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Origin of the Large-Flowered 

 Clematis 



IT IS strange that horticultural books rarely or 

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 inside truth about plants and thelive element in their 

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Probably the most popular kind of clematis is 

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 flower that we see on porches everywhere in summer. 

 If I were to give its pedigree now, it would only 

 result in confusion. The important fact is that all 

 the large-flowered varieties of clematis, like this, are 

 derived more or less directly from the common 

 Virgin's bower (Clematis Viticella) of Southern 

 Europe and what may be called the Chinese or 

 ever-blooming clematis (C. lanuginosa), the former 

 parent having supplied the wealth of color while 

 the latter has contributed the great size. 



This is the whole story in a nutshell, but a few 

 particulars may be interesting. Clematis Viticella 

 grows wild from southern Europe to Persia. It is 

 found in blue, purple, and rosy colors and has four 

 "petals," in the language of common speech, but 

 according to botanical theory, these are sepals as 

 is often the case in the buttercup family (Ranun- 

 culaceae.) 



An important garden variety of it is Clematis 

 Hendersonii, which has in it the blood of the entire- 

 leaved clematis (C. integri^olid), which is an erect 

 herb, not a vine, and has rather narrow, blue, 

 leathery flowers. The only reason for mentioning 



Clematis Madame Andre, a variety having car- 

 mine-violet flowers, used as a porch vine 



