ARBORETUM T FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM 



is most ornamental as 

 a single plant, trained 

 to a rod or to a wire 

 frame. As its branches 

 are not very decidedly 

 ligneous or persistent, 

 but consist mostly of 

 annual shoots from a 

 sufFruticose base, and 

 are not much branched, 

 the plant does not ex- 

 hibit a bushy head. It 

 thrives best in bog 

 earth, kept somewhat 

 moist, in which cir- 

 cumstance it differs 

 from most of the 

 woody species of Cle- 

 matis. It may be 

 increased by layers, 

 though not so readily 

 as from seeds, which 

 it produces in abund- 

 ance. This species, C. 

 cylindrica, and C. re- 

 ticulata, being neither 

 very woody, nor very 

 luxuriant in growth, 

 may all be treated as 

 herbaceous plants, to 

 be supported during 

 the flowering season 

 by temporary props. 

 Few border plants, in- 

 deed, will be found 

 more 

 ornamental 



elegant or more 

 so 



when 



managed. 



Clematis Vidrna. 



-i 8. C. cyli'ndrica Sims. The cyYmdr'icaX-flowered Clematis. 



Identification. Sims, in Bot. Mag., t. 1160. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 7. ; Don's Blill., 1. p. 8.; Tor. and 



Gray, 1. p. 10. 

 Symmymes. C crispa La?., but not of Linn. ; C.WwTnaiAndr.mBot.Rep.; C. diraricMa Jocg.; 



the long-flowered Virgin's Bower ; Clematite a longues Fleurs, Fr, 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., 1. 1160. ; Bot. Rep., t. 71. ; and onrflg. 10. 



Spec. Char., i^-c. Peduncles l~flowered. Sepals thin, acuminated, reflexed 

 at the apex, with wavy margins. Leaves slender, pinnate ; leaflets stalked, 

 ovate or oblong, middle one sometimes trifid, 

 floral ones entire. (DoiCs Mill.) A deciduous 

 cUmber. North Carolina and Florida. Height 

 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1802. Flowers large, 

 purplish blue, nodding ; June, August. Fruit 

 white ; ripe in September. 



DeCandoUe describes this species as related 

 to C. Viorna, reticulata, and crispa, and dis- 

 criminated it from these. C. cylindrica, he says, 

 differs from C. Viorna, in the segments of its 

 leaves being entire and not trifid ; in the flowers 

 being blue, not reddish lilac and pale within, and 

 twice the size of those of C. Viorna ; in the sepals 



t'I^i:itit cylindrica. 



