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for Jackmanii, its white variety, and the splendid red Madame 

 Edouard Andre*. These sorts never do so well as when they are 

 hard pruned every year. The flowering shoots of one year may 

 be cut close back to their base in the spring of the following 

 season, soon after they have started growing; and the plants 

 will then push strong new shoots, which will produce far better 

 flowers than would be borne on the weak shoots that would 

 spring from the old flowering growths. The three Clematises 

 named will probably meet the re- 

 quirements of most people, but there 

 are plenty of others available if 

 wanted. Fair Rosamond, Miss Bate- 

 man, and The Queen, respectively 

 blush, white, and lavender, are pretty 

 sorts. They flower much earlier in 

 the season than the others, and differ | A 

 in respect to the method of flowering. 

 Hard pruning must be avoided ; all that 

 is needed is thinning and trimming 



A, A, charred ends of upright posts embedded 



when the plants get crowded and in the son ; B, B, strong pieces of timber 



. .. _, , . . for main supports between posts ; C, top 



tangled. 1 he White montana IS alSO rail ; D, D, small pieces to fill in intervening 



a useful, though small, Clematis. 



The Honeysuckles and Jasmines named in the chapter on arch 

 and pillar plants will also do for walls, as, indeed, will the other 

 climbers and creepers referred to there. 



There is a beautiful shrub called the Ceanothus, which has 

 pale-blue or lavender-coloured flowers, borne very abundantly in 

 summer; and it may be grown successfully on south and west 

 walls. The variety Gloire de Versailles is one of the best. 



The double variety of Kenya Japonica must not be over- 

 looked when the claims of comparatively dwarf plants are 

 being considered, as they will be for certain positions. This 

 is the plant which bears double yellow flowers nearly as large 



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