216 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



the clematis, the canes are very weak and easily injured 

 or broken. The flowers are intense violet-purple, large, 

 and much out of proportion to the weak vine. When 

 planted in a sheltered place with wire netting to protect it 

 from being broken, it often grows well for several years, 

 but the average experience with it is that it is destroyed in 

 one way or another after a few years' growth. 



FIG. 120. JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Japonica Halliana). 



WHITE CLEMATIS (C. Henryii], Fig. 119. Flowers of 

 the same size and form as the last, but pure white in color. 



JAPANESE OR SWEET-SCEKTED CLEMATIS (0. paniculate?), 

 Fig. 119. A rapid-growing vine, producing clusters of star- 

 shaped sweet-scented white flowers in wonderful profusion 

 in September. A promising addition to our list of late- 

 flowering climbing plants. 



