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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Jane until the 1st of November, aver- 

 aging 9 to 10 inches in diameter, the 

 consistency of wax, the tc^xture of 

 satin, and remaining for several weeks 

 in bloom, each flower, before falling 

 apart. 



In the autumn the Jackmaiii and 

 Viticella varieties should be cut close 

 to the ground — the Lanuginosa varieties 

 left 9 inches long, and the perennial 

 wooded ones not pruned at all, but 

 carefully taken from the trellises, laid 

 on the ground, and covered (in this 

 climate of Ottawa) with old manure 

 to a depth of at least 12 inches. In 

 the spring this covering is to be raked 

 off, and the long wood tied to the trel- 

 lises, where it soon sends out young 

 flowering shoots which bloom about 

 the 10th of June, and are followed 

 shortly after by the other varieties, 

 which send up their blooming shoots 

 from the root every year, rapidly cover- 

 ing space with foliage and flowers. If 

 the colors are carefully chosen, a per- 

 fectly radiant combination of colors 

 may be had from June until frost. 



As to varieties, I would advise 

 several white ones, for although all are 

 nearly alike in appearance, the season 

 of flowering is different, and if planted 

 together the same flower seems in per- 

 petual bloom. The same is true of the 

 red varieties — {not including the Cle- 

 matis coccinea, which does not har- 

 monize with the others.) My favorite 

 of all is the lovely lavender-colored 

 Mrs. Bateman, and the Blue Gem is 

 almost as fine. The Rubella, Yiticella, 

 Rubra Grandiflora, and Madam Grange, 

 are of a fine red or claret color, the 

 Jackmani, a radiant royal purple, but 

 a coarse loose flower when closely 

 examined, and the Velutina purpurea, 

 whicli is like Jackmani, except that it 

 is almost black and of a very velvety 

 surface. 



If these suggestions are found of use 

 I will add a few more before the plant- 



ing season opens, hoping to stimulate 

 the cultivation of what is so perfectly 

 within the possibilities in our climate, 

 and capable of results which enrapture 

 and surprise those who see them in 

 their beauty and profusion for the first 

 time. 



January 22nd, 1886. 



GIVE US YOUR EXPERIENCE. 



{For the Canadian Horticultxirist.) 



It is some time since that I, partly 

 in deference to the nod of the chief of 

 the Horticulturist's staff, and partly to 

 gratify the chronic caccethes scrihendi, 

 prepared a paper on the "Advantages 

 and Art of Fall Planting of Trees," 

 &c., &c In the order, or disorder, of 

 events it was mislaid and could not be 

 found nor leisure had to prepare 

 another, the author not being blessed 

 with a brain as fertile as that Spanish 

 prodigy. Lope de Vega, who could 

 write a five-act play of Shakesperian 

 power before breakfast. So the public 

 have been permitted to sleep on in 

 their accustomed and sinful arboreal 

 apathy. Just a few days ago the 

 missing " copy " was found together 

 with the aforesaid " Nod " snugly em- 

 bowelled in its folds, like precious and 

 embalming spices. But no antiseptic 

 could prevent it from becoming un- 

 seasonable, a sort of post mortem affair, 

 for the Frost King had long since in- 

 vaded Flora's domain, striking down 

 first the lovliness which stood nearest 

 the "picket line" between autumn 

 and summer, and then with brumal 

 din, rush and clash of storm and tem- 

 pest, swept all before him. " But the 

 Nod. What became of the Nod ?" O ! 

 that was an evergreen, fresh and 

 flourishing, and as potential as ever. 

 The Secretary has more than once ex- 

 plained that the trees and plants dis- 

 tributed among its members were so 

 distributed to ascertain their hardiness, 

 product! vness, profitableness, as adju- 



