68 CLAYTONIA 



Clayto'nia — continiied. 



C, sibi'rica — continued. 



delicately streaked with pink. Siberia, 1768. 

 Syn., C. mrginica. 



Sow the seeds tV in. deep in the open ground in 

 April. C. sihirica requires a wet, boggy, peaty soil. 



Clian'thus (from the Gr. Meos, glory, and anthos, a 

 flower). Nat. Ord. Leguminosw. 



These truly magnificent plants may be tried as 

 half-hardy annuals in favoured localities in Irish 

 gardens, or in South Devon and other west country 

 places where the climate is mild, in warm sunny 

 positions, though they are all perennial in their 

 native country. They are, however, more often to 

 be seen in greenhouses or at Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tions in this country than outdoors, but the 

 brilliant colour and general quaintness of the flower 

 clusters are sufficient qualifications to encourage 

 one to give them a trial under the circumstances 

 described. 



C. Dampiefri, Dampiey's or Glory Pea. This 

 species attains about 2 ft. in height. It pro- 

 duces pendent clusters of brilliant scarlet 

 paplionaceous flowers, each having a conspicu- 

 ous black blotch at the base. Australia, 1852. 



C. Dampie'ri margina'tus is a variety of the above, 

 having white flower clusters with a red margin, 

 and black blotch as in the first-mentioned 

 species, the foliage being pale green and 

 woolly. 1866. 



