November 16, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
73 1 
SHOWY Annual 
(Clarkia pulchella pulcherrima). 
The Clarkias are not very numerous in 
species, but there are numerous varieties 
in gardens, differing in form of their 
flowers and colour, as well as being 
single or double. -Dwarf varieties have 
also been selected and fixed. The accom¬ 
panying illustration represents a very 
rich rose variety of C. pulchella. The 
relationships may be found in the flowers, 
which have deeply three-lobed petals, 
thus giving them a very characteristic ap¬ 
pearance. The plant is an annual like 
all the others, and grows about 18 in. 
high. 
it is so hardy that it may be sown in 
the open ground at the beginning of Au¬ 
gust to stand the winter and bloom in 
early summer. Another sowing may be 
made at the beginning of April or even 
at the end of March, and these will con¬ 
tinue a succession of flowers till the end 
of summer. If the plants are well 
thinned out and in a sunny, open situa¬ 
tion, it is surprising what a length of time 
they keep producing fresh flowers on side 
shoots. It is one of those plants belong¬ 
ing to the Fuchsia family, and, like that, 
submits to being grown even in shady 
situations, provided those sites are not 
overhung by trees which keep the ground 
dry just during the period of growth when 
they require an abundance of moisture to 
enable them to make good growth and 
flower well. The ground should be 
deeply dug or even trenched in winter, 
and when such is the case no artificial 
watering will be necessary. 
Clarkia pulchella pulcherrima. 
[Maclaren and Sons. 
AMONG THE 
- ROSES - 
Work for November. 
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“ wintry, robin shelters from 
the cold, 
And tunes his silver tongue.” 
Christina Rossetti. 
Since last I wrote we have had a perfect 
deluge of rain, and the soil at the 
moment is scarcely fit for planting. A 
few days of dry weather, however, will 
soon put matters right again. One of the 
peculiarities of the past -season is the fact 
that nearly every bud inserted on standard 
stocks in my garden has “ grown out,” 
and thus made a plant in one season. 
The advantages of a bud growing out soon 
after it is budded are (1) that it shows 
the bud has taken and that there is, there¬ 
fore, little risk of it failing the follow¬ 
ing season; (2) that it enables us to move 
the stock to its desired position in the gar¬ 
den instead of having to wait for another 
twelve months. Moving budded stocks 
in cases where the buds have remained 
dormant is always risky work, and very 
often results in the death of the buds, 
unless carried out with the greatest care. 
Of, course, the disadvantage of the bud 
growing out is that it will probably not 
produce as fine blooms the following 
season as if it had remained dormant, 
which to an exhibitor is a matter of con¬ 
siderable importance. I have found it a 
wise proceeding to firmly stake all newly 
budded stocks before winter sets in, and 
tie a little bracken in the head of each to 
save the buds from being killed by frost. 
During this month a stock of protecting 
material should be laid in, ready to put 
over the tenderest Roses at the first sign 
of a severe frost. Bracken is the best of 
all material, but gorse, heather, or pieces 
of evergreens are also very useful. All 
dwarf plants are the better for being 
earthed up ; by this method they can never 
be killed outright because the collar of 
the plant is protected. Dead leaves are 
also a fine protection, but only those that 
decay slowly are any use. The best are 
Oak and Beech, the worst Horse Chestnut 
and Elm. It should be remembered that 
in protecting standards one has not onlv 
to guard against frost but snow and wind 
as well. The very fact of protecting 
them renders them top-heavy, and only 
the use of an extra stake or two will pre¬ 
vent disaster. 1 
Those who do their own budding must 
be on the look out for standard stocks 
this month, before hedge trimming starts. 
There is nothing easier to bud than a 
standard stock, and it is far and away the 
best stock on which to learn how to bud. 
Selecting one's own stocks from the 
hedgerows is interesting work, always pro- 
\ idmg that you have obtained the farmers 
permission, and that his dog is chained 
up. An old suit of clothes, a stout pair 
of gloves, a spade, and a small pruning 
saw are absolute necessities for this kind 
of work. The^thorny, brownish-barked 
stocks are far the best; the green-barked 
ones from a brook-side or shady coppice 
are the ones to avoid. Look out for some 
tall ones — 8 feet high or more — to make 
weeping Roses. They are sure not to be 
plentiful in districts where the Brier-man 
has his happy hunting ground. Old, 
hide-bound, cankered, or spotty stocks' 
also those with thick, woodv, ungainly 
boles, should be avoided. No lateral's 
