Plate 394. 

 CLEMATIS, JOHN GOULD VEITCH. 



There is not among our many fine hardy climbing plants 

 one that lias of late years received more attention, or been 

 more enriched by new additions, than the Clematis. The 

 introduction from Japan of those two fine varieties, Standishii 

 and Voii inn'i, and then the very successful operations of Messrs. 

 Jackman and Son with Clematis lanuginosa and others, have 

 led to results which we have already noticed in the 'Floral 

 Magazine.' As trailing plants, too, they have been verj exten- 

 sively used; and although we have not ourselves had, as yet, 

 the opportunity of seeing them so used, we can well believe 

 that they must be effective, especially as the colour is one in 

 which we are very deficient in bedding plants. 



The plant which we now figure evidently is closely allied to 

 Clematis Fort unci, and will make a most desirable variety, in- 

 termixed with the darker kinds, such as ('. Jackmanii and 

 Prince of Wales. And, again, we have in such kinds as Lady 

 Bovill, large lavender-coloured flowers, with broad and slightly 

 cupped petals, which are especially showy, so that it is impos- 

 sible to imagine anything more beautiful than a trellis on 

 which these flowers were trained, either separately or inter- 

 mixed. With regard to this variety, we are indebted to the 

 Messrs. Veitch and Sons for the following account of it : — 



'• "We cannot too strongly recommend this magnificent 

 double BLUE-flowering Clematis as a most valuable addition to 

 our hardy climbers. It is a profuse bloomer, the flowers being 

 very double, of a large size (averaging four inches in diameter), 

 and of a beautiful light blue colour. Tt thrives remarkably 

 well when planted out-of-doors, and when grown in pots it is 

 most striking and very free blooming, plants grown by us this 



