climbers. Here its stamens, anthers, style, and 
stigma, become abortive, all being metamorphosed 
into linear lanceolate purple leaflets, thus forming 
what is really a double flower. 
This variety, now published, of Clematis florida, 
has been called Clematis Sieboldtii, on account of 
its having been introduced by Dr. Von Sieboldt, to 
the gardens of the continent, whence it was quickly 
transmitted to the nurserymen of our own country. 
The continental national establishments, it is but 
justice to say, are in no wise backward in supplying 
similar establishments in this country with their 
newly acquired treasures ; if, however, a plant 
happens first to become a mere object of commerce, 
England is never forgotten, as affording a ready 
and certain market for that which is attractive 
and good. 
The cultivation of this, and some other species of 
Clematis, has exercised the ingenuity of our nur- 
serymen and amateurs. Its long slender branches, 
of which few are produced, will continue extending 
against a wall, flowering at intervals of a few inches, 
from midsummer to autumn ; but if such branches 
be carried forward in a line, they would be “ lost 
in space.” Small ornamental trellis frames, afford 
convenience, for concentrating the flowers. Still 
another mode has been adopted, with good effect, 
in pots and in the borders. This is by layering. 
In the spring, and subsequently, the stems should 
be pegged down, on the surface of the soil, moder- 
ately close together, which will bring a mass of 
flowers together, apparently of dwarf growth, that 
in some situations will be exceedingly attractive. 
