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several species of plants allied to the Lapageria, 

 but unclassified as to species, that very much re- 

 semble the English Ivy and that show unusual 

 habits of growth. One of these is said to bear 

 excellent fruit. 



At three years of age, when the first blossoms 

 appeared, the strongest plants were about fifteen 

 feet high. Among the thousands of seedlings, 

 there is enough difference in the form of 

 foliage, rapidity of growth, and other character- 

 istics to show that the plant is susceptible of 

 improvement even in the first generation of 

 seedlings from wild stock. 



Experiments in hybridizing these new plants 

 with Lapageria, and further experiments in 

 selection in the hope of securing a new vine that 

 combines with other good qualities the property 

 of fruit production, are contemplated. 



The clematis is a plant that im'^ 

 proves with acquaintance. There 

 is a great variety among the 

 forms already under cultivation, 

 and through hybridisation with 

 wild species still greater variation 

 may be induced. 



