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THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. 



C, Viorna, from North America, bearing drooping purple 



flowers with yellow interiors in June, which are lollowed 



by hairy seed-vessels. 

 C. virginiana, a North American plant, producing 



panicles of small white and fragrant blossoms from June 



to August. 



C. Vitalba ( Old Man's Beard or Travellers Joy). — The 



well-known wild Clematis that garlands trees and hedges 



with its scented flowers during the summer, and with its 



smoke-grey seed-vessels, which have earned it its colloquial 



name, in the late autumn and winter. 

 C. Vitieella, a species common over Southern Europe and 



Western Asia. There are several varieties of this Clematis, 



of which C. v. cserulea bears blue flowers; C. v. 



purpurea, purple; C. v. tenuifolia, crimson ; and C. v. 



plena, double 



purple. The 



flowers are large 



and drooping, 



and produced 



from June to 



September. 

 The large- 



flowered Cle- 

 matises, which 



arc seen so fre- 

 quently in our 



gardens to-day, 



belong to the 



lack in a n i , 



Florida, Patens, 



Lanuginosa, and 



Vitieella groups. 



V a r i e ties 



belonging to the 



Jackmani and 



Vitieella groups 



flower on the 



young wood, 



and at the end of 



the year should 



be cut down to 



within about a 



foot of the 



ground. Lanu- 

 ginosa and its 



varieties should 



be very spar- 

 ingly pruned, 



merely cutting 



out weak 



growths, while 



varieties of the 



Florida and 



Patens groups 



require no prun- 

 ing except such 



as is necessary 



for the removal 



of dead wood. 



The following 



are some of the 



best varieties of tne different groups. Of the Jackmani sec- 

 tion, which takes its rise from the Clematis of that name, 

 itself a hybrid between C. Vitieella and one of the large- 

 flowered Japanese species, Gipsy Queen, velvety purple; 

 the type, which is the commonest puiple Clematis in our 

 gardens ; its white variety, C. Jackmani alba ; Madame 

 Grange, crimson-violet; Mrs. Baron Viellard, lil.ic-rose ; 

 'Vlrs. Hope, satiny mauve, with darker bar running up the 

 middle of the petals; and Rubro-violacea, a pu:ple- 

 maroon, are all good. Of the Lanuginosa group, some 

 of the varieties of which produce flowers a foot in 

 diameter, Alba Mayna, pure white ; Daniel Deronda, 

 violet-blue ; Fairy Queen, pale flesh with pink bar ; 

 Grand Duchess, white, flushed rose ; La France, violet- 

 purple ; Gloire de St. Julien, mauve-white ; Marie 

 Lefebvre, mauve with dark bar ; and William Kenneth, 



LARGE WHITE CLEM ATI*. 



lavender, are handsome flowers. Of the Patens group, 

 fine varieties are : Aureliana, porcelain blue ; Fair 

 Rosamond, white with claret bar ; Lady Londesborough, 

 silver-grey with darker bar ; Lord Londesborough, deep 

 mauve ; Miss Bateman, white with chocolate anthers ; 

 Mrs. Crawshay, pink with bronze bar ; Mrs. George 

 Jackman, satin white with cream bar ; and Stella, light 

 violet with deep red bar. Of the Florida section, all of 

 which are double flowers, Duchess of Edinbutgh and 

 Lucy Lemoine, both white, sweetly scented ; Countess of 

 Lovelace, lilac-blue ; Aurora, pink, shaded mauve ; 

 Elaine, light violet ; Enchantress, white and rose ; and 

 John Gould Veitch, lavender-blue, are good representatives 

 of the group. Of the Vitieella section, four named 

 varieties may be mentioned as worthy of notice : 



As cot ensis, 

 azure blue ; Earl 

 of Beaconsfield, 

 rich purple ; 

 Lady Bovill, 

 blue-grey ; and 

 rubra grandi- 

 tlora, cherry red. 



Amongst the 

 shrubby and 

 sub - shrubby 

 species, the fol- 

 lowing are the 

 most widely 

 known: C . 

 aromatica, or C. 

 ctvrulea odorata, 

 with scented 

 violet-blue 

 flowers 2in. in 

 diameter, and 

 growing to a 

 height of 4ft. ; 

 C. aethusifolia, 

 from China, 

 flowers white 

 and bell-shaped, 

 height, 5ft. ; C. 

 crispa, an ever- 

 green North 

 A m e r i can 

 species, bearing 

 pale lilac pen- 

 d Hit flowers, and 

 growing to a 

 lieight of 6ft. ; 

 C. Davidiani, 

 from China, 

 bearing blue 

 flowers, and 

 growing from 

 2 It. to 4ft. high ; 

 C. integrilolia, 

 from Hungary, 

 drooping blue 

 flowers 3in. to 

 4in. in diameter, 



and attaining a height of 2ft. ; C. ochroleuca, a native of 

 the United States, flowers yellowish- white, growing I ft. 

 to 2ft. high ; C. recta, or erecta, bearing corymbs of 

 scented white flowers, and growing to a height of 2ft. 

 to 3ft. — this is an Hungarian species, of which there is a 

 double variety ; C. tubulosa, from China, bearing 

 slender tubed blue flowers somewhat similar in shape to 

 those of the Wood Hyacinth, and growing to a height of 

 from 2ft. to 3 ft. 



Of course it would not be desirable to crowd all these 

 forms into a single garden, unless a mere collection were 

 desired. The varieties of the groups mentioned, 

 particularly the Jackmani and others, are generally very 

 handsome when fully established. If only one Clematis 

 were required, C. Jackmani is as useful as any, the rich 

 purple colour of the flowers showing to conspicuous 



