CLARKIAS
The Clarkia, sometimes known as j the Chinese Fuchsia, is a hardy annual, which can be grown successfully with very little trouble. W hen \n ell grown, the plants flower profusely, bearing fine long sprays ot bloom cl various colours covering a range through white, pale pink, rose, scarlet, salmon, orange, light violet and ueep purple. Clarkias are *ho\s > in the garden, and very beautiful for . cut blooms, as the flowers last a l° n S; time in -water, and are readily' adapted
to artistic decoration. The plants flower during the spring, summer and early autumn. The seedlings do not transplant readily, and if it is desired to transplant, it is advisable to raise the seed in boxes, pricking out the young seedlings when very small into other boxes of good loam, placing them in rows, say, 2-1 inches apart, so that later on a square of earth can be cut out and each plant lifted without any disturbance. The usual method is to sow the seed where the plants are to remain, thinning out the seedlings to from fi to 8 inches apart, selecting the best and discarding the surplus.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 28
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192CLARKIAS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 28
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