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fairly well in most locations. It has large leaves and 

 flowers like an old-fashioned pipe. 



Clematis. These are very popnlar climbers, and are 

 planted in immense quantities. 



Ere da. This is very hardy and satisfactory. It is 

 rare, and there are hardly enough for the demand. It 

 is herbaceous, like the paeony, and blossoms about the 

 same time. In fact, the two go well together, and the 

 great groups of snowy white flowers do nicely for the 

 backgTound for a boquet of these charming blooms. 

 It grows about three feet tall, and bears immense 

 masses of white flowers. It is increased by root divi- 

 sion and from seeds, which are borne in gTeat profusion. 



The Paniculata. This is a marvelous bloomer, and 

 pours out its beauty in a flood of white. I have them 

 growing beside the hardy Virginia creeper. The leaves 

 of the latter are killed by the first hard frost, and then 

 is the time for the Paniculata to get in its work. When 

 most of the other flowers are gone these come on in 

 the greatest abundance. I have cut large armfuls for 

 church decorations and for weddings. They are very 

 effective where you want massive wreaths or wish them 

 to adorn large rooms for festive occasions. 



The Jachmanni is one of the most beautiful, and at 

 the same time one of the most aggravating things I have 

 ever known. Once in a while thej^ will live and grow 

 and cover the side of a building ^yith a profusion of 

 rich violet-purple flowers. But as a general thing you 

 have to plant about a dozen to get one to live. I have 

 had them do well and groAv eight or ten feet and be 



