GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



C. Jackmanii, with its large, flat, star-shaped 

 flowers, is also a Japanese vine generally hardy near 

 the sea and noticeable during the warm, sweet days 

 of June. It is useful in places where bloom rather 

 than close leafage is desired. In fact, its foliage is not 

 at all impressive. It is most beautiful when planted 

 against the soft gray tones of stucco houses and in 

 places where there is no strong, combative color to 

 vie with the deep bluish purple of its flowers. 



There are also large-flowered clematises of lighter 

 color than the Jackmanii, such as C. lanuginosa, and 

 C. Henryi, a beautiful white type. 



The wild clematis of America, traveler's joy, or 

 virgin's bower, C. Virginiana, is a beautiful vine about 

 which much lore and many pleasant things have been 

 written. Its white, slightly scented flowers are not 

 only attractive in summer, but they leave as a remem- 

 brance of them many seed vessels with fantastic 

 feathery styles, curious enough to look upon. The 

 foliage is well cut and attractive. The habit of this 

 vine is to form clumps and to intertwine in masses 

 on low walls. It is extremely hardy and can usually 

 be successfully transplanted from its wild haunts to 

 the home grounds. 



C. crispa, a native of the southern United States, 

 is not nearly so well known as the traveler's joy. Its 

 fragrant, solitary, nodding flowers, crimped about 

 their edges like tissue paper and of an exquisite shade 

 of blue with silver sheen, are infinitely lovely. This 

 vine grows best in somewhat low, wet ground, con- 

 ditions which seldom prevail by the sides of porches 



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