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Phlox (To the species and varieties)
To the species and varieties described on pp. 100-3, Vol. III., the following should now be added:
P. Drummondii cuspidata (cuspidate). A dwarf variety, with peculiarly pointed flowers.
P. D. flore-pleno (double-flowered). A pretty, double-flowered form. 1886. (R. G. 1886, p. 404.) P. D. hortensiaeflora alba (Hortensia-flowered, white). fl. pure white, showy and beautiful, produced in large heads. 1882. A close-growing and compact form. (F. & P. 1882, p. 53.) P. stellaria (starry). fl. white, more than 1in. across. March to June. l. 1in. to 2in. long. Stems dark, wiry.
Varieties. Perhaps in no previous season have Phloxes been finer than in the summer and autumn of 1888. They grew most vigorously, producing long, branched spikes of richly-coloured, brilliant flowers. The late-flowering varieties have quite superseded the early-flowering section in the drier and warmer climate of the South of England; but the Suffruticosa section are much esteemed in the cooler, moister districts of the North. The Decussata varieties are also more numerous, but it may be fairly said they are too numerous. Of good and distinct forms that have been recently introduced, the best are here given.
Early-flowering Varieties (Suffruticosa Section). BURNS, deep rosy-purple, well-formed. CLIPPER, white, with lilac tint; well-formed spike. CONQUEROR, pure white, lilac eye; fine spike. EMPRESS, white, beautiful rose centre. JOHN C. DUKE, fine white, rose centre. KING OF PURPLES, dark purple, crimson eye. LADY KEITH MURRAY, pure white; handsome spike. MAGNUM BONUM, rosy-red, large, fine. MRS. JAMES WATT, white, pale purple eye; fine spike. MRS. J. HOPE, white, with a suffusion of rosy-lilac. MRS. KELWAY, white, rosy-lilac centre; good spike. MRS. MILLER, purplish; large spike. MRS. W. RICHARDS, white, with slight purple shade. NETTIE STEWART, white, with distinct lilac shade. PERFECTION, pure white, pale rose centre. PURPLE EMPEROR, rich purple; very large. REV. DR. HORNBY, white, striped rose, purple eye. ROSY GEM, pleasing dark rose-colour, fine form. STANLEY, deep rose, dark red eye; fine spike. WALTER GRAY, rosy-purple, dark eye.
Late-flowering Varieties (Decussata Section). AMBASSADOR, white, dark red centre, large. AMMONITE, lilac-rose, white centre, large. AUSTIN WITHERS, lilac, reddish eye; distinct. BACILLE, purplish-mauve, large, fine. BERLET, white, carmine centre. CAROT, white, fine, large. CHARLOTTE SAISSON, white, crimson centre. CORTAMBERT, white, deep red centre; fine spike. DIANA, white, purple eye, good form. DON JUAN, rosy-tinted, dark centre. EMPRESS, white, pinkish centre; fine spike. ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, bluish-purple; compact spike. EUGENE TUNNER, white, crimson eye, fine. FREDERIC FAILLIE, white, tinged rose, carmine eye. GENERAL FROLOW, rosy-purple, fine, large. GIPSY QUEEN, rosy-lilac, crimson centre. JAMES DICKSON, lilac; fine form and spike. JOHN ALEXANDER, deep salmon, crimson eye. JOHN BRUNTON, rich, dark vermillion. LUCIE BALTET, pale purple-lilac; large spike. M. MAREY, deep rose, purplish-violet centre, fine. MRS. JAMES CLARK, lilac; large, handsome spike. MRS. R. MONRO, rosy-lilac, crimson centre. MRS. WHITEHEAD, rosy-lilac, carmine centre. NEIL GLASS, rosy-violet, dark purplish centre. P. NEILL FRASER, purplish-rose, fine form. ROBERT KNOX, deep salmon; large and fine spike. SHERIFF IVORY, pale rose, crimson eye. THE DEACON, rosy-purple, crimson eye. THE MCNEWMAN, rosy-crimson, dark eye. TOMBOUCTOU, pale rose, rich reddish centre. TOREADOR, rosy-salmon, darker centre.