412 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
CLARKIAS AT WISLEY, 1916. 
Forty-five stocks were sent in for trial. The seed was sown on May 15 
and the seedlings thinned out when large enough to fifteen inches 
apart. The dwarf forms (belonging to the C. pulchella section) began to 
flower on August 2, about five or six days before the taller forms of the 
elegans section. 
No trial of Clarkias has been made in the Society's gardens since 
1877, and no award has been granted since 1875. At and previous to 
the latter date the following awards were made : — ■ 
C. pulchella fl. pi. (Carter), F.C.C. 1861. 
„ integrifolia (Carter), F.C.C. 1864. 
limbata (Carter), F.C.C. 1873. 
C. elegans ' Purple King ' (Hardy), F.C.C. 1875. 
'Salmon Queen' (Hardy), F.C.C. 1875. 
Of the above ' Purple Queen ' and ' Salmon Queen ' received awards 
in the present trial and were noted in the trial held in 1877 as being 
" very fine and distinct." 
Clarkia pulchella fl. pi. occurred in the previous trial under two 
colour forms, white and crimson (rose-purple), of which the former was 
again received. Of integrifolia one variety was sent, viz. ' Mrs. 
Langtry.' 
Of the forty-five stocks, thirty-five were true, the mixed stocks 
being Nos. 5, 6, 7, 16, 22, 30, 31, 34. 35, 40. 
The garden varieties of Clarkia may be classified under two 
sections : — 
Pulchella section, derived from C. pulchella, a species native in the 
region of the Kooskoosky and Clarke rivers in North America, and 
characterized by dwarf habit (1 foot), narrow leaves and trilobed 
petals. 
In this section are included the integripetala forms characterized 
by unlobed petals. 
Elegans section, derived from C. elegans, a species from the Pacific 
side of North America, characterized by tall habit (2-4 feet), 
pyramidal habit, broad leaves, and entire petals. 
Dwarf (10 to 15 inches). — C. pulchella section. 
Rose Purple. 
*8. Double Crimson (Sydenham) . — Single and semi-double. 
Rose Purple, White Margins. 
40, 41. integripetala 'Mrs. Langtry' (Nutting, Sydenham) — Single. 
* See footnote, p. 400. 
