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will usually be well rooted by fall, at whicli time they may 

 be separated from the parent plant. Another method is 

 to select young growing shoots, and make a small notch 

 just below each bud ; then lay the branch in a very shal- 

 low trench, covering it with fine moss, but no soil ; keep 

 the moss Avell watered until new shoots have pushed from 

 each bud and roots are formed ; then a little soil may be 

 drawn over the main branch. Nearly every bud will thus 

 make a plant ; but as they will be generally more feeble 

 than those jH'oduced by the first method, it is best to take 

 them up and put in pots or boxes and placed in the green- 

 house or cellar during winter. Other methods of propa- 

 gation are often resorted to, such as dividing the old 

 stools, growing from green cuttings under glass, etc.; but 

 the above are the more common ways. 



VARIETIES. 



The following are some of the most beautiful varieties 

 among the many cultivated in this country : 



Clematis flannmula, — Small, white flowers, but very 

 fragrant. 



C pateyis. — Very large, azure blue, 



(7. lanuginosa, — Yeiy large blush lilac. 



C. Amelia. — Large, joale lilac. 



C. Helena. — Large, greenish white. See fig. 13, which 

 is the form of this variety. 



C. Sender sonii. — Large, dark blue. 



G: Sophia. — Large, pale blue Avith violet border. 



G. azurea grandiflora. — Large, blue. 



C. montana. — Large, pure white, purple center. 



