GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 
care if they only have something to climb on, and 
spread rapidly. 
The hardy vines are not so easily disposed of. 
For instance, the clematis (with accent on the 
clem,) numbers throughout the world about one 
hundred and fifty species,—generally climbers,—in 
white, blue, purple, red and yellow, and ranges from 
the 2-ft. shrubby kind to the 25-ft. vine. While our 
common mountain clematis (Montana grandiflora) 
flowers as early as April, the Jackmani in mid-sum- 
mer, and the Paniculata often as late as September, 
the Henryi is seen even in November. And while 
some can be grown from seed, the rest have to be 
propagated by cutting or grafting. 
WARNING 
Right here let me again urge you to make sure of 
the particular kind of flower, plant or vine that you 
get, so that you will know how to treat it, and not 
count on flowers in June from a variety that blos- 
soms in September, or expect purple posies from 
the white sort. The gentleman printing this book 
will not let me take space enough to go into de- 
tails about every thing I mention (he says paper 
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