118 VINES 
This is one of the showiest of vines. The pure 
white flowers, an inch or so across, come late in 
August, when the vine becomes one mass of 
bloom. Nor is this vine to be despised for later 
effect, as the seed pods are very attractive early 
in September. It requires good, hard pruning; 
cut back at least one third of the previous season’s 
growth in early spring and remove all very weak 
shoots. This variety will attain a height of 
twenty feet. 
A similar variety, but one that must have the 
full sunlight, is C. Flammula. In this, also, the 
white flowers are followed by plumy seed pods. 
A more vigorous grower than either is the “trav- 
eller’s joy,” or “old man’s beard” (C. Vitalba), 
but the white flowers are smaller and less showy. 
It blooms in July and the succeeding feathery 
plumes are very conspicuous. With full sun- 
shine, and in good soil, it will run up thirty feet. 
A valuable variety for using in rockeries, or 
where any attempt at a rough, natural effect is 
made, but where there is plenty of sun, is the wild 
clematis (C. Virginiana). This is another small- 
flowering, white variety. It will attain a height 
of fifteen feet, but seems to be more at home 
scrambling over stumps and low hedges. The 
small-flowering type is cultivated more exten- 
