484 CLARKIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CLARKIA. 



in cultivation have been obtained. C. 

 elegant grows 2 ft. high, erect, much 

 branched, and bears long leafy racemes 

 of flowers with undivided petals, varying 

 from purple to pale red or a salmon 

 colour. The principal varieties of this 



normally, but there is every variation 

 between deep purple and pure white, and 

 there are also several double-flowered 

 forms. Many varieties are mentioned 

 in seed lists, most of which are distinct 

 from each other, and well worth 



Chrysanthemum 



species have double flowers, and two- 

 Purple King (deep purple) and Salmon 

 Queen (salmon-pink) have flowers pro- 

 duced freely on strong branching plants, 

 and are very effective border flowers. 

 The other species, C. pulchella, varies in 

 height from about I ft. in the Tom Thumb 

 sorts to 2 ft. It has magenta flowers 



; Cottage Pink.J 



growing where annuals are much 

 grown. 



CULTURE. Their growth is much 

 affected by the nature of the soil. Like 

 all other hardy annuals, they may be 

 sown either in autumn or spring, and by 

 sowing in the beginning of September the 

 seedlings gain strength before the winter, 



