THE GARDEN AT HOME 



which produces a profusion of white blossom in May ; it 

 will reach to a great height in a few years, and never fails 

 when May, its flowering time, comes round.. 



There are some very handsome sorts among the named 

 varieties of Clematis ; their slender growths and large, 

 showy blossoms fit them admirably for planting against the 

 walls of the house. The old purple Jackmani is still one 

 of the best of its colour. Mme. Edouard Andre and Jack- 

 mani rubra are varieties of dark red shade ; Lady North- 

 cliffe, the best blue ; Star of India, violet blue ; Jack- 

 mani alba, white ; Nellie Moser, white with red bands ; 

 Beauty of Worcester, violet blue, are a few of the many 

 sorts that are at the disposal of the home gardener. 



The Clematis is one of the easiest of all climbers to 

 grow when once it is well established, but sometimes it is 

 difficult to get it to make a start. The chief aids to success 

 are to plant in March in well-dug soil, with which broken 

 lime and brick rubble are mixed, and to shade the base 

 of the stem from hot sunshine. The latter is often the 

 means of saving plants that might otherwise collapse. 

 Walls facing south and west suit the Clematis best, 

 although the purple Jackmani seems to thiive in any 

 position except that facing north. 



The two familiar Jasmines the sweet-scented, summer- 

 flowering white one (officinale), and the winter flowering 

 sort with yellow blooms (nudicaule) are charming plants 

 for the house wall, for one provides pale, fragrant blossom 

 in high summer, and the other flashes its little yellow 



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