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from the axils of the leaves; rather bell-shaped, and nodding. 

 It is a climber, growing from eight to ten feet in a season ; 

 dying down to the ground, in this climate, but otherwise hardy. 

 There is a variety with double flowers, others with brownish 

 red flowers, and several improved varieties. 



C. flammula is a luxuriant climber, producing clusters of 

 small white flowers, in August and September. 



C. florida has large white flowers ; like the last, a luxuriant 

 climber. There is a variety with double flowers. 



C. Sieloldii. Siebold's Virgin's Bower. This magnificent 

 plant is said to be a variety of C. florida, and, till lately, treated 

 as a green-house plant, but which has proved as hardy as the 

 other sorts. The flowers are three or four inches in diameter, 

 the outer sepals, or petals, a creamy white, filled up with others, 

 disposed of in many series, the groundwork of which is 

 white, suffused with a rich purple. No plant possesses a 

 stronger claim to a place in the flower-garden, from its graceful 

 habit, and from the size and beauty of its blossoms. 



The plant thrives best in a mixture of loam and peat, and 

 is increased by layers. It was introduced by Dr. Siebold, from 

 Japan, a few years since. I have kept it two winters, by 

 covering it lightly with coarse manure. 



C. azurea grandiflora, or Great-flowering Blue Virgin's 

 Bower, has still larger flowers than the variety Sieboldii. It has 

 the reputation of being more tender than this, requiring greater 

 heat to bring it to perfection. With me, it stood near the 

 other species two winters, with the same protection. The 

 flowers are produced only on the old wood ; it is necessary, 

 therefore, to lay down, and cover the growth of the season, to 

 insure bloom the next year. The flowers are four or five 

 inches in diameter, of a rich blue, in July ; a climber, like the 

 last, but not of so robust growth. 



Besides the species and varieties enumerated, there are 

 many others, esteemed ornamental. 



