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AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



with pale blue flowers, that are delicately scented ; G. graveolenSy 

 from Persia, with pale yellow flowers ; C. triloba, a native of India, 

 with dainty-smelling white flowers ; G. paniculata, from Japan, 

 with pure white flowers, borne in immense sheets, and of a most 

 penetrating fra;grance ; G. montana is an Indian climbing variety, 

 bearing flowing wreaths of snow-white blossoms, dispensing a 

 delightful perfume. G. aristata is an Australian climbing 

 species, commonly known there as the wedding flower. It 

 rapidly covers arbours, and bears a pale yellow, deliciously scented, 

 star-like bloom. The Gardener'^ s Ghronicle says: — ''Of the 

 English hybridised varieties, G. Fair Rosamond, G. Edith Jachnan, 

 G. Maideii's Blush, G. The Queen, G. Duchess of EdAnburgh, G. 

 Stella, and G. Vesta, are remarkable for their strong and agreeable 

 fragrance— something intermediate between Violets and Primroses 

 — which they exhale when in a warm, sunny atmosphere, and 

 which is most pronounced in Fair Rosamond. It is found also that 

 the odour varies ; in the cases of Fair Rosamond, Edith Jackman, 

 and Maiden's Blush, the perfume is that of the Violet ; in the cases 

 - of the Queen, Stella, and Vesta, that of the Primrose. It is supposed 

 that the quality of fragrance was originally derived from G. For- 

 tunei ; the flowers of this double form, introduced from Japan, have 

 a slight and agreeable fragrance, like that of the Orange blossom. 



'' In reference to the culture of these fragrant Clematises, it should 

 be borne in mind that as they partake of the character of G. patens, 

 they bloom early on the ripened wood of the previous year, and 

 not like G. Jackmanni and its allies, on the young wood of the cur- 

 rent year ; therefore pruning is of the first importance, and it 

 should consist in cutting away the whole wood which has borne 

 flowers in the previous spring, and weak, straggling, and over- 

 crowded growths." G. crispa (American Blue Bells), is distinct and 

 beautiful, with pretty bell-shaped flowers, borne in great profusion 

 from June till frost, and petals well reflexed. To add to the 

 charm of novelty and colour, the flowers emit a delightful Bergamot 

 fragrance ; it is a strong vigorous climber, attaining readily in good 

 situations a height of ten to twelve feet. G. Davidiana, a Japanese 

 introduction, as an upright shrubby habit, from two to four feet 

 high, with fresh foliage : the flowers circle and cluster in the 

 greatest profusion around each whorl of leaves, making several 

 tiers extending one above the other from near the ground to the 

 top of the foliage. The flowers are long, tubular, bell-shaped : of 

 perfect form, and distinct, deep lavender colour, with the delicious 

 fragrance of lemon and spice. 

 Clerodendron. — A genus of beautiful flowering plants, embracing many 



