THE ^mr^'T.ll^' cLK.^fATrs. %?> 



spocics noticed above, ravcly (>N.t('n(liny' licyond ten to 

 tifteea feet. It is a native of Snulh I'AU'ope and North 

 Africa, and seai'celv hardy en(int;li for the climate of 

 London, lint thrives in a cool conservatory and on open 

 walls that are well sheltered. Miller, the renowned 

 manager of the Chelsea Botanic (iarden, said: ""Those 

 which have lieen growino- in the open air at Chelsea more 

 than fiftv years have resisted the greatest cold witho\it 

 covering," But Mr. jMoore, the i)resent I'urator there, 

 says, " It gets cut to the ground in severe winters, ev(>n 

 in Devonshire.'^ In the woody ]jarts of the Atlas 

 ^Mountains and ahout Algiers it is a vigorous climber 

 and a strangler of trees ; Ijut here its \igour is sul.idued, 

 and it makes no impression of a capability to give a 

 character to forest scenerv. Its Howers are white or 

 cream-coloured, and somewhat campannlate in structnre. 



A new and brilliant clematis should here be mentioned, 

 as it is a most valuable aci|uisition to the garden — the 

 scarlet virgin"'s bower [(\ nii-ciiicii). It is of light elegant 

 hahit, the leaves roundish, the flowers borne on long 

 slender stems ; they an; bell-shaped, of wax-like consist- 

 ence, and a brilliant scarlet colour. It is likely t() become 

 a general favourite, Iieing jierfeetly hardy, and needing 

 no special conditions for its growth. 



For cultivators who take special interest in plants of 

 this class we can also recommend C. cinnpiinijhira , with 

 bell-shajied flowers of a lig-ht purple colmir ; (_'. crecln, 

 with large white flowers; ('. I iihvlofta , with flowers like 

 those of a hyacinth, the colour lilue ; and ('. ril K-rlln , with 

 lilue flowers. These are all adapted for rockeries, bowers, 

 and other rustic scenes. 



An effective mode of displaj'ing a collection of clematis 



