120 VINES 
var. candida. The only really good crimson 
variety, and a rather shy one at that, is Madame 
Edouard André. The best pink variety is 
Madame Baron Veillard. 
THE VITICELLA TYPE OF CLEMATIS 
A type of clematis I would recommend to the 
amateur, because of its hardiness and free- 
blooming character, and because when killed to 
the ground it will spring up and bloom again, is 
C. Viticella. Although the flowers are not as 
large as in the type just mentioned, the type makes 
just as good a display from a distance, and only 
when the individuality of the flowers is con- 
sidered is it inferior to the largest-flowering type. 
This clematis has flowers about two inches across. 
The type is blue, but there are numerous hybrid 
varieties to be had in all colours. A fine light 
_ blue is var. lilicina-floribunda. ‘The best deep 
blue is Lady Bovill, and the best purple is Othéllo. 
The best clematis flowering on new wood is 
Madame Grange, violet. Star of India is the 
best purple, and C. Viticella var. venosa the finest 
reddish-purple. All the varieties listed to date, 
flower on new wood and should be pruned in 
early spring; but don’t cut a double clematis 
as you would a maple tree. They are slow 
