CLEMATIS 



BUTTEBGUP OBDEB 



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given below in sections, and it will be 

 seen that only a few have yet been 

 utilised by the hybridiser out of the many 

 kinds described above. 



The following is a list of the best 

 kinds for the flower garden. They are 

 arranged in the botanical sections to 

 which they belong, and the usual period 

 of flowering is given, so that a succession 

 of kinds may be arranged. The culture 

 and propagation are as described above 

 under the genus, p. 131. 



' FLORIDA ' SECTION 



The following produce large handsome 

 double flowers in summer from the old or 

 ripened wood. Care must therefore be 

 taken, when pruning or thinning, not to 

 cut the ripe wood away. 



Belle of Woking, beautiful silver-grey, 

 .June, 



Countess of Lovelace, bright bluish- 

 lilac, very fine, June. 



Duchess of Edinburgh, pure white, 

 deUciously scented, June and July. 



John Gould Veitch, lavender. 



Lucie Lemoine, white, with the centre 

 in the form of a rosette. 



' JACKMANNI ' SECTION 



These are aU summer and autumn 

 bloomers, flowers mostly large, produced 

 in masses on the current year's shoots. 



Alexandra, pale reddish-violet, very 

 free. 



Gypsy Queen, dark velvety purple, 

 attractive. 



JacTimammi, intense violet-purple, a 

 universal favourite. 



Jackmanni alba, a tinted white var., 

 very beautiful. 



Jackmanni ' Snoio Whdte,' pure white, 

 free. 



Jackmanni sv^erba, very dark violet- 

 purple, larger and of deeper colour than 

 Jackmanni, very profuse bloomer. 



Madame Ed. Andre, a free and distinct 

 variety with velvety-red flowers. 



Madame Orange, flowers crimson- 

 violet, with red bar in centre, a rich 

 colour, sepals prettUy crimped at the 



Prince of Wales, deep purple. 

 Sta/r of India, reddish-violet, with 

 purple tinge and red bars. 



' LANUGINOSA ' SECTION 



These flower summer and autumn, 

 producing their large flowers in succession 

 on short lateral shoots. 



Alba Magna, a very large white-flow- 

 ered variety of free growth. 



Beauty of Worcester, double and 

 single flowers of a lovely bluish-violet, 

 with white stamens. 



Blue Gem, pale blue. 



Excelsior, rich deep mauve. 



Fairy Queen, pale flesh with pink bar. 



Henryi, large creamy white, finely 

 formed, one of the best white autumn- 

 flowering Clematises. 



La France, deep violet-purple, dark 

 anthers, large and vigorous. 



Lady Caroline Neville, delicate bluish- 

 white with mauve bars, large and finely 

 formed. 



Marie Lefebvre, a fine mauve variety 

 with single flowers. 



Mme. Vam, Houtte, white suffused 

 mauve, free-flowering and a strong grower. 



Mrs. Hope, silvery-mauve. 



Nivea, large white, fine. 



Otto Frcebel, greyish- white. 



Princess of Wales, deep bluish -mauve, 

 with satiny surface, very fine. 



Purpurea elegans, deep purple. 



' PATENS ' SECTION 



These produce their large flowers in 

 spring and summer, on the old ripened 

 wood, a fact to be borne in mind when 

 thinning out. 



Lady Londesborough, bluish-lilac, 

 with pale purple bar. 



Miss Bateman, white, chocolate-red 

 anthers. 



Mrs. George Jaokmom, satiny white 

 with a creamy bar, flowers large and 

 produced in profusion spring and autumn. 



' VITICBLLA ' SECTION 



These varieties flower during the 

 summer and autumn in profuse masses. 



hybrida Sieboldvi, lavender. 



Lady Bovill, flowers greyish-blue, cup- 

 shaped, fine. 



rubra grandAfiora, bright claret-red, 

 profuse bloorher. 



THALICTRUM (Meadow Eue).— 

 A genus embracing about fifty species of 

 hardy herbs with perennial stems, nearly 

 all natives of the North temperate and 

 frigid regions. The leaves are ternately 

 decompound, and usually elegant in ap- 

 pearance ; when present on the stems, 

 alternate. Flowers green, yellow, purple, 

 or white, often polygamous, borne in 

 panicles or racemes, usually small, with 

 the stamens conspicuously protruding. 



