326 CiVE 



blooming freely in violet-colored heads, which scarcely 

 overtop the foliage. The plant makes an excellent per- 

 mrtTH-TiT <'-iL'iTv_', and is worth growing for this purpose 



■il h I • -ily propagated by dividing the clumps; 



li I . I tufted plants, it profits by having the 



I I and replanted every few years. Itrarely 



>.i<l- li 1 iM.i^ in any garden soil. The leaves may be 

 cut fnaly. Im,- th. y .luil'kly gi'ow again. l. h. B. 



CLADANTHUS (linak. klados, branch, and anthos, 

 flower; allu.lin- i.,il,,. linni<-liiuK, wliifh distinKuishes 



thism011.it;, 1-1.- :•.,.,;- Ir..in VnllHhn.t, f\,n>r''"''"- Au 



annual, \'rl!..'' i , . .: ' . : . : ■ .,i , h, ,! (, i!,, 1,,, ,. in a 



forkinKin:iiM - ■ ■•. ■' n: :.:i . ■■ .M'l. IT',,,. L, •,. h.-re- 



upon tw.. ii> >» I.I il. - - 1 1 ..111 .1,1. ill;. ... h. Mill tliu 



and so on. A freu-tluweriug, hardy annual, requiring no 

 special care. 



proliferus, DC. [Anthemis Ardbica, Linn.). Annual: 

 glabrous, 2-3K ft. high ; Ivs. alternate, pinnately parted ; 

 lobes linear trifld : fls solitary, bracted. N. Africa not 

 Aribia y^ jyj 



many virgate 

 tls pink ten 

 base or u il 



CLARKLA 



A. Petals entire, or at least not lobed. 



ilegaia, Dough (C.neriifdlia, Hort.). Fig. 483. Prom 

 1-3 ft. high in cult., glabrous or nearly so, the stems 

 reddish and glaucous, simple or sparingly branched : 

 Ivs. broad -ovate to linear, remote-dentate: fls. purple or 

 rose-colored, running into white vars. ; double forms 

 in cult. : claw of the petal about a.^ L.to' n« its rhom- 

 boidallimb: capsule sessile. It M i .'i ' I.' Il.l«45:385. 

 Mn. 1:22. — One of the oomm.iii. 



rhomboidea, Dougl. Not >.. i i. -lender: 



Ivs. thin, lance-oblong or u\at. ..Itl.iii;^. . niiru : claw 

 often toothed, shorter than the rhumbuidal limb: capsule 

 stalked. R.H. 1864: 1511 -Perhaps not in cult. 

 AA. Petals deeply S-lobed. 



piUch^lla, Pursh. Fig. 484. One ft. to 18 in. high, 

 branchy, often tufted and dwarf, the stems mostly pu- 

 berulent : Ivs. narrowly lance-oblong to linear, narrowed 



into a petiole, entire: fls. lilac, running into white vars. 

 capsule stalked. B. M. 2918. R. H. 1845:385 ; 1886, p 

 557. — Common in cult. There are semi-double forms. 



