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most effective background to the starry array of yellow jasmine 

 flowers. The jasmine can be easily propagated by layers or 

 cuttings. The layers, if they be pegged down in the soil, will be 

 rooted in a few months, when they may be detached from the 

 parent plant. 



The clematis ranks deservedly among the most popular of 

 climbers. It is of easy culture, is not fastidious either in regard 

 to soil or position (except one facing due north), and it will readily 

 accommodate itself either against a trellis, by a verandah, at the 

 foot of rustic or wire arches, against pergolas or at the base of an 

 ivy-covered wall. 



Much progress has been made in recent years in the cultivation 

 and improvement of the clematis, and its varieties are now 

 legion ; but among them all none holds its position in the front 

 rank with greater tenacity than the old-fashioned C. Jackmani, 

 with its large rich purple flowers, in conjunction with its progeny, 

 C. Jackmani alba (white), C. Jackmani rubra (crimson), and C. 

 Jackmani superba (violet purple). Other newer varieties in the 

 same class are Alexandra (reddish violet), King Edward VII. 

 (pure violet with a crimson bar in each petal), and Star of India 

 (reddish plum, tinged purple and red bars). 



In other sections there is a wide range to select from, among the 

 best being the following : 



Name Colour of Flowers 



Marcel Moser Pale violet, red bar 



Coccinea Scarlet 



Beauty of Worcester Violet blue 



Lady Caroline Neville Lavender with mauve bars 



La France Violet purple 



Duchess of Teck White, mauve bar 



Countess of Onslow Purple, scarlet bar 



Miss Bateman White with red anthers 



Lady Londesborough Silvery grey 



Madame Edouard Andre Velvety red 



Mrs G. Jackman White 



Madame Baron Veillard Rosy lilac 



Montana White 



