House and Garden 
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the bed come nearer than two feet of 
the walk and set the shrub four feet 
back. If you plant nearer they will, 
when mature, overhang the walk and 
be disagreeable when wet. 
If you do not sod all the lawn, which 
would be expensive, use sod at least 
bordering the walks and on the sides 
of the terrace. I would advise using 
good soil on top of the narrow terrace 
bordering the west side of your house 
and the slope. It will help in keeping 
the grass green in dry weather. 
DISEASE OF CLEMATIS 
What is the matter with my clematis ? 
I planted it this spring and it sent up 
two shoots that grew nicely and com¬ 
menced to flower last week. This 
morning I find one shoot wilted, and 
the flowers hanging limp. I have 
watered it carefully. The vine does 
not seem to be cut or broken. What 
are the best kind to grow ? 
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Your plant is evidently a victim to a 
mysterious disease that attacks the 
large-flowered hybrids of the clematis. 
No one seems to understand it and no 
certain remedy that I know of has been 
found for it. Once in a while one sees 
an old plant of Jackmani or Henryi 
in full glory of good health, and a 
glorious sight it is, but ninety per cent 
of the hybrids imported to-day are 
subject to the disease. Your plant 
may outgrow it in time and be com¬ 
paratively free from it. If soil and 
situation is suitable, it will probably 
come up again next season and while 
one or more shoots may die back, as 
one has done this year, it may thrive 
eventually. 
Of the large flowering hybrids Jack¬ 
mani in its white and blue forms, Gypsy 
Oueen and the red colored Mme. 
Eduard Andre, seem to be the most 
vigorous in constitution and to resist 
the disease more easily. All of the 
above hybrids trace their origin back 
to Clematis Viticella, a native of Persia. 
This species has a variety known as 
C. Kermesinus, with flowers of a bright 
wine-red color in large clusters, that is 
well worth growing. It possesses the 
interesting feature occasionally seen in 
other forms of this flower, of having 
one or more of its petals of a greenish 
hue. The clematis, more than any 
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