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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Clematis continued. 



Clematises may be easily increased, if required, by seed. 

 The seed vessels should be gathered towards the autumn, 

 and stored in some dry, cool place till the following spring, 

 when the seed they contain may be sown in light sandy 

 soil, and stood in gentle heat till they germinate. If 

 then nursed on for a time tinder glass, and afterwards 

 planted in deep rich loam, the plants will soon flower. 

 The varieties being now BO numerous, and brought to 

 such perfection by systematic crossing, it is hardly to 

 be expected that many improved forms are to be obtained 

 by ordinary cultivators, by merely raising them from seed. 

 For greenhouse or conservatory decoration, the tenderer 

 sorts are extremely useful. A house having a tempera- 

 ture of 40deg. to 50deg. is the best ; and, whether grown 

 in pots or trained on the roof or back wall, the plants prove 

 equally ornamental. With the general exception of a few 

 degrees of higher temperature, the culture of the green- 

 house species does not materially differ from that of the 

 hardy sorts. 



C. rethusifolia (^Ethusa-leaved). fl. white, between cylindric 

 and campanulate, iin. to Jin. long. I. small, two to three pin- 

 natisect, with narrow linear lobes, h. 4ft. to 6ft. Hardy. 

 C. 88. latisecta (broadly-cut) only differs from type in the larger 

 leaf segments, which are as broad as long, and irregularly toothed. 

 Amur-land and North China. A very graceful hardy climber. 

 (B. M. 6542.) 



C. arlstata (awned). /. greenish-yellow, dioecious, panicled ; 

 sepals four. May to August. I. ternate ; leaflets ovate, some- 

 what cordate, acute, coarsely toothed. Australia, 1812. Green- 

 house. (B. R.238.) 



C. aromatlca (aromatic).* /. deep violet-blue, sweetly-scented, 

 terminal, solitary; sepals oblong-lanceolate, three-nerved, re- 

 flexed after flowers have thoroughly expanded. Summer. L, 

 leaflets five, shortly stalked or almost sessile, entire, broadly 

 ovate, or ovate-oblong, dark green above, paler beneath, h. 4ft. 

 to 6ft. Native country unknown. A sub-shrubby perennial. 

 SYN. C. ecerulea odorata. See Fig. 467. 

 C. azurea grandiflora (large-flowered blue). A synonym of 



C. eaerulea. 



C. balearica (Balearic). A. pale, pubescent on the outside, and 

 marked on the inside with oblong red spots, about 2in. across ; 

 peduncles one-flowered, with an involucre under the flower. 

 February, March. I. ternate ; leaflets stalked, three-lobed, deeply 

 toothed. Minorca, 1783. Greenhouse ; hardy in South of Eng- 

 land. SYN. C. calycini. (B. M. 959.) 



FIG. 468. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CLEMATIS C^RULEA. 



C. cserulea (sky-blue).* /. violet-coloured, with deep purple 

 stamens, large ; sepals six to eight, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 membranaceous. June and July. I. spreading, hairy, ternate 

 leaflets ovate-acute, entire. Japan, 1836. Hardy. SYN .C. azurea 

 Urandiflora. See Fig 468. (B. B. 1955.) There are several forms 

 of this species, amongst which are : Amalia, pale violet ; nwnstrosa, 

 remarkable for its semi-double greenish flowers ; patens, white ; 

 and Sophia, having very large and unusually broad sepals of a 

 deep violet, with a longitudinal greenish band through the centre. 



C. c. odorata (sweet-scented). A synonym of C. aromat ica. 



C. calyclna (calycine). A synonym of C. balearica. 



Clematis continued,. 

 C. campanlflora (bell-flowered), it. of a purplish-white colour, 



large, half open ; sepals half spreading, dilated at the apex, wavy : 



peduncles one-flowered, somewhat longer than the leaves. J^ine. 



I. biternately decompound ; leaflets entire or three-lobed, about 



twenty-four in number. Portugal, 1810. Hardy. (L. B. C. 987.) 

 C. caripensis (Caripan).* fl. white, sweet-scented, panicled, 



dioecious ; pedicels and bracts pubescent. August. I. pinnate ; 



leaflets ovate, acuminated, five-nerved, quite entire, smooth. 



Cumana, near Caripa, 1820. Stove. 

 C. ohlorantha (green-flowered). A synonym of C. yrandifiora. 



FIG. 469. FLOWERS AND LEAVES OP CLEMATIS CIRRIIOSA. 



C. cirrhosa (tendrilled).* fl. pale whitish or cream-coloured, 

 downy on the outside, but smooth inside ; peduncles one-flowered, 

 with an involucre. March. I. ovate, somewhat cordate, toothed, 

 in fascicles. South Europe, 1596. Hardy evergreen. See Fig. 469. 

 (B. M. 1070.) 



C. crispa (curled).* fl. pale lilac or purple, nodding ; sepals firm, 

 constricted above the middle ; margins wavy, reflexed and spread- 

 ing at the apex ; peduncles one-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 

 July to September. I. entire, three-lobed or ternate, very acute. 

 North America, 1726. Hardy evergreen. SYNS. C. cylindrica and 

 C. Simsii. (B. M. 1892.) 



C. cylindrica (cylindrical). A synonym of C. cruspa. 



C. erecta (erect). A synonym of C. recta. 



C. Flammnla (flame).* fl. pure white, fragrant; peduncles 

 simple or branched. July to October. I. pinnate, smooth, with 

 orbicular, oval, oblong or linear, entire or three-lobed, acutish 

 leaflets. South Europe, 1596. A very vigorous climber, and one 

 of the oldest in cultivation. There are several forms, which vary 

 slightly from the type. 



C. florida (florid).* fl. pale white, large, spreading; sepals six or 

 eight, oval-lanceolate, much pointed; peduncles one-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves. April to September. I. ternately decom- 

 pound ; leaflets ovate, acute, quite entire. Japan, 1776. Hardy. 

 (B. M. 834.) The charming double-flowered form is much 

 commoner in our gardens than the normal type. 



FIG. 470. FLOWER AND LEAVES OF CLEMATIS FORTUNEI. 



