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grower, with showy flowers, red outside, white within. 

 Monthly Dutch Honeysuckle {var. Belgica), a superior 

 variety, blooming throughout the season, with red and 

 yellow, fragrant flowers. 



Maj^geville's Honeysuckle (L. Caprifolmm, var. 

 pallida), an evergreen species, with yellowish-white, 

 fragrant flowers. Standish's Honeysuckle (L. Stan- 

 dishii), light pink and yellow flowers. 



THE clematis. Clematis, 



The species of Clematis are most attractive and 

 valuable climbers, being easily grown, of graceful habits, 

 and possessing magnificent flowering qualities. They 

 will thrive in any good soil which is well enriched, and 

 by protecting the roots by a slight covering over them 

 each fall, they stand the severest winters safely. Besides 

 their great value for decorating verandas and arbors, 

 they are admirably suited for growing in pots or tubs, 

 training the vines on a trellis, or balloon frame, for adorn- 

 ing verandas, roof gardens, conservatories, etc. 



The species are divisible into two classes, namely : 

 those that flower on the last year's growth in the early 

 part of the season, and those flowering on the i^resent 

 season's growth in summer and autumn, either con- 

 tinuously or in successive crops. There are many vari- 

 eties of both these classes described in the catalogues, 

 ranging in color from white through lavender, reddish- 

 purple, violet, mauve, etc., to the most intense violet- 

 blue, and blackish mulberry. 



Jackman's Clematis {C. Jachmanii) is one of the 

 best sorts, and well known, being of free growth, and a 

 most abundant bloomer, the flowers being of a rich, 

 violet-bine color. 



The Scarlet Clematis {C. coccinea) is a quite dis- 

 tinct species, with scarlet flowers, having yellow centers. 



The CoMMOi^ Wild Clematis {C, Virgmiajia) \s a> 

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