FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



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C. Viticella. — Spain, 1569. This is a well-known 

 species of not too rampant growth, and a native of Spain 

 and Italy. The flowers vary a good deal in colour, but 

 in the typical plant they are reddish-purple and produced 

 throughout the summer. Crossed with C. lanuginosa, 

 this species has produced many ornamental and beautiful 

 hybrids. There is a double-flowered variety. 



C. Williamsi (syn C. Fortwnel). — Japan, 1863. The 

 fragrant white flowers of this species are semi-double, and 

 consist of about a hundred oblong-lanceolate sepals 

 narrowed to the base. The leathery leaves are trifoliolate 

 with heart-shaped leaflets. It proves quite hardy, and 

 has several varieties. 



Gaeden Varieties. — As well as the above there are 

 many beautiful garden hybrids, some of which in point of 

 floral colouring far outvie the parent forms. Included 

 in the following list are a few of the most beautiful 

 kinds : — 



Albert Victor. 

 Alexandra. 

 Beauty of Worcester. 

 Belle of Woking. 

 Blue Gem. 

 Duchess of Albany. 

 Duchess of Edinburgh. 

 Edith Jackman. 

 Fairy Queen. 

 Imperatrice Eugenie. 

 John Gould Veitch. 

 Lady Bovill. 

 Lilacina floribunda. 



Lord Beaconsfield. 



Lucie Lemoine. 



Madame Baron Veillard. 



Miss Bateman. 



Mrs. A. Jackman. 



Othello. 



Prince of Wales. 



Rubella. 



Star of India. 



Stella. 



Venus Victrix. 



William Kennett. 



The Clematis is by no means particular as to soil, 

 and succeeds and flowers freely in light, rich loam that 

 is well drained. 



