Mr. Lanham Revisited: May 14, 1926

He plants Elizabeth Campbell phlox

Mr. Lanham wrote that the day dawned “cloudy, foggy and cool,” with “heavy dew on everything.” Up at 5:30 a.m., Mr. Lanham tied up his sagging peonies and planted some Elizabeth Campbell phlox to replace some that had died. “Everything wet and messy,” Mr. Lanham complained.This illustration from a 1913 catalog put out by the Henry A. Dreer Nursery showc…