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especially beautiful. Of the Lanuginosa types 

 one may recommend Princess of Wales, La 

 France, Fairy Queen, the Madame van 

 Houtte, Marcel Moser, Beauty of Worcester, 

 Mrs. Hope, Nelly Moser and the Mrs. George 

 Jackman. Of the Viticella Clematis some of 

 the finest are Willisoni, Venosa, Ville de Lyon, 

 and the Ville de Paris. Of the Patens species 

 the Miss Bateman, Mrs. S. C. Zaker, the 

 Queen and the Mrs. Quilter are not to be neg- 

 lected and the effective Hybrid coccineas, — 

 Duchess of Albany, Grace Darling, and Lady 

 Northcliffe are especially beautiful. The gar- 

 den-maker will find the Jackmanii group 

 hardy and the Viticella group hardy likewise. 

 As they are prolific feeders, they require good 

 soil and fertilizing. The Lanuginosa group 

 produces unusually large flowers, the lovely 

 violet-tinged Beauty of Worcester often pro- 

 ducing flowers over four inches in diameter, 

 while the writer has seen blossoms of the Mar- 

 cel Moser that measured some eight inches in 

 breadth. Generally speaking the Florida 

 types and the Patens type thrive best when in 

 shelter. The Queen (of the Patens type) 

 bears lavender blossoms from four to five inch- 



