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mer shoots. The Lanuginosa type, of which 

 the white C. Henryi is the finest example, flow- 

 ers during the summer and autumn succession- 

 ally on short lateral summer shoots ; flowers dis- 

 persed. The Vtticella type, represented by C. 

 v. venosa, C. v. modesta, etc., blossoms in the 

 summer and autumn, successionally, in masses, 

 on summer shoots. The Graveolens type, flow- 

 ering on the young growing summer wood, 

 some of which are odorous, comprises a series 

 of hardy, fast-growing species of easy culture. 

 The Montana, Patens, and Florida types blos- 

 som on the old wood, and include the earliest or 

 spring-flowering divisions of the family. The 

 Patens type has supplied a large number of va- 

 rieties, some of which are sweet-scented. To 

 this section belong the fine, large varieties, Edith 

 Jackson, Fair Rosamond, Miss Bateman, and 

 others. In whatever form or color it occurs, 

 whether appearing in sheets of purple, like 

 Jackmanm' or Alexander, or wreathing a road- 

 side hedge with white garlands, like our native 

 virgin 's-bower, the clematis is a flower which 

 always claims our admiration. 



Most of the clematis are easily grown in rich, 

 deep, friable loam, and should be mulched with 

 old manure in winter, and given abundance of 

 water during dry weather. Partial shade 'serves 



