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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BKITANNICUM. 



Varieties. 



A- C. c. 2 pedicelliita Dec. ; C. pedicellata Sweet's 

 Hort. Brit. p. 2., and Don's Mill. i. p. 9. ; C. 

 balearica Pers.; C. cir- 

 rhosa Sims B. Mag. 

 t. 1070.; and our jig, 

 20. ; has the pedicel be- 

 tween the involucre and 

 the flower considerably 

 longer than in the 

 species. 



i. C. c. 3 angustifoHa. C. bale- 

 arica Rich. But. Mag. 

 t. 959., and our fig. 21.; 

 C. ealycma Ait. ; C. 



polymorpha Hort. Clematite de Mahon, Fr. 

 The leaves of this variety vary exceedingly, from those shown in 

 fig. 23. of the natural size, taken from a plant in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden, to those shown in fig. 22., reduced from Smith's 

 Flora Grcp.ca. Introduced into England by M. Thouin, in 1783. 

 The varieties are all elegant 

 evergreen climbing shrubs, rising 

 to the height of from 6 ft. to 

 J ft., and branching freely, so 

 as to become, in two or three 

 vears, very thick bushy plants. 



21. C. cirrhusa angustifoli? 



20. Clematis cirrh6sa pediceilata . 



nguslifolia 



23. Clematis cirrhosa angustifolia. 



The leaves vary from simple to ternate ; and from being entire to being 

 deeply cut. The flowers appear at the end of December, or the beginning 

 of January, and continue till the middle or end of April. They are pendulous 

 and bell-shaped, the mouth being of the breadth of a shilling, or more. Their 

 colour is greenish white, with some purple on the inside. The sepals are 

 downy without, and smooth within. In its native country it is said to climb 

 up and overwhelm the trees ; but in England it is a weak plant, not very 

 readily kept. In nurseries it is generally cultivated in pots, and kept in a 

 green-house, or in a cold-frame. The principal beauties of this species con- 

 sist in its bright evergreen verdure, and in the earliness of its flowering in 

 spring ; and these properties may be best obtained by training it against a wall 

 with a southern aspect. Layers and cuttings. 



