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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 20, I'JOO. 



and then the small clusters "f long fun- 

 nel-shaped, orange-yellow Mowers bend 

 down the tips of the out-reaching sprays 

 of dark, shining midsunmur green. It 

 is a particularly good vine to work in 

 with the Japanese ivy upon stone walls 

 or angles in brick structures to give va- 

 riety to the otherwise rather too plain- 

 ly shorn cover produced liv the ivy, but 

 it may be trained upon wires for a pi- 

 azza screen. 



There is a Japanese trumpet creeper 

 (Tecoma grandiflora Loi.) which has an 

 unusually large flower, as the scientific 

 name indicates. This is less inclined to 

 climb than the first-named, and proves 

 of value for low screens for the piazza. 



In Bignonia capreolata (L.), the peo- 

 ple of the south and the Pacific coast 

 have a climber of considerable merit, a 

 near relative and closely resembling our 

 trumpet creeper. 



The Clematises. 



The genus I'lematis. a member of the 

 crowfoot family ( Ranunculaeese), is one 

 that furnishes a number of the choicest 

 climbing vines. Of the sorts native to 

 our region of the country, none is per- 

 haps better known than the Clematis 

 Virginiana (L. ), or Virgin's bower, 

 found climbing over woodland bushes, 

 along sti earns, generally north of the 

 gulf states, delicate in stem and unob- 

 trusive in flower and fruit, although the 

 plumes of the latter, as met with in au- 

 tumn, are perhaps the most attractive 

 fealurc ..f tli.' phiiil. 



Ill till- I Iiw.-t the closely related 



Clemati- I il.'ii^i n ilnlia Nutt., is the fa- 

 vorite iii-lrnil. and Professor Buffum 

 places tills at llie head of the list of or- 

 namental climliing vines for Wyoming. 



Another siiinll-llowered clematis is the 

 C. paniculata Thunb., an exceedingly 



A Clematis Paniculati used as a Screen Cover for a Rear Portion of the House. 



fine introduction from Japan that has 

 j rapidly become deservingly popular, be- 

 cause of its vigorous habit and profu- 

 I sion of small, sweet-scented white How- 

 j ers that cover the plant with a sheet 

 ; of bloom for several weeks, followed by 

 the abundant light, airy plumes of the 

 fruit that in maturing "in autumn pass 

 through very attractive shades of green, 

 pink and brown. 



The foliace is lisht, delicj^te and in 

 strict acc.inl witli tin- line bloom and 

 fruit. The vin.-. il.iivc well in the full 

 sun, and wlnii r.m tally pruned may 

 be taken aii\whuic upon the porch, us- 

 ing wire netting to hold it in place and 

 thus not detracting from the light, 

 feathery nature of the vine in all its 

 details. 



The large-flowered clematises are the 

 most showy of ail climbing plants, and, 

 with their blooms, several inches across, 

 overlapping each other upon a vigorous 

 plant in June and July, the display is 

 a source of mingled surprise and pleas- 

 ure. These are hybrid varieties com- 

 bining the blood of Clematis lanuginosa 

 Lindl.. and other species, as that 

 of Clematis viticella (L.), in the 

 r. Jackraani, which was originat- 

 f(l in 1802 by :Mr. George Jack- 

 man and still remains among the most 

 popular of the hybrids and known by its 

 velvety purple, large lloral leaves, and 

 central tuft of pale green stamens. The 

 stems can be twined among the coarser 

 vines like the American ivy, and be rec- 

 ognized as |ii(-iiit (.Illy during the pe- 

 riod of blnMiiiiiiu, wlicii it is the most 

 attractive \iiH' n|.nii the trellis. There 

 nre mniiv Minni.- ;iiMl crosses of this 

 liyl.ri.l. so ili;it tlic list of forms and 

 -li.i.li.s ,,|' c.ildi- :iiri.iiiL' the great flowered 

 wuictirs is -ulli. iriitly long to satisfy 

 the most fastidious. 

 I Some of the pure white sorts are ex- 

 I tremely attractive, as exemplified in the 

 I Clematis Henryi, a hybrid of C. florida 

 \,ii. I'l.rtunei with the C. lanuginosa, 

 )',. t.. liner a Japanese species and the 

 ,11 1 1 1 liom China. 



111.- iiimilicr of species of clematis is 

 ;,iil:.. iliiit\ two being described by 

 |;:iili \, :iii'l .1- hybridization is easy and 

 i;..HHiit .nil. .Ill,' them, the list of fiori- 

 1 culture varieties is almost endless. The 

 clematis cserulea Lindl., is a Japanese 

 species with a charming blue or lilac 

 color to the blooms, and with a long list 

 of varieties in which mauve, purple, sil- 

 ver-gray and carmine-ribbed sepals are 

 beautifully displayed. 



Jlention should be made of Clematis 

 \"iorna (L.), and particularly its vari- 

 ety, coccinea, with the medium-sized, 

 urn-shaped (lowers of a scarlet hue, and 

 therefore quite a distinct type from any 

 that have been mentioned, and wonder- 

 j fully effective when worked upon wire 

 ' screen along the piazza, alone, or in 

 <onnection with the fine, snowy panicu- 

 lata or the blanket of azure, purple, or 

 even pure white, of the large-flowered 

 hybrids of the lanuginosa type. 



With us the various kinds of clema- 

 tis named above are. hardy and in every 

 way to be recommended. From else- 

 where some notes are of interest. Pro- 

 fessor Earle states that "C. Jackmani 

 ucceeds in Alabama only in shaded sit- 

 lations," and "when protected it is fine," 

 litcs Profi --or Rane. for New Harap- 

 Iiiiii. whih' for Colorado, Professor 

 iiui.hill i.|i..ils that "Hybrids of the 

 liHkmaii ihi-s :ire used to some extent 

 and bloom freely, but they require win- 

 ter protection. It is the usual practice 

 1 to lay the plants down and cover with 



