HARDY CLIMBING VINES 

 THE CLEMATIS 



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The Clematis jackmanni is an excellent vine for 

 porches. It has large, violet-purple flowers and blooms 

 very freely about midsummer. The vines do not grow 



FIG. 86. Rambler Rose at the Left ; Clematis at the Right 

 Both plants are supported with iron rods 



as luxuriantly as the Virginia creeper or the Boston ivy ; 

 they are slender and wiry, requiring some support to 

 twine around, like a rod or a wire (see Fig. 86). The 



