away the following Spring. Blooming as these Clematis do until 

 late in the Autumn all the pruning must be done in the Spring, 

 about the time the hybrid-tea roses are pruned. Cutting back 

 the growth that has flowered to within two or three eyes is the 

 proper and correct method of pruning these varieties, notwith- 

 standing statements to the contrary that I have read. 



A trowelful of cow manure, worked into the soil around each 

 plant, and hosed in, three or four times during the Summer will 

 insure glorious blooms, some over five inches wide of rare colors, 

 suffused, barred and edged with pink, mauve, blue, laven- 

 der, violet and deep purple. I have seen flowers of the variety 

 Boskoop's Seedling which by actual measurement were over six 

 inches across. 



There is really no reason why these great-flowered Clematis 

 should not be grown by every amateur. Bring them through their 

 first Summer, protect them through the Winter with six inches 

 of rotted stable manure and you will find them as hardy and as 

 faithful in their blooming as our poor, forsaken and banished 

 Crimson Ramblers. Water them in dry weather, cut thousands 

 of their starry blossoms, lay long strands, yards and yards of 

 the vine on tables, and hanging from wall water jars and bowls. 



Enjoy them, treasure them, and you will succeed in grow- 



ing them. 



