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cutting from with a view to using it in vases in 

 combination with other flowers. Its bloom, 

 because of color and daintiness, harmonizes 

 with all other flowers and is never obtrusive. 

 Flowers of this kind are always needed where 

 much of the beauty of effect in the combination 

 depends on contrast and relief. As a general 

 thing flowers having the qualities needed to 

 afford contrast and relief are so self-assertive 

 that they are not willing to take a subordinate 

 position. This the Clematis is willing to do, 

 and it does it so charmingly that it never loses 

 anything by its unselfishness. 



I HAVE mentioned the Ampelopsis as being 

 very attractive in fall, but it deserves a 

 more extended mention in order to call atten- 

 tion to its many other merits. It is of the 

 easiest culture. Obtain a small plant with a bit 

 of root attached and it will seldom fail to grow. 

 As soon as it becomes established it will send up 

 vines which grow twenty feet in a season, and 

 spread out in all directions to such an extent 

 that the growth from one root often extends 

 across the entire side of a good-sized house, and 

 can be made completely to cover it. There are 



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