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HARDY PERENNIALS 
help ameliorate a naturally stiff cold soil. Spring 
is the best time to transplant or propagate by 
division, for Autumn is the flowering period, and 
sometimes if disturbed too soon after flowering 
the crowns are disposed to rot during Winter. If 
Cimicifugas can be so placed that they have a 
background of Rhododendrons, or such shrubs as 
Laurustinus, Escallonia, or even a Yew hedge, their 
waving racemes are thrown up more conspicuously. 
There are 
seven or eight 
species and 
varieties, all 
being interest- 
ing and well 
worth growing. 
Clematis. — 
The orthodox 
method of 
planting Clema- 
tis to be nailed 
to a wall may be a good means of partially toning 
down the ugliness of plain bricks, but it is not the 
best method of showing the Clematis in its full 
glory. 
Often the roots are in a constant state of starva- 
tion through the overhanging eaves preventing rain 
from reaching them. Sometimes the richness of 
their colours is deadened by the red-brick back- 
ground, and the neglect of necessary pruning and 
"~^"**^^>--<s>^.4,4 
A Rustic Support for Clematis in the 
Open Garden. 
