CHAPTER. XI. 
CLEMATIS. 
4 LEMATIS’ are the most magnifi- 
cent of all hardy climbers, and the 
uses to which they may be applied 
are exceedingly various. They 
may be trained up snaggy poles, 
either singly or several together, 
to form pillar plants, or they may 
be allowed to scramble over masses 
of rock-work or root-work. They 
may be festooned, or they may be 
trained over verandas, or fastened 
to walls or trellis-work, or led over 
ornamental iron supports as single 
standard specimens for lawns. In 
either way and in every way they 
are found to be thoroughly effect- 
; ive as flowering plants, many of 
them indeed, and especially those of the true Jackmanii 
type, being capable of producing a startling impression 
in consequence of the gorgeous masses in which their 
rich Tyrian hues are displayed. One of the most useful 
purposes to which these varieties of Clematis could be 
put would be to drape an unsightly bank or slope. They 
