. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HINRYADREER-JNIADBflll/VJft-MM PEREHMIAL PLANTS 231 DREER'S SUPERB HARDY PHLOXES Hardy Phloxes have long been one of our leading special- ties, and we are now the largest growers in the world of this important hardy plant. We offer below a collection of the finest sorts, while on the following pages will be found a selection of the very best large-flowering standard varieties, also a very complete list of the mis
. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. HINRYADREER-JNIADBflll/VJft-MM PEREHMIAL PLANTS 231 DREER'S SUPERB HARDY PHLOXES Hardy Phloxes have long been one of our leading special- ties, and we are now the largest growers in the world of this important hardy plant. We offer below a collection of the finest sorts, while on the following pages will be found a selection of the very best large-flowering standard varieties, also a very complete list of the miscellaneous species and varieties. The following cultural notes were written especially for this book by Mrs. Ely, the author of "A Woman's Hardy ; "Probably the most satisfactory of all perennials is the Ph'ox, and a good space in proportion to the size of the girden should always be given these plants. The ground where Phlox is to be planted should be trenched fully two feet in depth, and may be planted in the autumn from the 1st to the 15th of October, so that they may become well rooted before winter; otherwise it should be set out as soon as the frost leaves the ground in the spring, as growth begins very early. Whether planted in spring or fall, a mulch of old manure thrown around the roots will be of benefit to the plants. Phlox should be set out eighteen inches apart, and if kept well watered will produce both individual blossoms and heads of bloom far larger than otherwise, and amply repay the extra trouble. In October, after three seasons of flowering, the Phlox should be lifted, the ground again trenched and enriched, the plants separated into bunches of three or four stalks each, and then reset. Occasionally, in warm moist summers, the Phlox is at- tacked by mildew. But if, upon the first sign of its appear- ance, the leaves of the plants are well sprinkled and after- wards plentifully dusted with powdered sulphur the disease will be arrested. I
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