigh, violet purple; Wm. Ramsey, light purple with magenta centre.

Pink Varieties.- Gen. Chancy, scarlet-pink, tinted salmon; Annie Cook, soft pink and very sweet; Peachblow, deep pink and large; R. P. Struthers, reddish-pink, tinted orange; Le So-leil, magenta pink; Pantheon, deep pink, individual flowers very large.

Lilac Varieties.- Cross of Honor, deep lilac, margined white; L'Esper-ance, magenta lilac and very large.

Phlox divaricate

Canadian Phlox

4

1-1 1/2

Lilac

May

Flowers fragrant, produced in loose clusters. Spreading in habit; good for the rockery or border. A.G.