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in late November. Perfectly hardy. Flowers not so 

 large as lanuginosa but more numerous. 



Fine varieties : Kermesina, clear reddish-mauve, very 

 free; Grandiflora punicea, wine-red; Viticella, bluish- 

 purple; Alba, gray, white. 



Lanuginosa Group. Enormous flowers borne suc- 

 cessionally through summer and autumn. Flowers on 

 new wood. In pruning remove weak shoots and dead 

 wood in spring. Beautiful vine for trellis or post. 



Fine varieties: Beauty of Worcester, violet-blue; 

 Lady Caroline Neville, plum; Madame Van Houtte, 

 white; Marcel Moser, soft lilac with reddish band; 

 Henryi, pure white. 



Florida Group. Flowers on old wood. Prune di- 

 rectly after flowering by removing seed vessels and 

 cutting out useless or crowded shoots. Blooms in 

 summer. Double. 



Fine varieties: Belle of Woking, silver-gray; Duchess 

 of Edinburgh, pure white. 



Patens Group. Flowers on old wood and requires 

 same treatment as Florida. Spring and summer. 

 Large and showy. 



Fine varieties: Nellie Koster, rosy-mauve; Miss Bate- 

 man, pure white; Mrs. Geo. Jackman, satiny white with 

 ivory bar; Sir Garnet Wolseley, dull blue with reddish 

 band. 



Clematis coccinea. Dies to the ground in winter, so 

 needs no pruning. Flowers in July and August. Scar- 



