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fences, arbors, and summer-houses has already been commented on, and, indeed, 

 must have impressed itself forcibly on the minds of most readers of these notes. 

 It has, moreover, been indicated that they are very beautiful when rambling 

 over stumps. A charming effect may be produced by their employment for 

 this purpose, and many a pleasant picture could be provided if a break from the 

 stereotyped methods of garden decoration were boldly decided upon, and carried 

 out with a careful hand and tasteful eye. Clematises are also well adapted for 

 covering sloping banks, and have been effectively employed for bedding, the 

 growths being trained to cover the surface of the soil, and pegged down. 



Though Clematis Jackmani is beyound doubt the most popular and useful 

 of its family, there are many other species and varieties that are largely grown, 

 and in some the flowers are individually more beautiful. A well-known native 



species is the Traveller's Joy, 

 Vitalba, which produces white 

 flowers in spring, followed by 

 graceful, gauze-like seed vessels, 

 and another white-flowered spe- 

 cies — Montana — flowering in 

 May, is free and useful. Had 

 these been the only clematises in 

 cultivation, the richly-colored 

 varieties of the present day could 

 not have been evolved, but Viti- 

 cella, a Spanish species, and 

 Patens, Lanuginosa, and Florida, 

 among Japanese kinds, afforded 

 more promising ground-work for 

 the hybridists, and their skilful 

 and patient labors have been 

 attended by splendid results. 

 To name all the beautiful varie- 

 ties that have been raised would 

 be impossible within the limits 

 of a short article, and possibly it 

 would entail embarrassment for 

 the amateur if he were left to 

 choose amongst them. Jack- 

 mani, of course, is indispensable; 

 the type is bluish violet, and 

 there are several varieties of 

 different color ; these flower in autumn, as does the beautiful Star of India with 

 its striped flowers. For early blopming, Patens (mauve) ^nd Miss Bateman 



Fig. 419.— a Bunch of Clematises. 



