I08 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



set in the border in May ; or sown in the border in May. 

 The plants should not be allowed to become crowded. The 

 double varieties are very pretty. 



C. elegants (elegant) ; hardy annual ; 2 feet ; flowers rose, in 

 June ; California ; 1822. Of this there is a double-flowered va- 

 riety. C. pidchella (^x^\Xy)\ hardy annual; 18 inches ; flowers 

 rose or white, in June ; North America ; 1826. This latter spe- 

 cies has produced the fine varieties integripetala^ petals entire 

 on the margin, rosy-purple, (a double variety has rich crimson 

 flowers, and a sub-variety has the petals edged with white) ; pul~ 

 cherri7)ia^ petals three-lobed, bright crimson ; striata^ petals 

 three-lobed, white, flaked with rose ; niargmaia, petals three- 

 lobed, rosy-purple, tipped with white ; Jlorepleno^ very double, 

 with large rosy-purple or crimson flowers. 



Claytonia. [Portulacaceae.] Hardy annuals and tuber- 

 ous-rooted perennials, not very showy. Common soil. In- 

 creased by seeds, or by division. 



C. Caroliniana (Carolina) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 pink, in May; North America; 1789. C. graiidiflora (large- 

 flowered) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers pink, in May ; 

 North America ; 1789. C, /^r/i?//6Z/<2 (perfohate-leaved) ; hardy 

 annual ; 9 inches ; flowers white, in June ; North America ; 

 1794. C. Siberica (Siberian); hardy annual; i foot; flowers 

 red, in June ; Siberia; 1768. C. Vzrgmiana {Virgimd.n) ; hardy 

 perennial; i foot; flowers white, in May; North America; 

 1740. 



There are ten other species. 



Clematis. Vh-gMs-boiver. [Ranunculaceae.] A large 

 genus of climbing shrubs, some of which are very orna- 

 mental. The hardy kinds are of the simplest culture. 

 They are raised from seeds or layers, and grow freely in 

 any moderately good ground. They are valuable for cover- 

 ing walls, arbors, and trellis-work. The half-hardy kinds 

 are useful for the pillars and rafters of greenhouses and 



