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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Clematis—continued. 
Virginian).* white, fragrant, small, panicled, 
, diccious. "C Уз А : 5 ternate; leaflets cordate, acute, 
ossly toothed or lobed. А. lbft. to-20ft. North America, 1767. 
Ew. (W. D. B. 74.) ^ 
Vitalba (White Vine)* Old Man's Beard ; Traveller's Joy, &c. 
v white, with a sweet pe a scent; peduncles forked, shorter 
than the leaves. July to September. Seed or carpels furnished 
with a feathery tail. l. pinnate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acu- 
minated, cordate at the base, partly cut. Europe (Britain), 
Western Asia. Hardy. See Fig. 472. 
C. Viticella (Vine Bower).* fl. blue, purple, or rose-coloured, 
large, drooping; sepals obovate, spreading; peduncles one- 
flowered, longer than the leaves. June to September. /. entire 
or ternately оша; lobes ог leaflets entire, South noe 
and Western Asia, . Hardy. See Fig. 473. (B. M. 565. 
eu several varieties of this species, one of which is 
In *'The Clematis as à Garden Flower," by Thos. Moore, 
F.L.S., and George Jackman, F.R.H.S., the following key 
to the various classes is given: 
CLIMBING PLANTS. 
Flowering on the Year-old Ripened Wood. 
Flowers medium-sized (winter and spring 
bloomers) ........ HE montana type. 
"reset t! ! mm 
Flowers large— 
Spring bloomers ...................... 82. patens type. 
Summer bloomers .................... $ 3. florida type. 
Flowering from the Young Growing Summer Wood. 
Flowers small (late summer bloomers) .. $4. graveolens type. 
Flowers large (summer and autumn 
bloomers).. .... 
Flowers successional, dispersed . еы di lanuginosa е. 
Flowers successional, massed p H 6. Viticella o 
Flowers profusely massed, continuous .. § 7. Jackmanni type. 
NON-CLIMBING PLANTS, 
With sub-shrubby stems ..... — ro Be cm 
With herbaceous stems.................. 89. mises io т. 
It will be seen from this key to the classes, that the 
latter are numerous, and variable in habit and time of 
flowering. This difference must be borne in mind with 
each under eultivation, as it affects the manner of pruning 
considerably. To prune or remove the ripened wood of 
the three types first named, in winter, would, of course, 
types make their growth and flower on it annuall - 
сеа а ес thinning out of the weaker Moe ix 
spring might prove of advantage by encouraging the 
stronger ones. Many varieties of these type i 
-shoots im winter by frost, у wert бозы 
ule, than three first-named. The last two types are 
3 distinct, being, as stated, non-climbing plants. 
+ ante Of late years, this magnificent genus of plants 
i n greatly improved by hybridisation. This very 
ar 1862. Many other hybridisers, in this country 
the Continent, have since been at work with th, 
: obtained 
Very large and varied collection we now 
We select a list, which is being constantly aug- 
the most approved varieties at the present time 
and man E known 1; DEVONIENSIS, flowers the itest 
: azure, » and well-forme bi 
Ee bloomer ; DUCHESS OF Ranend. D double - 
ver he large; DUKE ОР EDINBURGH, rich violet- 
and distinct, exceedingly 
‘RL OF BEACONSFIELD, royal р а magni 
1 ENCHANTRESS, hite, very double the exterior 
1 rose; КАП hite, i 
in Seventy 
Clematis—contipued. 
petal; GEM, deep lavender-blue, very fine; GIPSY QUEEN, dark 
velvety-purple, very floriferous ; GRAND DUCHESS, blush-white, 
very larze and free; GUIDING STAR, purple, shaded crimson, а 
maroon band down each petal; HELENE, white, straw-coloured 
centre (May and June) ; HENRYI, large, of fine form, ereamy-white, 
very free; HYBRIDA SPLENDIDA, rich violet, stems green (July to 
October); JACKMANNI, flowers large, deep violet-purple, rugose and 
veiny in centre, stamens green (July to October); JOHN GOULD 
VEITCH, flowers large and double, light blue (summer blooming) ; 
LADY BOVILL, flowers large, ОЕ greyish-blue, suffused with 
mauve; LADY CAROLINE NEVILLE, bluish-white, with a broad bar 
in the centre of each petal; Lapy LONDESBOROUGH, delicate 
silvery-grey, white stripe down each petal, stamens stained 
with pink (May and June); LILACINA FLORIBUNDA, pale lilae, 
very free; LoRD LONDESBOROUGH, rich mauve, striped maroon, 
very large; Louisa, mauve, shaded with pink (May and June); 
Louis VAN HOUTTE, rich blue-purple, very large and distinct; _ 
LUCIE LEMOINE, the largest and best double white; MADAME _ 
GRANGE, purplish-violet, red bar; MADAME VAN HOUTTE, pure - 
white, fine shape and substance ; MARIE LEFEBVRE, very fragrant ; 
Miss BATEMAN, pure white, creamy band down each petal; MRs. 
JAMES BaTEMAN, pale lavender, very handsome (May and June); 
OTHELLO, dark velvety-purple, fine form; OTTO FROEBEL, white, 
shaded with azure-blue, large; PRINCE OF WALES, deep violet- 
urple, petals barred with red (July to October); REGINA, flowers 
arge, rich deep mauve in colour; SENSATION, rich satiny-mauve, 
large and very fragrant; SIEBOLDII, pale straw, centre puce, 
shaded with green (July to October); SOPHIE, mauve petals, pale 
Straw in the centre, stamens chocolate (May and June); SOPHIE 
FLORE-PLENO, flowers double, mauve, outer petals pale rn 
white (May and June); SrANDISHII, flowers large, violet-blue (May 
and June); STAR OF INDIA, reddish-purple, with purple bands; 
STELLA, flowers light violet or deep mauve, with a distinct bar 
of deep reddish-brown or plum-colour in the centre of eae 
sepal, delicately scented; SYLPH, white, shaded with 
pinkish-mauve; SYMEIANA, pale mauve, flowers large; 
MOORE, rich soft violet, stamens white; TUNBRIDGENSIS, 
blue, shaded with purple; VENUS VICTRIX, delicate lav 
an excellent form; VESTA, fine white, early flowering. ~ 
CLEMATITIS. See Aristolochia Clematitis. 
H 
CLEOME (name adopted by Linneus from Theod 
sius) Spider Flower. Including Peritoma and Pola 
ORD. Capparidee. A large genus, comprising ab 
species, mostly annual herbs—a few are shr 
white, yellow, or purple, showy, solitary or 
simple, or digitately three to seven- 
