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limb. The five stamens are given off from the tube of the corolla at different heights and do not protrude beyond it. The ovary is three-celled with one to two ovules in each See also:

CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell; it ripens into a three-valved See also:

CAPSULE (from the Lat. capsula, a small box)

capsule. Many of the species and varieties are tall herbs yielding a See also:

WEALTH

wealth of See also:

BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom throughout the summer and See also:

early autumn. These require a deep, See also:

rich, and rather heavy See also:

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam, and a cool, moist position to flourish. The See also:

DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf perennial species and varieties, the " See also:

MOSS

moss pinks " of gardens, are charming plants for the rockery and as edging to beds and See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders. They are trailing and tufted in See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit, the branches rooting at the nodes. They succeed in poorer See also:

SOIL

soil, and drier situations than the tall kinds. See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

Seed is seldom produced.

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PROPAGATION

Propagation is effected by cuttings in See also:

JULY

July and early See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, placed in a See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

FRAME

frame, and by See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the plants, which should be lifted carefully, and cut into rooted portions as required. The tufted kinds decay in patches in See also:

winter if the situation is moist and the See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather mild and wet. Phlox Drummondii and its numerous varieties are See also:

HALF

half-hardy annuals in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain. It is a small-growing hairy plant, flowering profusely during the summer months. For early flowering it should be sown in See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat in See also:

March and See also:

APRIL

April and transferred out of doors in See also:

JUNE

June. It succeeds if sown out of doors in April, but the flowering See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season is later and shorter. The tall-growing border phloxes are divided into early and See also:

LATE

late flowering kinds respectively, the former derived mainly from P. glaberrima and P. suffruticosa, and the latter from P. maculata and P. paniculata. The salver-shaped flowers with cylindrical tubes range from pure See also:

white to almost See also:

bright See also:

SCARLET

scarlet in See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, passing through shades of See also:

PINK

pink, See also:

PURPLE

purple, See also:

MAGENTA

magenta See also:

LILAC

lilac, See also:

MAUVE, ANTON (1838–1888)

mauve and See also:

salmon. New varieties are obtained by the selection of seedlings. Owing to the frequent introduction of new kinds, the reader is referred to the current lists published by growers and nurserymen. The " moss pinks," P. subulata and its varieties, are all worthy of a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the alpine See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden. The varieties are relatively few.

The following See also:

list includes nearly all the best kinds: P. subulata, pink with dark centre; Aldboroughensis, See also:

rose; annulata, bluish white, ringed with purple; atrolilacina, deep lilac; atropurpurea purple-rose and See also:

CRIMSON

crimson; Brightness, bright rose with scarlet See also:

eye; compacta, clear rose; See also:

FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

Fairy, lilac; G. F. See also:

Wilson, mauve; grandifiora, pink, crimson blotch; Little Dot, white, See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue centre; Nelsoni, pure white; Vivid, rose, See also:

CARMINE

carmine centre; all these are about 4 in. high. P. divaricata, See also:

LAVENDER

lavender, height 1 ft.; P. ovata, rose, 1 ft.; P. reptans, rose, 6 in.; and P. amoena, rose, 9 in., are also charming alpines. P. Drummondii varieties come true from seed, but are usually sown in mixture.

End of Article: PHLOX (Nat. Ord. Polemoniaceae)

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