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more attractive tlian tlve ordinary Virgin's Bower. The flowers are numerous, small 

 and white, and the vine looks very beautiful in midsummer, when it is in full bloom. 



Clematis paniculata — Japanese Clematis. — No climber introduced in recent j^ears 

 has proved as satisfactory and as beautiful as this one. It is not as hardy as 

 C. virginiana, but it is much finer when in bloom. The flowers ar^ larger than 

 C. virginiana, C. ligusticifolia or C. Vitalha, and are much whiter. This attractive 

 vine does not bloom until autumn, and is at its best during the month of September, 

 when other kinds have gone to seed, at which time it is a perfect mass of attractive 

 white, sweet-scented flowers. It kills bacJi considerably every winter, but the growth 

 is so rapid in the spring that this is not a great disadvantage, unless one desires to 

 have a large surface covered, when C. virginiana is better. 



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Clematis virginiana — Virgin's Bower. — Next to the Virginian Creepers, this is 

 the most satisfactory native climber to plant, and the most satisfactory where the 

 former are troubled with thrips. It is a very rapid grower, and soon covers anything 

 it is planted near. It clings by tendrils, and sliould have something to which these 

 can fasten. The leaves are of a lively green colour and of graceful form. About mid- 

 summer the small greenish white male flowers come into bloom, and these are produced 

 in such abundance that the vine is fairly covered wi'i them. The female flowers are 

 also attractive. 



Clematis Vitalha — Traveller's Joy. — A European Clematis which very much 

 resembles C. virginiana. It is a rapid grower and quite hardy. Where it is more 

 convenient to get this species than the native one it may be planted with the cer- 

 tainly that it will give good satisfaction. 



Lonicera hirsuta — Hairy Honeysuckle. — The honeysuckles make good climbers, 

 and this native species should be particularly valuable in the colder parts of the 

 country, and as it grows naturally as far west as Lake Superior, it will probably 

 prove hardy anywhere in Ontario or the Province of Quebec. It is a profuse bloomer, 

 being covered with rich yellow flowers during part of June. Unfortunately, it does 

 not, like L. sempervirens and L. Periclymenum, continue blooming during the sum- 

 mer. It is very attractive when the vine is kept compact, as the flowers are then 

 more massed together, and show off to better advantage. 



Lonicera Periclymenum — English Honeysuckle, Woodbine. — Though not quite 

 as hardy as the next species, this honeysuckle will succeed very well if it is not too 

 much exposed. It bloom- about the middle of June, and the flowers are bright pink 

 outside and yellow within, and have an agreeable spicy odour, which makes it a 

 desirable vine for planting by or near the house. 



Lonicera sempervirens — Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle. -A very attractive climb- 

 ing honeysuckle, blooming almost continuously from the first week of June until late 

 in autumn. The profusion of bright, scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers produce a fine 

 effect when it is trained against a house or wall. It is a native of the Eastern States, 

 and is quite hardy at Ottawa. 



Lycium chinense — Chinese Matrimony Vine. — This is a graceful climbing shrub 

 which is .very useful for covering rocks, stumps of trees, or anything else where a 

 tall growing vine is not required. Neither the leaves nor flowers are particularly 

 ornamental, but the graceful habit of the plant commends it. together with the fact 

 that in the autumn the bright scarlet fruit gives it a very attractive appearance. 

 There is a variety, macrocarpum, which is an improvement on the ordinary form, 

 in that the fruit is larger, and hence more conspicuous. The ordinary Matrimony 

 Vine, L. europaeum, is a desirable climber also, but it is not so good as L. chinense, 

 as the fruit is much smaller. 



