76 GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



Chimonanthus fragrans. This is hardly a climbing plant ; it is 

 more one of those deciduous shrubby things that one puts against a 

 wall for the sake of its flowers or leaves. The Chimonanthus is 

 called the " winter sweet " because of the sweet spicy perfume of 

 its flowers in winter; their lemon-yellow colour is very quiet, but 

 their fragrance is perceptible for many yards away. The way to 

 increase it is by cuttings, seed, suckers, and layers. Suckers become 

 established with moderate rapidity when detached with a few roots from 

 the parent plant. When layering choose the strong shoots from the base 

 of the plant ; they should be put down in autumn or after flowering. 

 Gut each shoot halfway through on the underside, pegging it firmly in 

 the soil, and keeping the cut part open. Cover over with soil and leave 

 the layers for a year. Layering is the method of propagation we advise. 

 The shrub must be carefully pruned. Cut the shoots back in spring to 

 within about four inches of the main branches. Upon the new growths 

 from these shoots the flowers appear. Grandiflorus has larger flowers 

 than the type. 



Clematis. In almost every garden there is a Clematis, as a rule 

 the rich, purple-flowered G. Jackmani. The majority of the Clematises 

 are quite hardy, and the best known are 



Clematis balearica, which bears yellowish white flowers, spotted 

 with purple in the interior, about two inches in diameter. In the south 

 of England it often commences to flower as early as January. G. 

 coccinea bears scarlet, bell-shaped flowers. Several hybrids of this 

 Clematis have lately been raised which are valuable for the greenhouse. 

 G. Flammula (the Virgin's Bower), perhaps the commonest of the 

 family with the exception of G. Vitalba, the Traveller's Joy or Old 

 Man's Beard, which grows wild in our hedgerows bears small, white, 

 scented flowers in great profusion during the month of August, and 

 is useful for covering trellises, archways, and arbours. G. florida. 

 The type of this species bears large white flowers. Several varieties 

 have, however, been raised by nurserymen bearing both single and 

 double flowers of different tints, among the best of these being Duchess 

 of Edinburgh, double, white; John Gould Veitch, double, lavender- 

 blue ; and Lucy Lemoine, double, white. G. graveolens is a yellow- 

 flowered species from China, bears its flowers in July, and is a very 

 rapid climber, the flowers being followed by feathery seed-vessels. 

 G. Jackmani, a hybrid, is well known by its large, purple flowers, and is 

 grown in almost every town and village in England. Some of the best 

 varieties of this Clematis are the type, Jackmani alba, white; Gipsy Queen, 

 velvety-purple ; rubro violacea, maroon ; and velutina purpurea, blackish 

 mulberry. G. lanuginosa bears the largest flowers of any Clematis, 

 some of these exceeding seven inches in diameter. Anderson Henryi is 

 the best white ; while Otto Froebel, pale lavender-white ; Fairy Queen, 

 flesh-colour with pink stripe ; La France, violet-purple ; and the two 

 doubles, Venus Victrix, lavender; and Enchantress, white, are also 

 beautiful flowers. 0. montana. This is a very charming kind. It 

 flowers in May and June, and bears an abundance of ivory-white blooms 

 two inches in diameter. It is very vigorous in growth, and admirably 



