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feet, covered with hairs and glandular down. Leaves opposite, lance- — 
shaped, 3 to 5 inches long, half-clasping the stem, and with incurved 
teeth. Flowers numerous, large, rosy purple; petals broad, notched ; 
July and August. Native 
Epilobiums are of such simple culture that their 
proper place is in the roomy border of a large garden, or 
in the wild garden. As a matter of fact, when once they have been 
introduced they take care of themselves, being not over nice in the 
matter of soil. £. angustifoliwm will require looking after, to prevent 
its monopoly of the whole garden, by means of its rooting runners. 
They may be increased by seeds or by root-division. The species readily 
cross ; several natural hybrids are known. 
Cultivation. 
CLARKIAS 
Natural Order ONAGRARIEZ. Genus Clarkia 
CLARKIA (named in honour of Captain Clark, who accompanied Captain 
Lewis in the famous Lewis and Clark’s expedition, which made the first 
exploration of the Pacific Coast of America, 1804). A genus consisting 
of but four species, of which two are well-known garden plants. They 
are annuals with slender branching stems, and alternate, narrow leaves. 
The flowers are solitary, axillary; the four petals clawed, the limb 
usually three-lobed, and the claw toothed. Stamens eight, of which four 
are short and sterile; stigma with four broad spreading lobes, Fruit a 
four-celled, four-valved cylindrical capsule. All the species are natives 
only of North-West America. 
CLARKIA ELEGANS (elegant). Stems 2 feet high. Leaves 
lance-shaped, toothed. Flowers crimson-lake, petals without 
teeth on the claw; June to August. Introduced from California (1832). 
This a favourite garden annual, and under cultivation it has produced a 
number of varieties, both single and double, some with white and pink 
flowers. 
C. PULCHELLA (pretty). Stems 1} to 2 feet high. Leaves very 
Principal Species, 
__ Slender, smooth. Flowers rosy purple, the petals deeply lobed, with a 
pair of opposite teeth on the claw; June to August. Plate 103. Native 
of Oregon, etc. (introduced 1826). This is the largest form, and like the 
preceding species it has produced several garden varieties. The var. 
integripetala has the petals without lobes, 
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