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This was followed by many seedlings of Belgian origin. 

 M. Lemoine, Nancy ; Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz ; M. Carre*, 

 Troyes; M. Briolay-Goiffon, M. Dauvesse, Orleans; and 

 Herr Rinz, Frankfort, were other pioneer breeders of 

 Clematis. Messrs. Cripps & Son, Tunbridge Wells, were 

 among the foremost breeders and growers of them in 

 England, and down to quite recently their nursery was 

 famous for its collection of varieties. Mr. Charles Noble, 

 Sunningdale, also raised many, whilst the late Mr. Ander- 

 son-Henry, Edinburgh, was easily first among amateur 

 raisers of new hybrids. 



According to Moore and Jackman the species from 

 which all the earlier hybrids and seedlings were derived 

 were C. patens, C. lanuginosa, C. Fortunei, now called 

 C. florida, and C. Standishii, and as Standishii is now 

 reckoned a variety of C. patens, we have three species only, 

 all Japanese, as the progenitors of the army of named 

 sorts (180 are listed in Moore and Jackman's book) raised 

 and grown in gardens up to the end of the nineteenth 

 century. 



To these have to be added the crosses of recent origin, 

 those between C. coccinea and various garden sorts being 

 perhaps the most distinct. They have smaller, fleshier 

 flowers than the patens-lanuginosa type, and although less 

 showy, perhaps, they possess both grace and beauty. 

 Still more recent are the crosses between C. montana 

 and the big-flowered garden sorts ; this section is also a 

 decided gain. 



The possibilities of Clematis now are endless, a number 

 of distinct species having been introduced, mainly from 

 China, during the last ten years or so, and as the genus 

 appears to respond readily to the attentions of the 



