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be advantageously sown out-of-doors late in August, and 

 if the seedlings are placed, as soon as large enough to 

 transplant, where they are to flower, the result will be 

 large specimens to bloom early the following season. In 

 April seeds may be sown in groups in the border, and 

 the seedlings eventually thinned to 18 inches apart; it 

 is advisable to provide each plant wuth a slender bamboo 

 stick as a support against wind and heavy rains. Another 

 method of procedure is to sow in March in a warm green- 

 house, prick out the seedlings into boxes, harden off, and 

 plant them out at the end of May. 



CLARKIA 



Clarkias {OnagracecE) have been much improved in recent 

 years, and now the double sorts are extremely beautiful, and 

 valuable alike for beds, borders, and for pot culture. Visitors 

 to the Spring and early Summer exhibitions cannot fail to 

 have seen the delightful plants of these improved double 

 varieties exhibited in pots by the nurserymen. Such plants 

 are easily produced if seeds are sown in August and the 

 plants are treated hardily, frame shelter being given them 

 during the Winter and greenhouse protection in the very 

 early Spring. For the decoration of the Conservatory in 

 May and June they never fail to give pleasure. 



Clarkias are Hardy Annuals, and may be sown out-of- 

 doors in September, to flower early the following season ; 

 or on light soil in March or April for flowering later ; or in 

 gentle heat in March to provide large plants to flower 

 in the fulness of Summer time. Strong plants put out in 

 May, not less than a foot apart, will graw 2\ feet high, and 

 produce an abundance of dainty blooms on spike-like 

 branches. 



Two species give us the majority of the varieties so 



