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lawn planting, requiring a warm, dry soil, and sunny 

 situation conditions under which the wood becomes 

 well-ripened, and the flowers more freely produced. 



Clematis (Ranunculaceae). 



CLEMATIS ALPINA (syn Atragene alpina, A. austriaca and 

 A. sibirica). Europe and North America, 1792. This is 

 a climbing species with bi-ternately divided leaves, and 

 large flowers with four blue sepals and ten to twelve small 

 flattened organs, which are usually termed petals. 



C. CIRRHOSA. Evergreen Virgin's Bower. Spain, 1596. 

 An interesting, early-flowering species. The flowers, 

 which are greenish-white, are produced in bunches and 

 very effective. It is an evergreen species, of comparative 

 hardihood, and flowers well in sheltered situations. 



C. FLAMMULA. Virgin's Bower. France, 1596. An old 

 and well-known plant that is quite hardy in this country. 

 The leaves are pinnate, and the flowers white and fragrant, 

 and produced from May to October. C. Flammula rubro- 

 marginata is a worthy and beautiful-leaved variety. 



C. FLOEIDA. Japan, 1776. This is a beautiful species, 

 and an old inhabitant of English gardens. Leaves com- 

 posed of usually three oval-shaped leaflets, and unusually 

 bright of tint. The flowers are very large, and pure white. 

 It should be planted in a warm, sheltered corner against 

 a wall. 



C. GRAVEOLENS. This is a dwarf shrub, with neatly 

 tripinnate leaves, and solitary, strongly-scented yellow 

 flowers of medium size. A native of Chinese Tartary, and 

 introduced in 1844. Quite hardy. 



C. HAKONENSIS. Japan, 1860. This is a vigorous 

 twiner with violet-purple flowers, each about 6 inches 

 in diameter, produced from July to October. The well- 

 known and justly popular C. Jackmanni, of gardens, 

 is a variety. 



C. LANUGINOSA. China, 1851. A handsome species, 



