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of these plants ; the two best known of which are C. Jackmani and rubro 

 violacca. In size they are fully equal to the one parent, while they combine 

 the colors of both. C. nibclla and lanuginosa Candida and nivca are fine 

 hybrids, — the former with maroon velvet, and the two latter with white 

 flowers. 



There is a great difference in the blooming of clematis : some only flower 

 on the old well-ripened wood of the last year, as azurea grandiflora and 

 Fortunii{z. fine white-flowering species) ; but others, as all the viticella group, 

 blossom freely on the spring growth. This fact should be borne in mind 

 in pruning, which should never be done until the buds begin to swell in 

 the spring, as before this it is veiy difficult to distinguish the dead wood 

 from the living, especially if any part have been winter-killed. These hybrids 

 of Messrs. Jackman partake of the viticella habit in flowering on the young 

 wood ; and it is by this they that are rendered particularly valuable, as they 

 may thus be had in bloom during all the summer months. 



They are recommended for bedding out. The shoots being pegged down 

 to the ground, the eyes starting into growth give a profusion of flower. 

 This mode of growth has been very successful in England, and we intend 

 to give it a fair trial the present summer. 



The treatment is very simple. The plants should be set very closely, 

 about eighteen inches apart, in rich loam well manured : as the shoots pro- 

 gress, they should be pegged down ; and in autumn a good covering of coarse 

 litter or leaves should be put over the whole bed. 



Another method is to tie the plant to a stake ; and in autumn cut the 

 ties, and, allowing the plant to fall to the ground, to cover as above. 



The subject of our illustration is a new English seedling, of a light gray- 

 ish-blue color and fine cup-shaped form, called Lady Covill, also a seed- 

 ling of Messrs. Jackman. 



Clematis may be increased by seed or by cuttings, in sandy loam under a 

 bell-glass with slight bottom-heat. 



In conclusion, we urge on all who have a spare trellis to plant one or 

 more Clematis. For general cultivation, C. azurea grandiflora is the best 

 and most showy ; and yet we should hardly know how to be without the 

 pretty viticella group, or the fragrant blossoms of C.Jlaminula. 



E. S. R., Jun. 



Glen Ridge, April, 1868. 



