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tance lower down, an inch or so below the node. There 

 appear to be a number of plants for which the internodal 

 cutting is preferable to the other. Why there should be 

 this difference has not been explained." The node is the 

 point where the leaf axils with their buds occur, and the 

 internode the stem intervening between two nodes. 



As to the cultivation of Clematis and the up-to-date 

 sorts worth growing, Messrs. Jackman & Son, Woking, who 

 specialise in these plants, say the best time to plant is October 

 and November, or in the spring. They recommend for 

 each plant the digging of a hole 2 feet deep and square, 

 and loosening the bottom before putting in prepared soil. 

 The hole should first be partly filled in, the plant being 

 then carefully taken out of the pot and the crocks removed, 

 setting the ball in the middle and filling up with more soil, 

 pressing it firmly, so that when finished the ball of roots 

 shall be from i-J to 2 inches below the surface of the 

 ground ; finally, the soil should be booted firm round the 

 plant. Being rampant growers, Clematis prefer a moist 

 soil, though thorough drainage is indispensable to good 

 healthy development ; and the vigour of the plant must be 

 kept up by annual manurings with horse or cow manure. 

 On dry, hot soils cow manure would probably be preferable, 

 whilst on heavy soils a thorough dressing of good leaf- 

 mould would be beneficial. Mulching with half-rotten 

 dung is another mode of manuring ; the operation should 

 be performed annually on the approach of winter, its effect 

 being to increase the strength of the plant and the size of 

 the flowers. 



Pruning is one of the important points of good manage- 

 ment. The pruning of the varieties belonging to the 

 Calycina, Anemoniflorce, Azures ^ Florida, and Lanuginosa 



