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CLEMATIS. 



axils; sepals leathery; anthers long, 

 yellow ; stamens forming a kind of 

 pitcher-shaped centre. Leaves, oppo- 

 site, smooth, ovate - lance-shaped ; 

 margins hairy ; stem slightly fistulose. 



Hungary and Germany. Borders, 



banks or slopes, in good sandy loam. 

 Seed or division. 



Clematis lanuginosa (Woolly C.) 

 A noble species, 3 to 6| ft. high. 

 flowers, early in summer; of a lilac- 

 blue, 6 to 7 inches across, with 4 to 6 

 spreading sepals. Leaves, simple or 

 with three almost leathery leaflets, 

 quite woolly when young, and con- 

 tinuing so on the under side when 

 fully grown. The flower-stalks and 

 buds are also woolly. There is a 

 variety, 0. I. pallida, with paler and 



still larger flowers. China. Against 



south walls, on sunny banks, and in 

 the rock-garden, planted so that its 

 shoots may fall over the faces of 

 sunny rocks, in rich light and deep 

 but thoroughly- drained soil. Seed 

 and layers. 



[The numerous fine hybrids lately 

 raised rival this (from which most 

 of them are descended) in size, 

 and are worthy of universal culture, 

 placed and treated as recommended 

 for C. lanuginosa. They may be most 

 effectively used as bedding plants, and 

 trained over supports of various kinds, 

 but they will be seen to greatest ad- 

 vantage in the large rock-garden and 

 on slopes and banks in very deep, 

 good soil, the shoots being allowed to 

 trail freely and naturally down.] 



Clematis montana (Mountain C.) 

 A very ornamental, free-flowering, 

 climbing shrub, with stems 10 to 20 ft. 

 long. Flowers, in early summer; 

 white, large, resembling in size and 

 form those of Anemone sylvestris, seve- 

 ral borne together, or one upon each 

 slender upright stalk. Leaves, ter- 

 nate or trifid, smooth ; leaflets oblong, 

 pointed, toothed. Himalayan Moun- 



tains. For covering walls, bowers, 



old stumps, trailing over rude wig- 

 wams with a framework of rough 

 branches, and naturalization on wild 

 slopes, hedgerows, etc. Layers, and 

 seed. Easily obtained in nurseries. 



Clematis tubulosa (Tubular (7.) A 

 singular kind, 2 ft. to 32 in. high. 

 flowers, in autumn; blue, with a 

 long slender tube, of a deeper colour 

 than the divisions of the flower, very 

 much resembling in shape the flower 

 of a common Hyacinth. Leaves, broad, 

 with three broadly oval - rounded 

 leaflets ; stem erect, almost woody. 

 Native of China. Borders, or mar- 

 gins of shrubberies ; of most in- 

 terest in the botanical or curious col- 

 lection. Multiplied only by division 

 or cuttings. 



Clematis Viorna (Leathery -flowered C.) 

 A climbing shrub, attaining a height 

 of 8 to 12 ft. flowers, in summer ; 

 dark blue, or purple outside, yellow 

 within, large, drooping, bell-shaped ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered ; sepals leathery, 

 pointed, and turned back at the apex ; 

 stamens scarcely appearing beyond the 

 sepals. Leaves, smooth, pinnate ; leaf- 

 lets entire, oval - lance-shaped, 3- 

 lobed or ternate; floral ones entire. 

 Hedges and copses, Virginia and Caro- 

 lina. Borders, rockwork, etc., also 



naturalization in copses, hedge-rows, 

 and on wild banks. Seed and divi- 

 sion. 



Clematis Viticella (Vine-lower C.) 

 A climbing shrub, with very slender 

 branching stems, growing to a length 

 of 12 or 15ft. flowers, in summer; 

 blue or purple ; peduncles longer than 

 the leaves, 1 -flowered; sepals blunt, 

 thin. Leaves, entire, or ternately 

 decompound ; leaflets entire. There 

 are several varieties in cultivation, the 

 white one and the double one being 

 the most distinct from the ordinary 



form. S.Europe. Similar uses, etc. 



to those for the preceding kind. 



