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CLEMATIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CLEMATIS. 



Minorca and Corsica, evergreen with dark 

 brown angled stems, and during the 

 winter the foliage acquires a fine bronzy 

 hue. The flower is about 2 in. across, 

 yellowish white, stained inside with ob- 

 long, irregular, reddish-purple spots. 

 December to April. In the London dis- 

 trict it ought to have the shelter of a 

 wall to flower well. From its near ally, 

 the following species, it differs in its 

 narrower and more divided foliage. 



C. cirrhosa (Evergreen C.}(C. balearica 

 of Persoon). This evergreen species has 

 been much confused with. C. calycina 

 C. cirrhosa however, if it comes from the 

 Balearic Islands at all, is not confined to 

 them, but is a native also of various 



< somewhat leathery and over an inch long. 



| A larger-flowered variety is known as 

 major, and various hybrids have been 



| raised by crossing this and other 



| species. 



C. connata. This species is found on 



I the Himalayas. It is a climber with 



| stout woody stems with leaflets 3 to 5 in. 



I long, coarsely toothed, or sometimes 

 more or less three-lobed. The bell- 

 shaped flowers appear during autumn and 

 are of a clear light yellow, pointed tips re- 

 curved. 



C. crispa (Frilled C.) This name 

 applies to a number of plants alike in all 

 essential characters, but differing in the 

 shape of the leaves and in the size and 



Cistus formosus. 



parts of Spain, and is found also in 

 Algiers and on the mountains of N. Africa. 

 The flowers are dull white or cream 

 coloured, downy outside, smooth within, 

 and about \\ in. in diameter. In South 

 Europe it climbs over big trees, but it 

 grows only some 8 or 10 ft. high in these 

 colder latitudes. 



C. coccinea (Scarlet C.) A distinct 

 and beautiful species. Its stems grow 

 some 6 to 10 ft. high, and as a rule in 

 this country die back to the ground in 

 winter. It is a native of Texas, the 

 flowers vary in colour from rosy carmine 

 to scarlet ; they are swollen at the base, 

 but narrow towards the top, where, how- 

 ever, the tips of the four sepals are re- 

 curved. These sepals are very thick and 



colour of the flower. The leaf consists of 

 three, five, or more leaflets, which vary in 

 outline. The calyx is cylindrical or bell- 

 shaped, and from i to 2 in. long, the upper 

 part of each sepal spreading. The 

 colour is purple margined with white, or 

 in some forms pale lilac. The flowers are 

 fragrant and appear in June, continuing 

 up to autumn; Some of the forms are 

 bright in colour and pretty, but others are 

 amongst the least effective of the shrubby 

 Clematis, the thick, heavy sepals being of 

 a dull purple (N. America). 



C. Douglas! (Douglas's C.)A Rocky 

 Mountain species discovered by David 

 Douglas, and at present scarcely known in 

 English gardens. The flower is bell-shaped, 

 i inch long, the sepals being recurved at 



