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PBACTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS clematis 



Cuttings may also be made from the 

 young shoots, cut almost to every eye and 

 placed in a hotbed in sandy soil early in 

 spring. The garden hybrids are generally 

 grafted in spring on the roots of such 

 species as C. Vitalha, O. Viticella and 

 0. Flammula, but unsatisfactory results 

 often follow owing to an imperfect union 

 between stock and scion, and also 

 perhaps because growth in spring begins, 

 or tries to begiu, in one before the other. 

 If the scion, for example, would natur- 

 ally start into growth on its own roots 

 a week or so in advance of the stock, it 

 is easy to see that trouble would arise 

 from this cause ; and the same with the 

 stock starting into growth before the 

 scion was naturally ready to absorb the 

 sap. Increase by cuttings and layers is 

 now more general in many places, but 

 many kinds also admit of being divided at 

 the root in spring or autumn in favour- 

 able weather. 



C. aethusifolia. — A graceful climber, 

 4-6 ft. high, from N. China, with small 

 twice or thrice pinnatisect leaves with 

 narrow linear lobes. The beU-shaped or 

 tubular flowers are half an inch or more 

 long, yellowish-white, and are produced 

 in great profusion in summer. The variety 

 latisecta is distinguished from the type by 

 its larger leaf segments. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. alpina {Atragene alpina; A. aus- 

 triaca; A. sibirica). — A pretty climber 

 from the mountains of Europe. The 

 biternate leaves have ovate-lance-shaped, 

 pointed, serrate leaflets. Flowers in May 

 vary from blue to white ; petals 10-12, 

 linear at the base, dilated at the apex. 

 There is a white-flowered variety named 

 alha. 



Culture da. as above. 



C. apiifolia. — A vigorous species aboiit 

 10 ft. high, native of China and Japan. It 

 has temate leaves, and dull white flowers, 

 3-4 in. across, in August and September. 



C. brevicaudata (or C. Pieroti), with 

 pinnate or twice temate leaves, and small 

 white flowers, is very near this. 



Cultu/re Sc. as above. 



C. aromatica [C. ocerulea odorata). — A 

 slender sub-shrubby species, 4-6 ft. high, 

 probably of hybrid origin between C. 

 mtegri/oKa and C. recta. The leaves 

 have five shortly stalked or almost sessile 

 lobes more or less ovate-oblong in shape. 

 The sweet-scented solitary flowers appear 



in smnmer and are about 2 in. across and 

 of a deep violet-blue. 



Cultu/re Sc. as above. 



C. caerulea (C azurea grandAflora). — 

 A Japanese species with spreading hairy 

 ternate leaves, having ovate-acute entfre 

 leaflets. The large violet-coloured flowers 

 with deep purple stamens are produced 

 about June and July. 



Many garden forms have originated 

 from this species. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. calycina (C. balearica, A. Eich). — 

 This species — a native of Corsica and 

 Minorca — is hardy only in the south of 

 England and the milder parts of the 

 British Isles. The ternate leaves have 

 3-lobed stalked and deeply toothed 

 leaflets, which in winter assume a fine 

 bronzy tint. The greenish-yeUow bell- 

 shaped flowers are about 2 in. across, and 

 heavily spotted with reddish-purple. They 

 are produced from January to April in 

 clusters of four or five and look very 

 attractive at that season. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species should be sheltered by growing on 

 a south waU. It likes a rich loamy soil, 

 and is best left to ramble about at wiU, 

 as it dislikes the use of the knife. The 

 foliage is evergreen, and during the 

 autumn and winter months may be used 

 for room decoration with flowers, owing 

 to its rather attractive tints. 



C. campaniflora. — A Portuguese 

 cUmber, 12-18 ft. high, having biternately 

 cut leaves, subdivided into about twenty- 

 four entire or 3-lobed leaflets. The pale 

 violet or white beU-shaped flowers are 

 about one inch across, and are freely 

 produced in Jime and July. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. cirrhosa (C. balearica, Pers.). — An 

 evergreen climber 8-10 ft. high. Natiije 

 of Spain, Algiers, and the mountains of 

 N. Africa. Leaves ovate, somewhat heart- 

 shaped, toothed. Flowers dull white or 

 cream-coloured, about l^^in. across, downy 

 outside, smooth within, produced in droop- 

 ing clusters about March and April. 



Culture So. as above. 



C. coccinea (0. texensis). — A beautiful 

 species from Texas, with stems 6-10 ft. 

 high, which in this country usually die 

 down in winter. The flowers vary in 

 colour from crimson to scarlet, and are 

 swollen at the base, the tips of the 4 

 leathery sepals being recurved. They 



