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ACALYPHA WILKESIANA MARGINATA. 
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ON RAISING THE CLEMATIS FROM SEED. 
t S a liardy plant now indispensable as a climber in shrubberies and for 
clumping, I may instance the Clematis , of which it is very easy to raise a 
¥ large collection from seed in a short time. Last year, I seeded some of the 
early-flowering sorts, such as Albert Victor, Lady Londesborough, Lord 
Londesborougli, Mrs. James Bateman, Miss Bateman, Standishii, and Azurea 
grandiflora, and when the seed was ripe, sowed it in the autumn. None of it 
vegetated till this spring, for the seed is very hard, and requires time to vegetate, 
even when in a slight b6ttom-heat; but the young plants have made wonderful 
progress this summer, and a few are now showing a bloom on them. It may be 
said that as plants of all the best varieties of Clematis can now be procured from 
nurserymen at a reasonable rate, there is no use in trying to raise seedlings of 
them. There is, however, an excitement in trying to raise some new sorts, of 
good properties, and in a large collection of seedlings this may be expected, as 
they gradually come into bloom.— WilliamJLllery, Welbecl:. 
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ACALYPHA WILKESIANA MARGINATA. 
OST lovers of ornamental plants are now familiar with the aspect of a 
broad-leaved plant, with foliage of a bright coppery tint, usually shown 
at exhibitions, under the name of Acahjpha tricolor , but more correctly 
called A. Willcesiana, The present subject is nearly related to that 
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