CLEMATIS 137 



The Japanese Clematis, Clematis pamcu- 

 lata, is a vigorous climber and bears feathery 

 clusters of small, greenish-white flowers of 

 pleasing fragrance. This species may be prop- 

 agated by seed, is easily transplanted and is 

 of rapid growth. Its lovely foliage makes it 

 an ideal porch or pillar vine and the feathery, 

 smoky filaments of the tufted seedpods in late 

 autumn enhance the great beauty of this plant. 

 Clematis paniculata is also an excellent vine 

 for garden arches. Sunny positions are rec- 

 ommended for it. This vine has a decided ad- 

 vantage over many others in that it will stand 

 close pruning in the winter season without det- 

 riment to its spring and sununer growth the 

 season following. The Clematis Armandii in 

 this same group (Bectce) is only suited to a 

 warm, temperate region or for greenhouse cul- 

 ture, as is also the late-summering Clematis 

 crassifolia, likewise of Chinese origin. While 

 the exquisite fragrance of the mid-summer 

 blooming English Clematis flammula renders 

 it one of our choicest garden vines, it is, at the 

 same time, one of the most fragile and not 

 suflBciently robust to weather the more severe 

 climate of the northern section of our country. 



