CLEMATIS 



BUTTEBCUP OBDEB 



CLEMATIS 135 



and shortly stalked, ovate, lance-shaped, 

 acute, leathery leaflets 1-1 i in. long, with 

 sunken veins. Flowers in June, white 

 with greenish-yeUow stamens, and oblong 

 spoon-shaped sepals. 

 Culture do, as above. 



C. paniculata. — A Japanese species 

 the stems of which attain a length of 

 about 30 ft. Leaves pinnate with entire 

 oval heart-shaped acute leaflets. From 

 July to September the dullish white 

 flowers, which resemble those of O. 

 Flammula, and have a Hawthorn- or 

 Daphne-like fragrance, are produced in 

 many-flowered panicles. 



Culture cmd Propagation. — This plant 

 does best trained against a sunny wall, or 

 for covering old tree stumps, pUlars &c., 

 in warm southern parts. The stems may 

 be out down to within a foot or so of the 

 ground in winter to keep the plant within 

 bounds. 



C. patens. — Also a native of Japan, 

 6-10 ft. high with leaves composed of 3-5 

 segments smaller and narrower than in C. 

 lanuginosa to which it is akin. Flowers 

 in May and June, with 6-8 delicate 

 mauve sepals. 



Many garden varieties, some of which 

 are mentioned below, have larger flowers 

 with white, deep blue, or violet sepals. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. Pitcheri (C color adensis). — A 

 pretty and distinct plant 9-12 ft. high, 

 native of Colorado and Western America. 

 Its leaves consist of 3-9 ovate or heart- 

 shaped, entire or 8-lobed leaflets, the 

 uppermost leaves being often simple. 

 The duU purplish, bell-shaped flowers, 

 each about 1 in. long and | in. wide 

 at the swollen base, appear during 

 July and August, and have narrow 

 recurved sepals, the tips of which are 

 often yellow. The reddish-purple fruits 

 have thread-like tails slightly silky. 



The variety lasiostyUs is distinguished 

 by the recurved sepals being tipped with 

 deep purple-blue and by the deeper 

 coloured and more hairy fruits; and 

 Sargenti is a small-flowered form of the 

 type. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. recta (C. erecta). — A species with 

 erect herbaceous stems 2-3 ft. high, native 

 of Southern and Eastern Europe. The 

 pinnate leaves have entire, ovate, pointed. 



stalked leaflets. Flowers from June to 

 August, numerous, in dense corymbs, 

 white and sweetly scented, each about an 

 inch across. The variety florepleno is not 

 often seen. It differs in having double 

 flowers in rather denser clusters. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 may be increased by dividing the roots. 



C. reticulata. — A climber from the 

 S. United States with leathery pro- 

 minently net- veined leaves ; the uppei 

 ones simple elliptic ; lower ones pinnate 

 with 7-9 variable leaflets. Flowers in 

 September, dull green outside, purple 

 within, solitary, drooping on long stalks. 

 Sepals united, recurved at the tips, and 

 thick and fleshy in texture. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. rhodochlora. — A garden variety 

 with simple broadly oval, or somewhat 

 heart-shaped shortly stalked leaves. 

 Flowers about 2 Ln. across, with 2 small 

 wine-red sepals and 2 large green ones. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Robertsiana. — This species has 

 only recently been discovered 10,000- 

 11,000 ft. up on the mountains of 

 Afghanistan, and is probably not yet in 

 cultivation. Flowers solitary, 3-5 in. 

 across, pale lemon-yellow, closely re- 

 sembling C. alpina in shape. 



Culture dc. as above 



C. Stanley!. — A remarkable species 

 2-3 ft. high, native of S. Africa. It is 

 shrubby rather than climbing in habit, 

 and the stems die down to the ground 

 every winter, new ones sprouting up in 

 spring. The leaves are twice pinnate 

 with variously cut lobes, and are naostly 

 covered with soft silky white hairs, 

 although a few leaves are greenish but 

 hairy. The flowers are produced during 

 the summer months in the axils of the 

 leaves, and vary from 2 to 3 in. across, the 

 sepals being at first cup-shaped, but after- 

 wards spreading out flat. They vary in 

 colour from deep violet or puce to rose- 

 purple, and almost white, and are in 

 strong contrast to the large bunch of 

 bright yellow stamens in the centre. 

 When in fruit the plants present an 

 elegant appearance, owing to the long 

 silvery-white tails resembling miniature 

 ostrich feathers. 



Cult/wre and Propagation. — In mild 

 winters this species is fairly hardy as far 

 north as the Thames Valley, but it is 



