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and most widely known) are also very effec- 

 tive, particularly when planted at the foot 

 of a large bush or small tree and allowed 

 to develop freely. As a rule the Clematises 

 require good deep loam, and they appre- 

 ciate a little lime in the soil. It is a good 

 plan to place them so that the roots are 

 shaded from fierce sun, for, although the 

 upper parts of the branches love sun, the 

 lower parts of the stems are often injured 

 unless protected by spruce branches or a 

 slate, at any rate for the first season. The 

 chief sets of garden Clematises are classed 

 under the following headings : Jackmanii, 

 Lanuginosa, Viticella, Patens and Florida 



Patens and Florida. These groups have 

 been derived from species or wild plants 

 bearing those names, the former being a 

 native of China and Japan and the latter a 

 native of Japan. Both sets blossom during 

 May and early June from old wood, there- 

 fore they must not be pruned in spring. 



In fact, they get along very well with com- 

 paratively little pruning ; all that is neces- 

 sary is to remove dead wood and weak tips 

 of branches after the flowers are over. Good 

 varieties are : 



Patens. Fair Rosamond, blush- white ; 

 Lady Londesborough, silver, with reddish 

 marks ; Mrs. S. C. Baker, pinkish-white ; 

 Nellie Moser, blush-white, with red marks ; Sir 

 Garnet Wolseley, blue, with reddish marks. 



Florida. Belle of Woking, silver-grey, 

 double ; Duchess of Edinburgh, white, 

 double ; Countess of Lovelace, bluish-lilac, 

 double ; John Gould Veitch, lavender, 

 double ; Lucy Lemoine, double white. 



The other three groups may be pruned 

 back to within a- few buds of the base of the 

 previous year's shoots in February, as they 

 all blossom from the current year's wood. 

 The following selection of varieties are 

 worthy representatives of each group. 



i. Anderson Henryi, lavender ; 



Old Man's Beard or Traveller's Joy (Clematis Vitalba). 



