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rected. We have the authority of Mr. James H. 

 Veitch that light is dawning upon this confusion ; 

 and no man knows more about the matter than does 

 he. To Veitch name of immortal memory we owe 

 countless botanical treasures, and every season adds 

 to our obligations. Many new and exquisite vines 

 can now be obtained, and, among lovely things that 

 I am open to receive from anybody (and will pay 

 carriage), are the true vitis Thunbergii ; vitis Cali- 

 f ornica, a tremendous grower ; vitis aconitifolia, a gem 

 from China ; vitis armata, the beautiful thorny variety 

 from Central China ; and vitis megaphylla, most dis- 

 tinct of all the new arrivals in this family. It is worth 

 repeating here that vitis inconstans, or ampelopsis 

 Veitchi undoubtedly the best known garden climber 

 in the world was introduced to England by the late 

 Mr. John Gould Veitch. He discovered it at Fusi- 

 yama, in Japan, during 1860, upon the occasion of the 

 first ascent of that sacred mountain by Europeans; 

 and eight years later the plant began to be distributed. 

 Lilium auratum was met with during the same expedi- 

 tion. What a red-letter day ! I should be inclined 

 to give my gardener a whole holiday upon that anni- 

 versary if I knew it. 



After vitis one thinks of clematis. The vine and 

 he are good friends, and seem to prosper in company. 

 Cirrhosa, followed by Montana, begins the show ; then 

 comes Jackmanni. One of these has climbed into my 

 arbutus, and, from that point, occasionally deludes the 

 philistine into thinking that I have a new shrub. The 

 lanuginosas white, lavender, and purple-red are 



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