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species was previously propagated in England 

 by Mr. Hugh Morgan, as early as 1569. The 

 flowers of this kind of clematis are of a bell 

 shape, and generally of a dingy blue or purple 

 colour, although there is a variety of it with 

 red flowers, as also one with double blossoms. 

 The long-flowered virgin's bower, Clematis 

 cylindria, was introduced from North Ame- 

 rica in the year 1802, by Messrs. Gordon and 

 Thompson, nurserymen, at Mile-End. This 

 species is much more ornamental than the 

 former one, as the flower-petals are of a fine 

 violet colour, edged with white, and white in 

 the inside. The yellow-flowered virgin's 

 bower, Clematis ochorlenca, is also a native of 

 North America, where it was observed by 

 Bannister, and cultivated in this countrv in 

 1767, by Mr. James Gordon. This species 

 flowers in June and July. 



The best mode of propagating these plants, 

 is by laying down the branches in the begin- 

 ning of July, soon after they have made their 

 first shoots, for it is these young branches of 

 the same year, which take root most freely. 

 When increased by cuttings, they should be 

 planted in March, in pots filled with good 

 earth, and plunged into a moderate hot bed, 

 shaded from the sun, and watered two or 

 three times a week, and in less than two 



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