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taria alone holds a whole summer of fragrance 

 in its June cascade of bloom. Those who care 

 for variety have a number of kinds to choose 

 from, though none equals the robust, hardy, and 

 free-flowering Chinese blue. It is at home in 

 any exposure, and only needs support to a suffi- 

 cient height to prove one of the finest ornaments 

 of the garden. By planting it on the north and 

 on the south side of the house, its flowering 

 period may be greatly extended, a vine placed in 

 the former position coming into bloom just as 

 one in a southern exposition is passing. 



The numerous species and varieties of vir- 

 gin's-bower, or Clematis, are beautiful for veran- 

 da and trellis decoration, as well as for fence- 

 screens, for pillars along garden-walks, and for 

 training on walls and arbors. Few hardy plants 

 afford such combined beauty, luxuriance, and 

 continuous bloom. For a full description of its 

 hundred species and varieties, the reader should 

 consult Moore and Jackman's " Clematis as a 

 Garden Flower," the most comprehensive trea- 

 tise on the subject. Of the several types, the 

 Jackmanni and Viticella are the most gener- 

 ally seen the common Jackmanni, all things 

 considered, being the most satisfactory repre- 

 sentative of the genus ; these flower during sum- 

 mer and autumn in continuous masses on sum- 



