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other flower, is somewhat eccentric 
at times in the distribution of its coloring 
matter. C. Kermesinus will use the 
green in its flower petals and I have 
seen the larger portion of a true leaf 
some four inches below the flower, 
of the same lavender tint as that in the 
petals above in the variety known as 
Boskoop seedling. Clematis Vtorna 
var. coccinea, a herbaceous native of 
Texas, is quite hardy and very attrac¬ 
tive in flower. Its thick, leathery 
carmine sepals are vase shaped, some¬ 
what recurved at the apex and have 
the appearance of always being closed. 
They present, however, a brilliant effect 
on a mature plant when backed by its 
glaucous foliage. Messrs. Geo. Jack- 
man & Son of Surrey, England, have 
crossed this plant with some of the 
large flowered varieties and have pro¬ 
duced several vigorous and interesting 
hybrids free of disease. They are 
Countess of Onslow, Duchess of Albany, 
Duchess of York and others. In these 
the flowers are campanulate in form, 
freely produced on stiff stems five to 
six inches long. 
As we all know, the Clematis panicu- 
lata from Japan is smothered with its 
star shaped, small, white flowers in the 
fall. In late July and early August 
C. Flammula, blooms equally as well and 
is often taken for C. paniculata, and 
a wonder expressed at its blooming so 
early. Its star-like flowers are more 
dainty than its later blooming sister 
and more fragrant. Although from 
the Mediterranean region of Southern 
Europe it is quite hardy, but requires 
a sunny situation in order to bloom 
well. 
There is another very showy climber 
in C. integrifoha var. Durandi, intro¬ 
duced to America at the Columbian 
Exposition in 1893. The type, C. inte- 
grifolia, is an Asiatic herbaceous per¬ 
ennial growing in bush form, about 
two feet high bearing nodding blue 
flowers with four narrow sepals. This 
has been hybridized with the large, 
lavender flowered C. lanuginosa of China 
and among the hybrids produced is 
the variety Durandi. It grows about 
five feet, each vine producing five to 
six flowers, star shaped, containing 
four to five broad flat open petals, of a 
rich deep blue when fresh, fading to a 
metallic shade. It blooms freely in 
June and July and if not allowed to 
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