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produce artificial sores ; dried leaves used as fodder for cattle, the acrid juice 

 disappearing after drying. 



VIRGIN'S BOWER, Clematis Flammula- 



Gardens. Very ornamental and useful for covering arbours, trellises, or 

 walls ; generally grown from seed. July — October. 



Flowers creamy- white, fragrant, small, solitary or panicled ; Fruit an 

 etasrio of achenes. 



Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets very variable, entire or 3-lobed, glabrous, 

 acute, dark green. 



A deciduous climbing shrub, 15 ft. ; Roots answer well for grafting. 



Introduced from S. Europe, 1596. Specific name from L. Flammula, 

 a little Q&m.Q—flamma, blaze, flame ; also called Sweet-scented Clematis. 



MOUNTAIN CLEMATIS, Clematis montana. 



Walls, roofs, trellises. This is the best of the hardy early flowering 

 species. May, June. 



Flowers white, tinged with pink, fragrant, 2-3 ins. diam. ; on wood of 

 previous year ; peduncles usually one-flowered, in axillary fascicles ; pedicels 

 longer than leaves ; Sepals petaloid, oblong and narrow ; Fruit an etaerio of 

 achenes. 



Leaves trifoliate, fascicled on arrested branches, leaflets ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, coarsely toothed at base, glabrous, 1 |~2| ins. 



A deciduous climbing shrub, 20 ft. 



Native of Nepaul ; brought from India by Lady Amherst, 1831. 



VINE BOWER, Clematis micella. 



Gardens, arbours. It is the parent of many garden varieties. June — 

 September. 



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