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RANUNCULiOcE^. CLe'mATIS. 



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much pointed. (Don's MilL, i. p. 9.) Flowers white. April to September, 

 • 1776. Height 15 ft. 



Variety. Q.f. Jlore j)leno, the double-flowered florid Clematis {Don's Mill., i. 

 p, 9.), is coiTiparatively coiumon in British gardens. It is very handsome, 

 but is not thought so ornamental as the single-flowered variety, 

 Descri20tion. The stem is slender and striated ; 



climbing to the height of 15 feet or upwards 



where it is trained to a wall with a favour- 

 able exposure. It never, however, becomes 



very woody. The flowers are large, and very 



handsome either in a single or double state. 



This species deserves to be recommended for 



the great size of its greenish-white flowers, 



especially when they are not double, and the 



neatness of its fohage. In addition to this, 



the slenderness of its stems and branches 



gives such an air of elegance to it, that no lover 



of plants for their beauty of appearance should 



be without it, who has a situation in which it 



will thrive. 



Geography. Found in Japan, and intro- 

 duced into England, about 1776, by Dr. 

 Fothergill. North of London it requires a warn situation; and in Scot- 

 land, as well as m France and Germany, it is generally kept in the green-house. 

 The best situation for this species is against either a north or south wall ; and, 

 where plants can be trained against both, the flowering season will, of course, 

 be continued much longer than if they were planted against one only. In the 

 sunny site, a loamy soil will be best; but, in the northern, heath mould, that 

 is not in a condensed condition, will be most congenial. A mode of pruning 

 plants of this species, by cutting them down to the ground annually, though 

 not generally practised, is said to produce vigorous shoots and fine flowers. 

 This species, in England, seldom ripens seeds, and is therefore generally pro- 

 pagated by layers. Plants, in London, cost 1*. Gd. each; at Bollwyller, ? : and 

 at New York,?. > y , , 



± 14, C. Vitice'lla L. The Vine-bower Clematis. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 762. ; Dumont, 4,. 422. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 9. ; Don's Mill., 1 p 9 

 Synonymes. Viticella deltoldea Moench ; the red-flowered Lady's Bower, Gerard; Italienische Wald- 

 rebe, Ge>: 



Engravings. Flor. Grac, t. 516. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 565. ; E. of PI , 7971. ; and our fig. 19. 



Sjjec. Char. Peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the leaves. Leaves ternately 

 decompound, lobes or leaflets entire. Sepals obovate, spreading. {Don's 

 Miil.,i.p.9.) Flowers blue or purple. June to September. 1569. Height 

 15 ft. ^ 

 Varieties and their Synonymes. 



1 C. V. 1 cairUea. The blue-^OMvered Vine-boiuer Clematis. 

 1 C. V. 2 purpurea. The 2Jurple-{iowered Vine-bower Clematis. 

 -i C. F. 3 multiplex G. Don. The doiible-Rowered Fine-bower Clematis. — 

 Flowers double, blue. C. pulchella Pers. This variety produces more 

 robust, more extended, and fewer shoots than the single-flowered 

 blue or purple varieties; and there is a degree of dissimilarity about 

 it, which might lead distinguishers on minute differences to regard 

 it as of a species distinct from C. Viticella : it is probable that this 

 dissimilarity was the ground of Persoon's naming it C. pulchella. 

 J C. F. 4 tenuijolia Dec. The slender-leafleted Fine-botuer Clematis. — 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate. C. tenuifdha lusitanica Tourn, 

 C. r. 5 baccdta Dec. The 6mwfZ-fruited Fine-boiver Clematis. 

 Dcscriptio7t. The stem rises to the height of 10 ft. or 15 ft. ; the leaves 

 Jjranch out into many divisions, and the flowers are supported on long 



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