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heivy, and close grained, arid when freshly cut is yellow. There is a 

 good tree at Kew 35 ft. high, with a head of branches 45 ft. across. A finer 

 one grows in the nursery of Mr Anthony Waterer at Knap Hill, 45 ft. high, 

 and at Syon there is one 6p ft. high, but not so healthy. Propagated best by 

 imported seeds. Blossoms in June. 



CLADRASTIS TINCTORIA. 



CLEMATIS. RANUNCULACE^E. 



There are at present over two hundred species of Clematis known. 

 They are spread more or less over all the great terrestrial regions, but 

 the hardy ones are confined to Europe, Northern Asia (especially China), 



