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flowers are succeeded by numerous carpels, with long tails, as shown in Fig. 1004, 

 and which are also ornamented. The leaves of the Virgin's Bower are alternate, 

 and each leaflet is acute heart-shaped, and coarsely toothed, and often cut in 

 deep lobes. The vine grows stronger each year, and will reach up fifteen or 

 twenty feet. 



Fig. 1003. — BrxcH of Flowers. 



The pronounciation of the word clematis is not uniform. People in the 

 United States incorrectly say clemat'is, while many in Canada as incorrectly say 

 clematis. Mr. Nicholson, of Kew Gardens, one of the best authorities on 

 gardening, gives cle'matis as being most correct, following the derivation from 



