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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 10, 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Japan Panicled Clematis.— 
Clematis paniculata, with its great profu¬ 
sion of fragrant white blooms late in the 
season, its robust habit and dense foliage, 
has become a great favorite, and fairly 
divides honors with Ampelopsis tricuspi- 
data, formerly A. Veitchii, Japan or Bos¬ 
ton ivy, as one of the most important 
hardy climbers contributed to our gardens 
by the Orient. It is more extensively 
planted than probably all other varieties 
of Clematis put together. Although far 
less showy than the large-flowered hybrids 
its dense sheets of bloom, lasting in full 
beauty for several weeks, followed by a 
great show of silky plume-like seed clus¬ 
ters. together with its rapid growth and 
great hardiness when established, make it 
a prime favorite for trellis and porch dec¬ 
oration, as well as for covering buildings 
and unsightly objects. It appears to be 
entirely free from disease but the blooms 
are sometimes attacked, in the South by 
the black blister or Aster beetle. This 
Clematis is grown from seeds that usually 
germinate within the vear if immediately 
planted when ripe, or at least stratified in 
moist sand and sown in early Spring. It 
is a well-fixed species, scarcely any varia¬ 
tion is noticed even when thousands of 
seedlings are grown together. At first the 
growth is slow, as energy is chiefly ex¬ 
pended for a year or two in making roots. 
In the early stages the tops are quite her¬ 
baceous and easily winter-killed, but later 
on canes are formed 20 or more 
feet high, that ripen up firm and 
woody, gradually increasing in size from 
year to year, like those of the grapevine, 
becoming very resistant to cold. When es¬ 
tablished Clematis paniculata will endure 
most extensive Winter pruning and make 
a fine showing each season, but grows and 
blooms best when little disturbed. It is 
now considered practically hardy far 
north of Boston, as any chance Winter 
injury does not long check established 
plants. 
The blooming effect of a 10-year vine, 
covering a steel tank tower on the Rural 
Grounds is shown in Fig. 42, page 99. 
This vine is crowded in with two large 
old Crimson Rambler roses, a Trumpet 
creeper, Tecoma radicans, and several 
plants of our hybrid honeysuckle, known 
as Lonicera Hendersoni. There is quite 
a struggle for supremacy, but the Clematis 
at the southeast corner has the advantage, 
and dominates the entire group. The soil 
at this place is deep and fairly rich, so that 
this jumble of climbers thrives better than 
might be expected, conmletely concealing 
the lank skeleton of the metal tower. The 
tank itself is painted dark green, as near 
the shade of the cedars in the background 
as we could get, and much of the time can 
only be outlined by the eye by the white 
trimmings. Common galvanized poultry 
netting fastened to the metal tower fur¬ 
nishes support for the vines which are al¬ 
lowed to grow about at will, receiving lit¬ 
tle pruning or other attention. 
Bright Flowers in Long Succession.— 
These climbers bloom in long succession. 
First, last and pretty much all the time 
between, comes the honeysuckle. This va¬ 
riety has been described in former issues 
of The R. N.-Y. and was produced on the 
Rural Grounds by hvbridizing the Yellow 
Trumpet and Fuchsia-flowered varieties 
together. The yellow and red blooms are 
freely borne in large clusters from May 
until midsummer, and again in September 
until frost. Nearly every young twig pro¬ 
duces its cluster, so that a good vine is 
never without a shew of color during the 
growing season. The honeysuckles have 
the east side of tower to themselves, and 
are not overrun by the Clematis, but send 
blooming tendrils at all seasons through 
its leafy growth. Next, in June, the Ram¬ 
bler roses display their vivid crimson clus¬ 
ters. They were planted a year before the 
Clematis, and now have canes 18 feet 
high. The bloom is less profuse than if 
they had the space tef themselves, but so 
many branches curve out from the foliage 
mass and flower so freely that we may cut 
a barrow load any day throughout their 
season. These Ramblers are established 
on the south side, in full exposure to sun, 
where not overgrown with Clematis or 
honeysuckle, and have never been troubled 
with mildew. The Trumpet creeper hangs 
out its flaming blooms in midsummer, 
showing great blotches of intense orange- 
red against the wall of foliage This is 
planted at the southwest corner, and has 
kept to one of the main tower braces, 
creeping up flatwise and sending its queer 
aerial roots into every crevice. It has 
bloomed profusely the last four years, 
sending its great clusters out on growths 
two feet or more from the main stems. A 
few conspicuous seed pods are yearly pro¬ 
duced. Lastly in September the Clematis 
is hidden in wreaths of creamy bloom as 
so ineffectively shown in the illustration. 
With the opening of these countless star- 
like blossoms comes a great wave of fra¬ 
grance—the rare quality lacking in all the 
preceding blooms, welcome as they were, 
for the hybrid honeysuckle and the Ram¬ 
bler roses are both scentless, appealing, as 
does the Trumpet vine, to the eye only. 
The fragrance of the Panicled Clematis 
bloom is of the most grateful character, 
intense, pleasing, but never overwhelm¬ 
ing like the Chinese honeysuckle or the 
mock orange when in close vicinity. The 
hybrid honeysuckles generally have some 
vivid clusters to contrast with the Clema¬ 
tis, and close the season in November 
with a fine display of color as the plumy 
Clematis akenes or seeds are ripening. 
Perhaps a better combination than the 
above can be made, but we do not know 
how to go about it. This Clematis now 
has a score of canes an inch or more in 
diameter, and reaches 20 feet to the wood¬ 
work of the tank, above which it is not 
permitted to grow. Do not these vines 
rust out the metal of your tower? There 
is no appearance of rust after four years’ 
exposure. The windmill people galvanize 
their towers so well that we have heard 
no complaint of perishability even in ex¬ 
treme exposure near the surf. The vines 
certainly did not add longevity to the 
wooden tower that preceded the steel one. 
and that broke down after six years’ use. 
Tt was of hemlock—a poor wood for the 
purpose—and so hadlv constructed that it 
collapsed on a still day when carrying no 
unusual load. The vines were much less 
dense than now, but undoubtedly assisted 
decay by retaining moisture. Even if they 
shorten the life of the metal construction 
its concealment is necessary, as the grade 
of the land obliged us to build it in a 
conspicuous place. w. v. F. 
Mr. Jackson (surprised) : “So yo’ find 
yo’r living expenses are reduced one-half 
since you got married? Mr. Johnson (des¬ 
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