CI.EM'ATIS VITICEL'LA. 
ladies’ bower. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA. POLYOYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANUNCULACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Spain. 
20 feet. 
June to Sep. 
Perennial, 
in 1569. 
No. 863. 
The name Clematis, from the Greek, was first 
adopted for an European plant, by Matthiolus, 
the celebrated Italian physician and botanist of 
the sixteenth century. Gerard, in his explicit style, 
says “It is called in Greek klematis; in Latine 
Ambuxum, in English you may call it Ladies’ 
Bower, which I take from his aptnesse in making 
Arbors, Bowers, and shady couertures in gardens.” 
The trivial name, viticella was given by Linneus, 
from its twiggy vine-like growth. 
This ornamental old inhabitant of English and 
continental gardens, has both single and double 
flowers, of several shades, varying from red to a 
deep dullish purple. They are comparatively 
unknown in country gardens, for which reason we 
now introduce the present species to notice, and 
can but accompany the introduction with a recom- 
mendation that those who have hitherto neglected 
the various species of Clematis should no longer 
deprive themselves of the pleasure of growing 
them. They are best suited for spreading over a 
trellis, but they may be trained upon a wall, a 
pole, or other support. 
