VINES AND CLIMBING PLANTS. 281 



flowers, about an inch or a little more in length, are yery 

 singular. They are dark yellow, spotted with brown, in 

 shape like a bent siphon-like tube, which opens at the ex- 

 trem'ty, the whole flower resembling, as close as possible, 

 a very small Dutchman's pipe, whence the vine is frequently 

 so called by the country people. It flowers in the begin- 

 ning of summer, and the foliage, during the whole growing 

 season, has a very rich and luxuriant appearance. Aristo- 

 lochia tomentosa is a smaller species, with leaves and 

 flowers of less size, the former downy or hairy on the under 

 surface. 



The various kinds of Clematis, though generally kept 

 ^vithin the precincts of the garden, are capable of adding 

 to the interest of the pleasure ground, when they are 

 planted so as to support themselves on the branches of 

 trees. The common White Clematis or Virgin's Bower 

 (C. virginica) is one of the strongest growing kinds, often 

 embellishing with its pale white blossoms, the whole 

 interior and even the very tops of our forest trees in 

 the middle states. After these have fallen, they are 

 succeeded by large tufts of brown, hairy-like plumes, 

 appendages to the clusters of seeds, which give the whole 

 a very unique and interesting look. The Wild Atragene, 

 with large purple flowers, which blossom early, has much 

 the same habit as the Clematis, to which, indeed, it is nearly 

 related. Among the finest foreign species of this genus 

 are, the Single and Double-flowered purple Clematis 

 (C. viticella and its varieties), which, though slender in their 

 stems, run to considerable height, are very pretty, and 

 blossom profusely. The sweet scented and the Japan 

 Clematis (C jlammula and C. fiorida), the former 

 very fragrant, and the latter beautiful, " are perhaps too 



