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varieties in cultivation differing from each other in the size, form, 
or colouring of the flowers, or habit of the plant. 
All the varieties of Clarhia are extremely elegant and showy 
annuals of very easy culture. 
1. Clarhiapulchella (Vilmorin et Cie.). Height 15 to 18 inches; 
flowers rosy-magenta. A good selection. 
2. C. pulchella nana “ Tom Thumb ” (Yilmorin et Cie.). Height 
7 inches ; very dwarf compact form of the preceding, and well 
adapted for bedding. An excellent stock. 
3. C. pulchella alba (Yilmorin et Cie.). Height 15 to 18 inches; 
a well-selected, white-flowered form of C. pulchella. 
4. C. pulchella alba nana (Yilmorin et Cie.). Height 9 inches 
dwarf compact form of the preceding. A good strain. 
5. C. pulchella (YilmorinJ et Cie.). A well-selected semi¬ 
double form of C. pulchella ; the flowers large and showy, and last 
longer than the single variety. 
6. C.pulchella marginata (Yilmorin et Cie.). Height 18 inches ; 
flowers large, the petals margined with white, giving it a very 
showy appearance. 
7. C,pulchella marginata (Yilmorin et Cie.). Semi-double form 
of the preceding. 
8. C. pulchella integripetala (Yilmorin et Cie.). Height 12 to 
15 inches. The flowers of this variety are large and very showy, 
the petals broad, almost entire, i.e ., not lobed as in the type. A 
fine selection. 
9. C. pulchella integripetala white (Yilmorin et Cie.). A white- 
flowered form of C. pulchella integripetala ; very showy. A good 
selection. 
10. C. pulchella pulcherrima (Yilmorin et Cie.). Mowers large, 
beautiful clear rose, shaded with magenta, the petals deeply lobed; 
very distinct and pretty. A fine selection. 
11. C. elegans. California; stem branching, the branches grow¬ 
ing erect or pyramidal, and flowering from the base upwards in 
the form of a spike, from 2 to 2| feet high; leaves of medium, size, 
ovate, of a glaucous green colour; flowers from 1 to H inches in 
diameter, the petals rounded, those of the typical form rather nar¬ 
row, of a dull salmony colour. The pyramidal habit of C. elegans 
gives it a very distinct appearance from C. pulchella . 
