1M IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN 



certain gencricke name to all woody winding plant*, 

 having certainc affinitie because of the spreading 

 branching and semblance of the vino ' ; and Parkinson 

 baa a chapter headed, 'Clematis, Clamtarcn or 

 Creepers, 1 and the chapter begins ^ith the periwinkle 

 and ends with the passion flower. Of the true clematis 

 we have one beautiful representative in the travellers' 

 joy (C. ri/i/ki), 'decking and adorning wmies and 

 hedge*, where people travel, and thereupon I have 

 named it traveller's joy/ says Gerard . and his name 

 h.ui clung to it, though it ha* not supplanted the older 

 name of 'Indie*' bower,' or 'virgin's bower,' the last 

 name having been given to it in honour of (Jueen 

 Klizabclh, though it has be*n claimed as one of the 

 flowers dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and so the flower 

 of August IT), the festival of the Assumption :- 



' Whrn Mary Irft u* hrv )x>lw 

 The Virgin'* Iwwrr bcgiiui U> blow.' 



In the late autumn it changoi it* name to '*M mAii's 

 beard,' from the beautiful silky head* >f WH>*1 which 

 often cover the banks and hcii;>ji f.r many van Is in 

 length with wonderful grace and tnviuty, and which, if 

 pickini in good time, will keep in )H\itity all the winter. 

 This lovely climber is found in almost all jx\rU of 

 Eun>pe, from Holland to the sotith, and its |M>pularity 

 is shown bv it* having no leas than two hundred differ- 



