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VINES AND CREEPERS. 
quickly grows bare of foliage towards the bottom, and displays all 
its beauty late in the season, and at the summit, where the fresh 
growth rests in masses. A useful vine to cover unsightly roofs. 
The American White Clematis. C. virginica. —Similar in 
appearance to the preceding, but with more profuse and conspicu¬ 
ous white flowers, in August, and less showy seed plumes. 
The Vine-bower Clematis. C. viticella. —This is a more 
showy species, bearing much larger flowers than the preceding 
sorts, of various colors, blooming from June or July to October, 
and two inches or more in diameter. Varieties.—The C. viticella 
venosa has rich purple-colored flowers, touched with crimson, and 
blooms profusely from June to October: considered the best. The 
C. v. flora plena has double flowers of the same color. The C. v. 
cerulea has blue flowers, quite large. 
The Showy-flowered Clematis. C. Florida. — A Japanese 
species, with flowers white, blue, and purple, two to three inches in 
diameter, from June to September. Growth slender, and not quite 
hardy. 
The Large Azure-flowered, C. azurea gra 7 idiflora, is a 
Chinese species, not long introduced, with flowers larger than the 
native or European sorts. The C. cerulea , of the same species, 
bears the finest blue flower. Both are hardy, and pretty, woody 
vines. 
The C. Sophia , a Japanese variety with very large lilac blos¬ 
soms ; and the C. Helena , another with very large white blossoms, 
are both elegant vines, but require protection in winter. 
Honeysuckles. Lonicera. —These most cherished vines have 
been gathered from all parts of the world, and the species hybrid¬ 
ized and improved until their beautiful varieties are so numerous, 
that, like the roses, they are almost innumerable, and a description 
of them would fill a small volume. The best varieties are the most 
suitable of all vine decorations for verandas and porches. We 
shall merely mention a few sorts. 
The Woodbine Honeysuckle. L. periclymenuni. —A native 
of Europe. One of the most showy in its flowers, which are red 
outside and buff within ; June and July ; berries deep red. 
