A YEAR'S GARDENING 



which can be recommended for cultivation in a light soil and a warm 

 situation, but without protection it will not endure a severe winter. 

 There are several kinds, the best known of which is C. ladaniferus, 

 the Gum Cistus, having leaves of a smooth and glossy upper surface 

 and woolly-white underneath, with large white flowers blotched with 

 red. It may be grown from seed, and in favourable situations seeds 

 itself. 



CLARKIA. A well-known hardy annual, robust, easy of cul- 

 ture and flowering for a long time. C. elegans is an excellent type, 

 two varieties of which — Purple King and Salmon Queen — are 

 especially good, and their long spikes of bloom are most useful as 

 cut flowers. C. integripetala is another variety and may be had with 

 either single or double flowers of both white and rose colour. Clarkia 

 is much affected in its growth by the nature of the soU; a good 

 substanced sandy loam is best and a warm position is desirable. It 

 makes a capital winter plant for the greenhouse and for table decora- 

 tion by sowing in autumn in a cool house, 



CLEMATIS. A beautiful climbing plant seen in perfection in 

 its wild state in the chalky soil of the lanes of our southern counties, 

 embellishing the hedges in summer with its delicate white blossoms 

 and in autumn and early winter festooning them with its long trails 

 of feathery seed-pods. Truly it is aptly named Traveller's Joy and 

 Virgin's Bower. It is on this original (C. vitalha) that most of the 

 hybrid and more delicate varieties are grafted; but the result is not 

 always satisfactory, for though a vigorous growth may be obtained 

 at first, the grafted plant often quickly perishes, and the better way 

 is to propagate from layers or raise from seed. There are a very 

 large number of varieties, differing greatly in habit and colom:, and 

 as colour is so important a factor in gardens it has been used as a 

 grouping for the following list of a few of the best and hardiest 

 sorts. 



White. — Lanuginosa Candida, large flowers slightly tinted with 

 violet, blooming in spring and again late in summer. 

 Viticella alba, graceful growth of pmre white flowers. 

 Viticella luxurians, vigorous growth, large flowers of 



greenish tint. 

 Jackmanni alba, large white flowers. 

 Yellow. — Tangutica, fine in colour, spring blooming. 



Orientalis, pale yellow, flowering in autumn. 

 Pink. — Viticella rosea, small flowers of lovely rose colour. 

 Duchess of Albany, fine shade of light pink flowers. 

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