CLARKIA 



Both Clarkias are common in cultivation. Clarkia elegans 

 appears only in its double forms, which consist of loose rosettes of 

 delicate colors, composed apparently of formless petaloids. Ob- 



Clarkia. Cldrkia pulchilla 



servation proves, however, that even in doubling there is a ten- 

 dency toward the primitive type of petal. 



Clarkia pulchella usually appears in its single form, which is 

 far more beautiful than any double of it could be. Each petal is 

 three-lobed and as there are but four and they spread at right 

 angles to each other, the result is a curiously ornamental Greek 

 cross which would be spoiled by any doubling. 



Both Clarkias are hardy annual plants of easy cultivation. Will 

 grow in full sim or in partial shade. 



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