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trellis of wood. The prevailing colors of the June-blooming 

 types are purple and white, and these colors are of the 

 purest, richest tint. Open-petalled, large, sometimes ten 

 inches in diameter, star-shaped, these flowers gather in close 

 masses among small, inconspicuous leaves. The best per- 

 haps is Jackmanii, for free blooming and general hardi- 

 ness, but there are excellent varieties among the lighter- 

 colored lanuginosct, and patens type. All these June 

 clematises should be pruned after they have finished flower- 

 ing, so as to secure a vigorous growth and bloom for the 

 following year. 



The curious and rare Japan climbing hydrangea also is 

 a June-flowering vine. It has dark-green, long-stalked, 

 cordate leaves, sharply toothed, and white hydrangea-like 

 flowers in loose clusters. Like ivy, it throws out multi- 

 tudes of rootlets, and clings well to stonework. 



During some 

 seasons the Wis- 

 taria is a June- 

 flowering vine, 

 but whether it 

 blooms in May or June, its 

 grape-like clusters of purple 

 flowers, piled among picturesque 

 and tossing masses of light-green 

 leaves and tendrils, are always 

 beautiful. There is a beautiful 

 white variety that is particularly 



effective. The two colors may be finely contrasted by 

 setting out the two kinds near each other and letting 



