THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Cl.KRODENDRON. 



Yellow.— C. iangutica, the most 

 beautiful of its colour. Flowers of a fine 

 yellow in spring. Stems woody and short, 

 throwing out numerous flowering shoots 

 each season. C. orienfalis, light yellow 

 in colour, flowering in summer and 

 autumn ; is best grown trained against a 

 house or wall, when it sometimes attains 

 a large size. C. Wilfordi resembles it ; a 

 plant for the rock-garden, where it forms 

 low tufts covered with flowers, its shoots 

 taking root wherever they touch the soil. 



White. — C. apiifolia, somewhat like 

 Viialba, flowering in autumn. C. balca- 

 rica, scented blossoms during autumn and 

 winter. C. cirrJiosa^ a vigorous plant, 

 flowering from October to December. C. 

 flamnmla J a variety robusta is larger, and 

 flowers a little later. C. hniiigi?iosa ca/i- 

 dida, large flowers, coming mainly in 

 spring, but again at intervals during sum- 

 mer and autumn. There are in existence 

 a great number of its forms, hybrid and 

 otherwise, with beautiful white flowers, 

 but none are so robust or lasting as the 

 old form which has flourished for many 

 years m our garden. C. /iiotifana; its 

 xaxitty grandi/Ior a is larger in flower, but 

 they are not fragrant. C. Viticella alba, 

 a good plant with flowers of exquisite 

 purity and grace ; its form Liixiirians is 

 more robust, attaining a large size, and 

 sometimes, as a result of its great vigour, 

 the first flowers are somewhat greenish in 

 colour. The varieties Arabella and Madame 

 ]Moser are also forms of Viticella alba. 



Rose. — Comtesse de Eouchaud, large 

 and beautiful flowers of a fine rose colour, 

 and very free. Madame Baron Veillard, 

 large flowers appearing rather late, to- 

 wards the end of summer, and autumn. 

 Vagabonde, flowers of four sepals set 

 crosswise, pale rose in the centre, deepen- 

 ing towards the edges ; a plant of great 

 vigour. C. Viticella rosea, a charming 

 plant, flowers smaller, but of a beautiful 

 shaded rose. Neige et cerise, also a form 

 of Viticella, medium-sized flowers, white 

 in the centre, with a border of bright 

 cherry-red. Duchess of Albany, flowers 

 of a good light pink. 



Crlmson and Red.— Madame Edou- 

 ard Andre, crimson-purple ; Madame 

 Furtado-Heine, rose-shaded flowers ; 

 Madame Julia Correvon, dark crimson- 

 red colour ; Oriflamme, bright red, ap- 

 proaching vermilion, covered with minute 

 touches of white •,Jack!nafrni rubra; Ville 

 de Lyon, crimson-red. Amongst red 

 forms of C. Viticella are Kermesina, small 

 flowers but very abundant and deep 

 crimson in colour ; Leonidas ; Rubra 

 gra>idijlorii,rc(\(\\^\\-cr\m^on ; I'lore-plcno 



purpurea, and atropu7-purca, of a deeper 

 purple ; C. coccinca. Countess of Onslow, 

 hybrid of coccinea, crimson shading to 

 purple. 



Blue. — Durandi, intense blue ; Perle 

 d' Azure, large light blue flowers ; Victor 

 Cer^sole, a form approaching lanuginosa, 

 with large flowers of a good blue ; Casli- 

 gina, a fine shade of ultramarine in 

 colour ; Bifrons, light blue in the centre 

 shaded to dark indigo at the edges, and 

 silvery-white at the back ; this double 

 tinting on the same plant has at times a 

 very peculiar effect. Of purple forms of 

 C. Viticella there are atragenoides, a very 

 free and vigorous plant, with blue flowers, 

 paler in parts and towards the centre ; 

 carulea, with myriads of bell-shaped, 

 azure-blue blossoms ; and Monsieur Tis- 

 serand, robust and good, with light blue 

 flowers streaked with darker veinings. 



Violet and Purple Flowers.— The 

 purple Clematis are a numerous class, but 

 the best are as follows : — C. Flamnmla 

 rubra, marginata, flowers small but pro- 

 duced in such quantity as to make the 

 plant one sheet of violet ; Etoile violette, 

 large well-formed flowers upon a vigorous 

 plant, which reaches a great size. Franco- 

 furtensis, dark purple ; Gipsy Queen ; 

 Jackmanni and its variety superba ; Ma- 

 dame Grange, ruddy violet ; Modesta 

 inclining to mauve ; Neptune, clear blue- 

 violet ; Prince of Wales, rich violet- 

 purple ; Rubella, dark and richly shaded; 

 Star of India, clear violet, with bright 

 purple markings ; Rubro-violacea, a 

 peculiar brown tint of violet, passing to 

 ruddy violet-crimson. Amongst forms of 

 C. Viticella are Iris, rosy violet ; Negresse, 

 a dark velvety purple ; \'enosa, pale blue, 

 veined with violet purple, passing to 

 darker tones at the edges ; and Venosa 

 violacea, darker in colour ; C. odorata 

 ccerulea, with scented blue flowers. 



This list does not include a number of 

 varieties still on trial in our gardens, 

 which promise ere long to add to the list 

 plants distinct in colour, particularly in 

 the newly-developed group of hybrids of 

 coccinea and niegalantlia, of which the 

 Countess of Onslow, Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence, Duchess of Albany, Duchess of 

 York, and Grace Darling form a part. — 

 Francisque Morel. 



CLERODENDRON.— Tropical or sub- 

 tropical trees or shrubs, only two species 

 of which have any claim to hardiness, 

 C. trichotoniuin, a Japanese plant, and C. 

 fcetiduni, a native of China, an old garden 

 plant usually seen in greenhouses, but 

 hardy enough for open-air culture in all 

 southern and warm parts. In southern 



