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single, and it is said that there is likewise a double 

 red. 



(Clematis coerulea, C. coeridea grand) flora, and C. azurea gran- 

 diflora. This beautiful and entirely new climber is 

 already distinguished by three distinct names, and 

 has been several times figured, each time with more 

 or less flattery. I must confess the first representa- 

 tion I saw of it, truly enchanted me; the brilliancy 

 of its blue surpassing every flower I had ever beheld ; 

 and named C. azurea grandiflora. The flowers are 

 frequently four or five inches in diameter, of a fine 

 bluish violet colour, blooming freely, and perfectly 

 hardy, the most magnificent of the family. 



V. Siebo'ldii, or bicolour. This is another of Dr. Van Sie- 

 bold's Japan additions, and is nearly related to C. 

 florida. The leaves and branches, however, are rather 

 more downy, and the petals suffused with violet 

 spots ; the anthers are also of a violet colour, which 

 has given it the name of bicolour; it is of graceful 

 habit, and the size and beauty of its blossoms render 

 it an attractive inhabitant of the flower-garden. 



C. fldmmida, sweet-scented virgin's bower, is of very rapid 

 growth. Established plants will grow from twenty 

 to forty feet in one season, producing at the axils of 

 the young shoots, large panicles of small white flowers 

 of exquisite fragrance; the leaves are compound pin- 

 nate ; in bloom from July to November, but in Au- 

 gust, September, and October, the flowers are in great 

 profusion, perfuming the whole garden. This is one 

 of the best climbing hardy plants, and ought to have 

 a situation in every garden. 



C. montana, mountain virgin-bower, flowers in large clusters, 

 very pure white, a strong and rapid grower. 



G. Virgimana, is of rapid growth, and well adapted for ar- 

 bours; flowers, small white in axillary panicles, dioe- 

 cious, leaves ternate, segments cordate, acute, coarsely 

 toothed and lobed, in bloom from June to August. A 

 native, and a little fragrant. 



0. crispa, or Bell Clematis, is a native plant of free growth ; 

 flowers of a pink colour, in clusters, bell-shaped, the 

 points of the petals folding backwards a little fra- 

 grant. There is also a variety having purple flower* 

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