CLEMATIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CLEMATIS. 



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the tips and of an intense purple inside, 

 paler without. 



C. flammula (Fragrant Virgin's Bower}. 

 A vigorous grower, its leaves are of 

 a rich dark green and remain fresh till 

 well into the winter. The flowers are 

 small (half-inch to three-quarters of an 

 inch across) and appear in late summer 



creamy white and the tuft of stamens 

 purple. There is a double-flowered vari- 

 ety and others with violet or blush-tinted 

 flowers (Japan). 



C. Fremonti. This has herbaceous 

 stems i to 2 ft. high, rarely branched, and 

 carrying numerous leathery leaves, 3 or 4 

 in. long, without stalks ; the purple flowers 



Cistus ladaniferus. 



and autumn fragrant, creamy-white, 

 the fruit white and feathery. This is a 

 variable species, in the size and shape of 

 the leaflets and in the flower panicles, some 

 of which are large and with numerous 

 blossoms, whilst in other forms the panicles 

 are few-flowered and scarcely branched. 



C. florida. A distinct species, grows 9 

 to 12 ft. high, the flowers 2 to 4 in. across, 

 flat when fully expanded, sepals of a 



drooping with recurved tips. The tails 

 of the fruits are downy when young rather 

 than feathery (N. America). 



C. fusca. A sub-shrubby or nearly 

 herbaceous species, with prostrate rather 

 than climbing steins. When given sup- 

 port, however, it grows 6 to 8 ft. high. 

 The bell-shaped flowers are covered with 

 a short, very thick, brown wool, the sepals 

 being a reddish brown colour. The fruit 



