VII. LIST OF SHRUBS. 



34 2. CISTUS, or ROCK-ROSE, the laurel-leaved. 

 Lat. Cistus laurifolius. Fr. Ciste a feuilles de Laurier. 

 A hardy shrub from the south of France and from Spain, 

 about six feet high, and blows a large white flower in 



June and July. GUM CISTUS. Lat. Cistus Ladaniferus. 



Fr. Ciste LadanifZre. A hardy and very beautiful shrub, 

 about six or eight feet high, and blows, in June and July, a 

 beautiful large white flower, with violet spots in the inside. 

 Propagated by cuttings taken in the summer, which take 

 root in about six weeks, if well ripened young wood be 

 chosen for the purpose, and put under a hand-glass, and 

 not crowded together too much. CISTUS, the white- 

 leaved. Lat. Cistus Albldus. Fr. Ciste Cotvnneux. A 

 shrub of the south of Europe j is three or four feet high, 

 and blows a purplish flower in June and July. It will 

 sometimes live in the open ground, but it is best to keep 

 some plants in a house. Propagated by sowing the seed 

 in April, in pots in a hot-bed ; and when the young 

 plants have five or six leaves, they must be planted, sepa- 

 rately, in very small pots, and put in the shade, or in a 

 shaded bed, to strike. Also propagated by cuttings 

 made in summer. 



343. CLEMATIS, or VIRGIN'S BOWER. Lat. 

 Clematis mticella. Fr. Clematite bleue A hardy plant, 

 common enough in gardens : it is a climber, and is 

 suited to bowers and trellis-work, or for other con- 

 spicuous places. Blows a bluish purple flower in July 

 and August, and is easily propagated by layers, or from 

 the seed, which ripens in abundance, or by parting roots. 

 Any soil will suit it. 



