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or undL'i' a slirub whose branches \\ili aft'urd 

 sonic ijrotection from hard frost in winter. 



C. ciUciain is a mountain plant from Cihcia 

 and x\sia Minor, growing often under Pine 

 trees. The leaves, green above and purplish 

 red below, appear with the flowers in autumn. 

 The latter are pale pink in colour, sometimes 

 white and with a. dark blottlh a.t the base of 

 each petal. They are sweetly scented and 

 very attractive on the rock garden or under 

 trees or shrubs. 



C. Couvi is a well known hardy species from 

 Greece and Asia ]\Iinor . This is one of the 

 dwai'fest kinds with leaves dark green above 



form, C. Atkiiisii, being rather larger in all its 

 parts, and by some considered a hybrid between 

 (J. Count and C. ibericiun, others placing it as a 

 variety of the latter. It is in any case a good 

 sirring flowering plant. 



C. libanoticuin from Mount Lebanon has 

 handsome leaves, marbled above and reddish 

 below% produced in autumn before the flowers ; 

 the latter appear in early spring and are pink 

 in colour with a, red spot at the base of each 

 [jetal. 



(J. neapolitannm is one of the best known 

 and most popular of hardy species, flowering 

 with the greatest freedo'in every autumn and 



Clematis Montana grandiflora 

 A good, hardy, white-flowered climber for planting now. 



and purple beneath; they appear with or some- 

 what in advance of the flowers in winter and 

 early spring. The flowers are deep purple red 

 in colour, making a fine display when seen in a 

 generous mass. A good species for planting 

 freely under trees and shrubs and about the 

 rock garden. 



C. europceuiii is a native of Europe, Asia 

 Minor, the Caucasus, \c., inhabiting the 

 mountainous regions. The thick kidney- 

 shaped leaves are mottled above and purplish 

 red beneath ; they are borne with flowers w^hich 

 are deep red and sweet scented, appearing in 

 summer and autumn. 



C'. ibericiun, from the Caucasus, is an attrac- 

 tive early flowering species. The leaves have 

 a whitish band on the upper surface and the 

 flowers are pink or rose coloured, in some forms 

 nearly white. This is a variable plant, one 



flourishing in practically any position. It 

 is a native of Europe, and bears pink, rose or 

 pure white flowers. The latter appear in Sep- 

 teniber and October; the leaves, mai'bled 

 white above and reddish beneath, come after 

 1ihe flowers and last through winter into the 

 following summer. - Easily raised from seeds 

 which ai'e freely produced, this is one of the 

 best species for planting in large quantities, 

 the flowers appearing at a season when dwarf 

 })lants of this nature are scarce in flower. 



C. re panel um is a native of S. Europe, and is 

 often known as C. hedercefolium. The angular 

 leaves are marbled above and reddish be- 

 neath, appearing in spring with the flowers, 

 which are of a beautiful rose pink with a dark 

 spot a.t the base of each petal. A beautiful 

 species for naturalising ; it produces seeds 

 freely. Hortus. 



