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let, urn-shaped blossoms. Very gay and effective. 

 Easily grown sort, and charming for posts, arches, or for 

 trailing over shrubs and balustrades. Easily raised 

 from seed. There are hybrids of this form, but I have 

 not seen them. 



The small-flowered forms of the Clematis are not by 

 any means to be neglected, for these are among the most 

 generous and charming of climbers and seldom oppose 

 any obstacle to our desires. Much more luxuriant 

 than the large-flowered hybrids, they are splendid for 

 porches, pergolas, and walls, dead trees, or for any posi- 

 tion where a vigorous climber is required. C. montana 

 climbs to a great height and decorates itself in May with 

 yard-long garlands of anemone-like bloom, white with 

 hints of pink and a pleasant fragrance. There is a 

 reddish form of montana, more lately introduced, which 

 is said to be extremely beautiful, and grandiflora has 

 flowers much larger than the type. To prune montana 

 cut away the weak, straggling, or overcrowded branches 

 in late March, and carefully train the long year-old wood 

 at full length to cover the desired space. 



C. paniculata, the vigorous Japanese climber with 

 masses of creamy bloom in August and September, is 

 well known and useful. C. vitalba is another fluffy, 

 white-flowered sort and a high climber. C. flammula 

 and C. f. var. rubra bear, respectively, clusters of small 

 white and purple flowers, deliciously scented, in August 

 and September. Our own native Traveller's Joy, C. 



