HARDY EXOTIC PLANTS 



FOR NATURALIZATION. 



THE BUTTERCUP FAMILY. 



Hare-bell Virgin's Bower. Clematis campaniflora. 

 Native country: S. Europe. Habit: a climber. Height: 

 6 to I o feet Colour of flower : purplish. Time of flower- 

 ing : summer. Manner of propagation : by seed, as in 

 all the kinds, to be sown as soon as gathered, division, or 

 layers. — Suitable positions : copses, banks, old stumps, 

 hedgerows, &c. in ordinary soil. 



American Traveller's Joy. Clematis Viorna. North 

 America. Climber ; 8 to lo feet ; purple ; summer and 

 early autumn ; seed, division, or layers. — Thin low copses, 

 open sunny banks, rootwork, hedgerows, etc. 



Vine-bower Clematis. Clematis Viticella. South 

 Europe. Climber; lo to i6 feet; blue or purple; 

 summer and early autumn ; seed or layers. — Fringes of 

 woods, copses, hedgebanks ; through wild or semi-wild 

 shrubby vegetation on high banks, tall old stumps, or 

 high rootwork. 



Sweet-scented Virgin's Bower. Clematis Flammula. 

 Southern Europe. Climber; lo to 30 feet; white; 

 autumn ; seed or layers. — Excellent for almost every use 

 to which a hardy climber may be put, and in the semi- 



