Webbs’ New Double 
Salmon 
Glarkia. 
February 1907. THE GARDENING WORLD. 75 
\Maclareti and Sons. 
H. T. Rose IWr9. Peter Blair. 
is quite a mistake, however, as the plants 
serve to crowd one another to such an 
extent that only the main stem is able to 
produce flowers, while many of the weaker 
plants get crowded out altogether. 
A better plan with this Clarkia is to thin 
out the seedlings when about an inch 
high to S in. or 10 in. apart at least. 
This allows the plant to throw out side 
branches, which continue the succession of 
bloom after the main stem has shed its 
flowers and begins to develop the seeds. 
This keeps the bed furnished throughout 
the season from the time the seeds ger¬ 
minate, though the plant may only be 
looked upon as a late summer and autumn 
bloomer unless the cultivator takes the 
precaution to sow some seeds in August. 
When well grown, however, few of the an¬ 
nuals are more popular or more pleasing 
in gardens on account of their elegant 
and graceful habit and the pleasing colours 
of their flowers. 
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HYBRID TEA 
ROSE 
MRS. PETER BLAIR. 
The Rose now being put into commerce 
under the above name would be perfectly 
suitable foj exhibition provided the 
blooms were large enough. As it is. 
they are extremely neat, the conical 
centre being formed of numerous petals 
surrounded by larger ones, which spread 
out on the expansion of the flowers. It 
is only occasionally, however, on strong 
plants and on vigorous stems that blooms 
can be obtained sufficiently large for ex¬ 
hibition purposes. For garden decora¬ 
tion, however, the variety will be admir¬ 
able bath on acebunt of its colour and 
t-he freedom and continuity with which 
anding «ut h«rirentally from the centre ; 
ence th« name White Ray. No dcubt 
‘:her colour* of thi* type will be produced 
1 a year or two as in the case of every 
ther section of the China Aster. 
The plant grows about 2 ft. in height, 
eing amongst the most vigorous of its 
lass. This is important because these 
irge flowers may be cut with any length 
f stem for indoor decorative purposes in 
ases. It is noteworthy that this Aster 
roved capable of withstanding the long, 
Several species of Clarkia have long 
aken rank as popular garden annuals 
rhich were badly neglected when summer 
{lower bedding was highly in vogue. They 
vere not entirely destroyed, however, but 
lave gone on steadily improving and in 
ecent year* the improvement has been 
nore marked. They vary chiefly in the 
;olour of the flowers, but two species at 
east have double forms. For many years 
oast Messrs. Webb and Sons, Wordsley, 
Stourbridge, have been improving these 
iouble forms both as to colour and the 
The flowers are of a uniform and 
charming soft salmon, and the effect is 
heightened by the breadth of the petals, 
which are neither too numerous nor in¬ 
conveniently crowded. The stems vary 
from iS in. to 2 ft. in height, and the in¬ 
dividual flowers are arranged singly in 
the axils of the leaves so that we get the 
impression of a long leafy spike of 
flowers. The earliest blooms reach their 
full development and expand while the 
stems are yet relatively short, and as the 
latter lengthen there is a succession of 
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Clarkia Webbs’ New Double Salmon. 
percentage of double ones which may be 
raised from a packet of seed. One of the 
finest of their acquisitions is their new 
Double Salmon Clarkia, an illustration of 
which we are enabled to reproduce 
through their courtesy for the benefit of 
readers who may pot be acquainted with 
this class o’f flowers. 
flowers that continue through August and 
September. The Clarkias are closely al¬ 
lied to the Godetias as well as the F uchsias 
and Evening Primroses. Instead of 
drooping in the manner of a Fuchsia the 
flowers are upright like those of an Even¬ 
ing Primrose. v 
Being perfectly hardy, this may be sown 
dry and hot weather of the past season 
better than mo*t other varietie*. It 
should, therefore, be much more effective 
in the garden than dwarf varieties, which 
sometimes almost fail to make a display 
in droughty summers unless they are con¬ 
tinually watered or mulched to keep them 
growing. We are indebted to Messrs. 
Sutton ancl Sons, Reading, for this oppor¬ 
tunity of illustrating their new type of 
China Aster. 
about the beginning of August, and again 
at the beginning of April in the open 
ground. By this means a very lengthy 
display is ensured at practically no ex¬ 
pense or trouble on the part of the cul¬ 
tivator beyond attending to the thinning 
of the plants, which is an all-important 
matter. Many beginners and even ex¬ 
perienced men sow their annuals too 
thickly, thinking that they will make a finer 
mass by being left like little hedges. 1 h.s 
