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CLARKIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CLARKIA. 



to a rich yellow, and remain bright for 

 weeks until cut off by frosts. The 

 white pea-shaped flowers are borne in 

 loose clusters. C. amurensis is a shrub 

 introduced a few years ago from the 

 Amoor Valley. Its leaves resemble 

 those of the Yellow-wood, but are of 

 thicker texture, not so large, and of a 

 duller green. In late summer it pro- 



of hardy annuals, robust, of easy 

 culture, and flower for a long time. 

 There are two species from which the 

 numerous varieties now in cultivation 

 have been obtained. C. elegans grows 

 2 feet high, erect, much branched, 

 and bears long leafy racemes of flowers 

 with undivided petals, varying from 

 purple to pale red or a salmon colour. 



Cistus ladani/et 



duces a plentiful crop of flowers, even 

 when only a few feet high. The spikes 

 are dense, the blossoms white, inclined 

 to yellow, and endure a long time. 

 Small bushes flower freely. It is hardy 

 in sandy loam. 



CLARKIA. These Californian 

 plants of the Evening Primrose and 

 Fuchsia order are among the prettiest 



The principal varieties of this species 

 have double flowers, and two Purple 

 King (deep purple) and Salmon Queen 

 (salmon-pink) have flowers produced 

 freely on strong branching plants, and 

 are very effective border flowers. The 

 other species, C. pulchella, varies in 

 height from about i foot in the Tom 

 Thumb sorts to 2 feet. It has magenta 

 flowers normally, but there is every 



