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parts of the tube, two of them near the mouth, but scarcely
exserted : pollen golden yellow. Ovarium smooth ^ and
glossy. Style smooth, slender, included in the tube. Stigma
trifid, spreading.
Our drawing of this very handsome plant was made from
fine specimens kindly sent to us by Robert Barclay, Esq.
of Bury-hill, under the name that we have adopted ; we
also received it by the same name from Mr. Wheeler, Nurseryman,
of Warminster ; we are inclined to believe it to be
of hybrid origin, and believe its parents to be P. suffruticosa,
and V. pyramidalis, as it has the dark colour of the
flowers of the former, and its leaves are also similar ; but
its habit and rough spotted stalk is that of the latter ; its
flowers are very sweet-scented, which still makes it the
more desirable ; it is certainly deserving a place in every
collection, as it thrives well in the open borders of the
Flower Garden, where it will attain the height of from two
to three feet ; in Mr. Barclay’s garden, that and the other
species of Phlox are grown in peat soil, where they grow
very luxuriantly, and produce very large panicles of flowers ;
but it will grow in any rich light soil ; and young cuttings,
planted under hand-glasses in Spring, will soon strike root,
and will make flowering plants for the same Summer.
1. One o f the lower leaves. 2. Calyx. 3. Tube of the Corolla spread open,
to show the insertion o f the Stamens. 4. Ovarinm, terminated by the smooth
Style and trifid Stigma.
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