THE MOUNTAIN 

 CLEMATIS. 



I7i iiialix iiio/i/iiiKi. 



!i;(;iX'S JiOWEK ami (nivrl- 

 lor's jiiy are iiainrs (if wliieb 

 any wild vino may liu |iruiul. 

 Our cluinati.s up Uu' hedyv- 

 i'(_i\\s and rad\va\- banks is 

 tile only British sj^icries, and 

 it is so l)L'autirul as it grows 

 up abox'c all tlio more rulmst 

 veg'etation ol:' au old hedye- 

 I'liW in a rbalk (.•(iuntr\', that 

 it seems to prejiare iiuv minds 

 ill give weleome to the miuiy 

 barily speeies nt clematis tliat 

 lia\-e been brought into our 

 ri nil the must, distant ]iarts dl" 

 Of these we have ah'eady dis- 

 e(.iursed, but the present ligure takes us away from the 

 Jiirl;iiiaiiii'i grnnp i(\ une less attractive Imt rrnt less in- 

 teresting, and, we must say, not less beautiful, thuiigh 

 its beauty is of a cpiieter order, ami is supplemented by 

 a fresh fragrance thai gives general delight. 



The mountiiin elematis is a native of the Ilinialayaii 

 ^Mountains, and is perfe>,'tly hard} lu the English garden. 



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