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TRAVELLER'S JOY. CLEMATIS. 



COMMON TRAVELLER'S JOY. VIRGIN'S BOWER. C. mtalba. 



Plate 7, fig. 17. 



In the East and South of England, where chalk abounds, this 

 is very frequent in hedge-rows and thickets, but rare in the 

 North of the kingdom flowering during the latter part of the 

 Summer and Autumn. Stems very long, climbing, branched, 

 and interlacing so with each other, that our plant is the emblem 

 of filial affection. 



" And gently as Clematis's clasping stem 

 Twines the sear leaf, and screens it from the blast, 

 So filial hearts, their tender care must cast 

 Around the mother plant that once supported them." 



Leaves pinnate, their stalks and midribs clinging round the 

 twigs of the bushes. Leaflets with a few deep notches. Stamens 

 numerous, yellow. Styles, and consequently seeds, also nume- 

 rous. Flowers very fragrant, of a white or pale cream color, 

 three together, each on its own stalk. Each seed as it ripens 

 become furnished with a long, feathery, white and soft awn, so 

 that the whole mass or head of them is very beautiful, and so 

 light that the smallest breath of air disturbs them. 



" To later Summer's fragrant breath, 

 Clematis's feathery garlands dance." 



Its very name implies it a favorite, and deservedly so, for its 

 beautiful appearance and delicious fragrance. 



" The Traveller's Joy is a darling thing, 



None loveth it more than I 

 I've seen it in courtly gardens cling, 

 I've seen it mid rocks and ruins spring, 

 I know hedge-rows where it's wandering, 



And I smile as I pass it by." 



ANEMONE. ANEMONE. 



WOOD ANEMONE. WIND FLOWER. Anemone nemorosa. 

 Plate 7, fig. 18. 



A pretty little plant of the woods and shady lanes, companion 

 to the Violet and the Primrose ; flowering in the stormy month 

 of March, (and therefore called the Wind Flower ;) though 

 without the sweetness of either, it is yet a favorite for its deli- 

 cate white or blush-colored, solitary, drooping, six-petaled 



