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are better known. There is a collection of them on a 

 pergola at Kew, where their characters may be studied 

 with advantage. 



Clematis occupies a leading place among our best outdoor 

 climbing plants. Everyone loves our native Traveller's Joy 

 (Clematis Vitalba), yet it is not as frequently seen in the 

 garden and park as it deserves to be, for it does not interfere 

 materially with the tree or shrub to which it clings for sup- 

 port, and it might be seen much more frequently in the 

 woodland. It must have plenty of sunshine, and, of course 

 it likes lime, as all Clematises do. There is the lovely C. 

 montana with its several varieties, and for gardens in the 

 south the New Zealand C. indivisa might be turned to good 

 account. The larger flowered species and garden forms, of 

 which C.Jackmanii\s a typical example, have not yet found 

 the place in open-air gardening for which they are emi- 

 nently fitted. We see them as balloon-trained specimens 

 at our exhibitions, and following the lead of the trade 

 exhibitors we attempt their cultivation only as pot plants, 

 with the exception of places that might be counted on 

 one's fingers, where the large-flowered red Clematises are 

 afforded generous treatment as wall climbers. 



Rose, Honeysuckle and Jasmine, these are the climbers 

 whose praises are sung by poets and whose charms are 

 portrayed by artists, for they play a large part in the beau- 

 tifying of the English garden, from the cottager's small 

 enclosure to the most spacious domain. Honeysuckle and 

 Jasmine are beloved because of their fragrance ; they are 

 not very showy in flower, yet they are always a delight, par- 

 ticularly when they receive a little attention from the culti- 

 vator, Honeysuckles especially being responsive to good 

 treatment. 



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