Pl. 47. 
Fig. 1. 
Aueutt. 
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A 
ComPLEAT Bopy of GARDENING. 
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NUMBER XLVI. 
For the 
fecond Week 
in AUGUST. 
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SECTION 
FLORA, oe 
CHAP, 
I. 
PreasurRe-GarDEN 
L 
Flowers and. Curious Plants now in their Perfettion. 
{.- 
F Singularity can demand Attention, this Plant 
claims no-fmall Share of it; by an upright ~ 
firm in the Petals, and in the Centre downy.* Its 
eafy Culture adds fomething to the Merit, and. 
its hardy Permanence. : 
in general named it; and moft under the fame 
Title Clematis: fome ‘have written it Clematitis. 
e4 hey. have added Pannonica from its’ Country, 
and Cerulea from the Colour of © the EF ROWE 5 
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other Kinds being Climbers, as the original Name 
exprelits, oe 
© Linnavs continues the Name Clematis to this 
Genus, under which hé comprehends alfo the 
Flammula and Viticella of other Authors’; ‘and he’, 
adds as the Diftinction of this Species,” foliis fim- 
ovato-lanceolatis : - Clematis with undi* 
plicibus, 0 
lated Form. 
‘The Roots aré numerous, long and” redthee = 
yellowith ‘on: the” outer Patt, and ftrengthened | 
with a white woody ‘Pith - within. 
~ The Stalks ‘are “numerous, two or. thrée’ Foot - 
“Numb. XLVII. 
ridged fhruby Growth, with Flowers perfectly — 
unlike thofe of the Generality of other Plants, 
% 
ar ren esS 
OVAL. LEAVED GE EMATIS- 
high; firm, fluted, and divided into fome few Aueutt. 
Branches. 
_ The ground Colour is a pale green, and the 
Ridges between the Hollows are ftained with 
purple. ; 
The whole Stalk is ridged in the Manner of a 
Piece of Wire, and is a little hairy. — 
- The Authors who have written on Plants” ‘have | 
The Leaves ftand two at a Joint, and — 
Stalk fwells out into a thick Knot at their Bafe. 
They have no F ootftalks; and they are large, of 
an oval Shape, a firm Subftance, and a dull green 
Colour, with very high longitudinal Ribs on the» 
Back or under Part, tod hairy at the Edges. 
and ereffa fori its upright Creiinh ‘hott ‘of the’ | 
“The Flowers terminate the Stalk and Bsiches. 
and they are very beautiful; their Colour is a_ 
| perfect violet blue, and they hang drooping. 
they are large, and each is formed of four Petals, 
oblong and fharp pointed ; waved a little at the 
Fdges, high rib’d, and lightly hairy; and in the 
Centre ftands a thick downy Tuft of a whitifh 
Colour. 
vided Leaves, of an oval but fomewhat Tariceo- if 
- The Flower in this Plant Hs no oe. but 
| Nature makes: an excellent Provifion for it while 
| in the Growth. The Stalk which fupports it has 
always two Leaves placed ‘at a fmall Diftance 
below it when full blown; but when in the 
- Bud, thefe inftead of fpreading oppolite” as they 
ay B : do 
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