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CLEMATIS— MISS BATEMAN, MRS. LISTER, 
LORD NAPIER, & LADY LONDESBOROUGH. 
No climbing plant has received of late years so much atten- 
tion as the Clematis, and none have more richly rewarded 
the labours of those who have attempted to improve them by 
hybridization. We have already described the great success 
of Mr. George Jackman, of Woking, in the production of such 
kinds as Jachnanni, Prince of Wales , Rubella, Magnifica, and 
Mrs. Bovill, and every season confirms the good opinion we 
have entertained of them. 
The varieties which are now figured are of an entirely different 
strain ; for whereas those raised by Mr. Jackman are hybrids 
between viticella and lanuginosa, and are summer and autumn 
flowering plants, those which have been raised by Mr. Noble 
of Sunningdale, are hybrids of a different character, and 
are early-flowering. They have been exhibited largely by 
Mr. Noble during the last spring, and have gained several cer- 
tificates. It will be at once seen that they differ very materially 
from the Woking seedlings, in the greater number of petals, 
and the greater delicac} r of their colouring, not so rich perhaps, 
but equally beautiful. We have selected four of the best for 
illustration. Miss Bateman (fig. 1) is a flower of the most 
perfect whiteness ; Mrs. Lister (fig. 2) differs from it in having 
a very pale rosy lilac tinge at the base of the petals ; Lord 
Napier (fig. 3) is a very pale mauve-coloured flower, each petal 
