CLEM'ATIS VITICEL'LA. 
VINE-BOWER. 
Class. Order. 
POI.Y ANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RANUNCCLACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Spain. 
20 feet. 
JunetoSep. 
Perennial. 
in 1596. 
No. 1081. 
The Greek klema, a twig, is the admitted origin 
of the word Clematis. Its application is evident 
from the twiggy branches of all the genus. 
Under No. 863 we published the double variety 
of the Clematis viticella, a flower of very distinct 
appearance from the present single-flowering spe- 
cies ; and also of somewhat different habit, having 
a greater tendency to seek support ; and it may be 
said, scramble about. The plant here figured, we 
have now (June,) growing quite upright, twelve feet 
high, although having been cut down to within a 
few inches of the ground ; it is against a wall, 
merely having the support of a string passed ac- 
cross it at intervals. It flowers abundantly, by the 
production of shoots, from the axils of the leaves; 
but when trained perpendicularly against a wall, 
or on a pole, these axillary shoots are not produced 
very near to the bottom. If this be desired, some 
of the main stems should be cut off at different 
heights, in May, and the object will be effected. 
Clematis viticella requires no peculiar treatment, 
excepting that it should be cut back very freely in 
February, and attentively trained whilst in growth. 
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