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wire or wood. To obtain quicker results three 

 plants may be grown in one pot. The soil must 

 be of a rich loamy nature and well drained. 

 Plenty of water and frequent supplies of 

 manure-water are necessary in the growing 

 season. Any light, airy house where the winter 

 temperature ranges between 40° and 50° will do 

 for them. To obtain plants in flower by April 

 or May they must be taken inside during Jan- 

 uary. By introducing batches at subsequent 

 intervals a succession of flowering plants is 

 ensured. After flowering, the plants may be 

 taken out of doors to thoroughly ripen the 

 growths, which is an important matter. Owing 

 to the late date at which they flower the Jack- 

 mani and Viticella groups are not suitable for 

 growing in this way. The lanuginosa group 

 furnishes the most popular varieties, but the 

 patens and florida groups are also suitable. The 

 following varieties may be specially recom- 

 mended for pot-culture : — 



Imperatrice Eugenie, Purpurea elegans, Princess of 

 Wales (fig. 526), Sensation, Madame Van Houtte, Fairy 

 Queen, Marie Lefebvre, Belle of Woking, Venus Victrix, 

 and Mrs. Geo. Jackman. 



Selection of Soets foe Geneeal Cultivation. 



7. — Patens Group. 



Blooms from May to July from the wood made the 

 previous season. The species itself was introduced from 



Fig- 5-27.— Clematis Beauty of Worcester. 



Japan in 1836. It has bluish-lilac flowers, 5 inches to 

 6 inches across. 



Edouard Besfossi. Deep-mauve. 



Fair Rosamond. Blush -white, red bar on sepal? 

 Marcel Moser. French-white, pink bar. 

 Mrs. Geo. Jackman. White with creamy bar. 



Fig. 528.— Clematis Madame Edouard Andre. 



Sir Garnet Wolseley. Pale-blue, with plum-red bars 

 The Queen. Violet, 6 inches across, scented. 



II. — Florida Group. 



These flower on the wood of the previous season, but 

 the flowers of the earliest varieties do not appear till 

 June. The plants are on the whole less vigorous than 

 the others; C. florida, the type, is a large -flowered species, 

 brought from Japan in 1776. 



Belle of Woking. Silvery-gray, double. 



Countess of Lovelace. Bright bluish -lilac, anthers yellow. 



John Gould Veitch. Pale-blue; from Japan in 1862. 



Lucie Lemoine. White, double ; anthers yellow. 



Venus Victrix. Delicate-lavender, double. 



III. — Lanuginosa Group. 



The most important group. The introduction of the 

 parent species in 1851 may be said to have been the 

 genesis of the garden race as we know it to-day. It 

 flowers from June to October on the growth of the current 

 season. When grown on pillars, &c, a shortening back 

 of some of the growths may be done, so that the lower 

 part may not be left bare of growths and flowers 



Anderson Henry i. Large creamy- white flowers. 



Beauty of Worcester (fig., 527). Rich bluish -violet, 

 5 inches across. 



Fairy Queen. Flesh-coloured, 7 to 9 inches across. 



Imperatrice Eugenie. Pure-white. 



Lady Caroline Nevill. French-white, with mauve bars. 



La France. Deep violet-purple. 



Lord Nevill. Dark plum-coloured, sepals crimped. 



Purpurea elegans. Deep violet-purple. 



IV. — Jackmani Group. 

 This group is noteworthy for its vigour and for its long 

 flowering season, namely from July to October. The 



