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New hardy Trees and S/iri/bs 



possess. Its foliage 

 is of a rich, deep, 

 shining ereen, be- 

 coming purple in 

 the winter. It bears 

 fruit in some abund- 

 ance, which consists 

 of clusters of round- 

 ish black berries, 

 having their surface 

 covered with a rich 

 violet bloom. It most 

 resembles M. fasci- 

 cularis, from which 

 its large shining -: 

 leaves at once dis- 

 tinguish it." {Pe7my 

 Cyclop., iv. p. 262.) 

 It is propagated very slowly by layers ; and, for some years, 

 plants were sold in the nurseries at ten guineas each. Lately, 

 however, a number of 

 ripe seeds have been 

 produced in England, 

 or imported from Ame- 

 rica, through the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company ; 

 and from these many 

 young plants have been 

 raised in the Epsom, 

 Fulham, and other nur- 

 series ; so that small 

 plants in pots, which 

 may be sent to all parts 

 of the country, may now 

 be obtained for 5s. each. 

 In Prince's Catalogue 

 for 1825, the price is ' 

 stated as 25 dollars 

 {51. 5s.) each. (Arb. Brit., p. 310.) Being so very hardy, and 

 so very ornamental, it ought to be in every garden, from the 

 Orkney Islands to the Land's End. 



Clematis montana yirb. B)it., p. 245. figs. 23. and 24., is 

 a beautiful species, introduced from the Himalayas by Lady 

 Amherst, and tjuite hardy. It resembles C. florida, but it is 

 far more beautiful ; producing numerous flowers, about the size 

 and form of tiiose of ^^nemone sylvestris. It well deserves a 

 place among every collection of climbers. 



