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before planting, to make tbe walk solid. In order to protect the tiny stem of 
the plant from injury, I had two short boards nailed together in the form of a V, 
and placed against the wall. The plant made several shoots, which were carefully 
nailed in as they grew. The only attention it has required since has been the 
pruuing-off of the old flower-stalks and leaf-stems, and the equal distribution of 
the branches. I have it now trained over a surface about fifteen feet square, and it 
is capable of covering a much larger space, had it been at my disposal. I have 
never pruned off a single living bud, but as they burst into growth, have had them 
neatly tied in. Thus treated, they flower in wonderful profusion from early summer 
until late in autumn. At the beginning of last September, the flowers on this plant 
were counted, and the number then open was found to be 1275, the grand effect of 
which can scarcely be imagined. The plant well deserves the popularity which it 
has gained, being perfectly hardy, easily managed, and unrivalled in colour and 
flowering properties by any climbing plant I know.” 
Mr. Fowler very judiciously advises that in planting the now numerous and 
dissimilar varieties of Clematis for the ornamentation of wall surfaces, the opera- 
tion should be performed with the view of allowing each plant, ultimately, to occupy 
a considerable space, as in this way only can its beauties be displayed to the 
fullest advantage. It may, moreover, be noticed as a peculiarity of Mr. Fowler's 
treatment, that he does not prune back his plants, nor, indeed, cut away any living 
buds, bnt trains in all the young shoots which are produced. That the results of 
this mode of treatment are satisfactory, the foregoing description of his specimen of 
C. Jackmanni abundantly testifies. 
PURPOSES. 
In giving the undermentioned selection of 
vegetables, we cannot too strongly urge upon our 
readers the importance of giving their orders 
for seeds as early as it is possible for them to 
do so. Usually the seeds are not ordered 
until Jlareh, when a portion ought to have 
been sown, and not unfrequeutly some of the 
earliest crops are mixed altogether, through not having the 
seeds at hand when the ground is in a fit condition for their 
reception. We would suggest that all seed orders should be placed in 
the hands of the seedsmen some time during the month of February. 
CHOICE VEGETABLES EOE ALL 
A SELECTION OF KITCHEN-GARDEN SEEDS AND ROOTS. 
Asparagus. — Gra;/son's Giant and Conover's Colossal. 
Broad Beans. — Earhj Mazagan for the first crop ; Beck's Green Gem and Itoyal 
Dwarf Cluster for growing in frames; Monarch Long-pod for productiveness; 
Taylor's Broad and Green Windsor for finest quality ; Johnson's IVonderful Long- 
pod for exhibition and general purposes. 
Beet. — Xutting's Dwarf Bed. Henderson s Pine-apple Short-top, Dewar's Short- 
top Bed. For shallow soils, Egyptian Turnip-rooted. For the flower-garden, 
Osborn's Dark. 
Brussels Sprouts. — Imported, Scrymger's Giant, Mein's Victoria. 
Borecole. — Common Green Scotch, very productive ; Mein's Extra Curled is 
extremely handsome ; Cottagers’ JCale, very hardy and productive ; Chou de Milan, 
Albert Sprouts, very useful tall sorts. 
Broccoli. — For a succession, Grainger's Autumn Tl'hitc, Hammond's Wh'Ue 
Cape, Sutton's Sujjerb, Snow's Winter White, Early Pentance, Cooling's Matchless, 
Beck's DivarJ' White, Hammond's Jmperial Hardy, CattcU's Eclipse, Carter’s Late 
Summer, Purple Sproufatg. 
