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heracleaefolia grows 2ft. high, bears purplish hyacinth-like 
flowers, and is a native of China. The variety davidiana is 
superior to the species ; it has very large leaves, and bears 
lavender-blue, deliciously fragrant flowers in autumn. C. 
integrifolia has herbaceous stems, grows 2 to 3ft. high, and 
bears blue flowers in August. Nat. S. Europe. C. ochroleuca 
is another herbaceous species from N. America, grows 2ft. 
high, and bears yellow and creamy flowers. C. recta is the 
last of this section. It has herbaceous stems, 2 to 3ft. long, 
and bears white sweet-scented, double flowers in August. Nat. 
S. Europe. The foregoing dwarf kinds may be grown on 
rockeries or in the herbaceous border, where they will make 
very interesting plants. They will succeed in ordinary soil, 
and if of a chalky nature so much the better. In gardens 
deficient in lime it will be well to add some old mortar or 
chalk to the soil before planting in autumn or spring. The 
herbaceous stems will die in autumn and should be cut off in 
winter. Annual top-dressings of rotten manure in winter will 
be of great advantage to the foregoing kinds. 
Now we come to the climbing section, of which there are 
several pretty species, also numerous beautiful hybrids. Among 
the species worthy of cultivation are the following : C. alpina, 
violet-blue to white, May, Europe, very pretty ; C. Flammula 
(Virgin’s Bower), a rampant grower, flowers creamy-white, 
small, August and September, S. Europe ; C. florida, creamy- 
white, summer, medium grower, Japan; C. lanuginosa, 
lavender, etc., larce-flowered. summer. China: C. montana 
white, April and May, strong grower and free bloomer, India ; 
C. montana rubens, soft rosy-red, May ; C. patens, mauve. May 
and June, very pretty, Japan; C. Viorna (Leather Flower), red- 
dish-purple, summer, N. America ; C. viti'cella, blue, purple, or 
rose, summer, very graceful, S. Europe. 
Next come the hybrids, which are divided into several 
sections according to their parentage. Thus in the patens 
section, which flower in May and June, and yield their flowers 
on the old ripened wood, we have such charming varieties as 
Lady Londesborough, blush, barred with purple ; Miss Bate- 
man, white, chocolate-red anthers; Mrs. G. Jackman, white, 
barred with cream ; and The Queen, mauve-white, all with 
flowers 4 to 6in. in diameter. Then we have the lanuginosa 
section, which flower twice in the year, June and in September, 
on short lateral shoots. These also bear large flowers, ' A 
few of the best are : Beauty of Worcester, bluish-vi'olet, white 
stamens, double at first, single later, very showy; Faery Queen, 
pale flesh, pink bars, flowers 6 to gin. across. Lady Caroline 
Neville, blush, mauve bars, a charming kind ; La France, 
violet-purple, dark anthers, large ; Madame Van Houtte, white, 
