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garden. 
oiwli for lnoxi)oi-leiicoil 
plnnts arc best, nt; 
planters and the plants, 
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The Clematis can bo orow,, i„ 
ftiown la several 
without a list o( kinds to plant. The list is 
iieeessarlly very brief, and only embraces a 
iew 01 the more desirable kinds in each class, 
o- -.... sov....,i ‘I-good many more eciually good, 
ways, and in eacli produce most charml. T, 
effeets. it may bo grown on . , ^ "ij;h-i)ricod, and not easy to get. 'J’o put 
effeets. t.nay be grown on a veranda, or 
on a trellis, or over au arbor, or tralne.l to a 
pillar, or a stake, or on a wall, or in a bed • 
ancliC in a bed, it should be a circular one 
not less than ten feet in diameter, if some 
brush bo thrown over the bed, the ellcct 
will bo very plcturosciuo. 'J'his was a favor¬ 
ite method witli the late Mr. Downing; and 
1 remember how much 1 admired some Clem¬ 
atis lie had planted among a clump of very 
old shrubs, the u.akedness 
of which they covered in 
a most graceful inannci-. 
In training on a trellis, 
a shoot here and there 
will occasionally need a 
little help to get the trel¬ 
lis evenly covered. Small 
woven wire, witii large 
meshes, is much the best 
frame for the Clematis to 
run on, especially when 
something in the nature 
of a sereen is desired. If 
longitudinal wires are 
used. No. 14 wire is large 
enough; but in this case 
small copper wire should 
be used vertically or diag¬ 
onally to lead the shoots 
where wanted. 
The Clematis is divided 
into types or classes, 
which flower at dillerent 
seasons, and by making a 
judicious selection from 
these, you can have a con- 
ti n u o u s succession of 
bloom from spring till 
autuum. The types .al¬ 
luded to are chiefly the 
Montana^ Patens^ Florida, 
iMnuginosa, Jackmani, 
and Vitieella, and they 
bloom somewhat in the 
order in which they are 
named. 
The recently introduced 
0. coccinea and C. crispa 
are native species, and 
bloom early. Some am¬ 
ateurs have been made 
unhappy on seeing G. 
coccinea die to the ground 
in the fall; but that is all 
right. It is the nature of the plant, as r 
of some others. 
Looking at the accompanying i us i. 
for a moment, the dark-colored flower on the 
left with a white stripe is the Jac rman i 
and close at hand is the Patens ype- 
large white flower in the ceutei ow 
is the Lanuginosa type, the di- 
sometimes measure five and six 
ameter. Above these are single j^wer 
the Patens and Florida types. " ^^ped 
small, ui.li. 
left-hand 
flower 
as a 
corner, the _ 
a coccinea. The 1”^='“ ^a- 
'vhole, is an excellent ,.aii scale, 
rious types of the Clematis on a ‘ 
This article would be very n»P 
tile list in the most useful form, I have ar¬ 
ranged the classes in the order in which they 
flower. 1 i)lace the siiceies first. 
ClemaUe monktnn, large pure white flow¬ 
ers in sjiring and suniincr. C. coneiHna, a na^ 
five species from 'I'exas, bearing smail, brii- 
liant, scarict flowers from .lune till frost. 
6. erispa, another native species, bearing 
vciy fragrant liiac-purpie flowers in .June 
and Juij'. (J. Flammula, bearing numerous 
A BOUQUET OF CLEMATIS. 
small, fragrant white flowers from July to 
^ Tim following, chiefly hybrids, have been 
mostly raised from the large-flowering kinds 
seS from Japan by Siebold and Fortune- 
For convenience they are usually divided 
Lo classes, which, as just stated, I have 
laced in the order in which they flower. 
‘’ At. type, bloom in spring and summer 
on old wood: Miss Bateman, white, daik 
bar- Lord Londesborough, deep mauve, led 
hLd • Lady Londesborough, grayish white, 
lir Mrs. S.C. Balmr, French gray, 
‘wt bar- Fair Kosamond, blush white, 
‘’'To red bar; Stella, deep mauve, reddish 
the center bar; Albert Victor, deep laven¬ 
der, pale bar; Standishii, light mauve. 
Florida type, bloom in summer on the old 
wood: Lucie Lemoine, double white; Sio- 
boldii, creamy white; Fortunei, double white; 
.lolm Gould Veitcli, double lavender blue; 
Duchess of Edinburgh, double white. 
Lanwjinom type, bloom in summer and 
autumn on summer shoots: Lanuginosa, jiale 
lavender; lanuginosa Candida, grayish white; 
lanuginosa nivea, pure white; Aureli.ani, 
light blue; Gern, lavender blue; Lady Caro¬ 
line Neville, French white, mauve bars; Otto 
Procbel, French white; William ICennett, 
lavender; Lawsoiiiana, ro.«y purjile, very 
large; Duchess of Teck is of a pure white, 
with a mauve bar. 
.fackmani tj'pe, bloom 
during summer a u d 
autumn on s u in in e r 
shoots: .Jackmani, deep 
vioiet purjile; .Jackmani 
superba, an improved 
.Jackmani; .Star of iiidia, 
reddish jilum, red liars; 
velutina purfiurea, ricli 
mulberry purple; L.ad}- 
Stratford de Kedclifl'e, 
delicate mauve; i-ubella, 
rich claret purple; Prince 
of Wales, deep purple; 
rulira violaeea, is a beauti¬ 
ful maroon purple. 
Vilicella type, bloom in 
summer and autumn on 
summer siioots: Thom.as 
Moore, plu.-ih vioiet; Mrs. 
James Bateman, pale lav- 
ender; idticella rubra 
grandiflora, bright claret 
red; vitieella ramosa, red¬ 
dish purple; vitieella 
modesta, large bright 
blue; Lady Bovill, grayish 
blue; Hendersoni, bluish 
pm-ple, bell-shaped; 
Franeofurtensis, is of a 
deep fiurple color. 
The Clematis requires 
careful h.andling at all 
times, as the wood is very 
brittle. The shoots, there¬ 
fore, should never be al¬ 
lowed to hang about 
loose. -4s to ■ pruning, 
very little is needed, ex¬ 
cept to cut out dead wood 
in the spring. The kinds 
that flower on the summer 
shoots may have the old 
wood shortened in a little 
in the spring; but, aside from cutting 
out de.ad wood in the spring, the Clema¬ 
tis may be mostly left to itself. Coc¬ 
cinea Avill renew itself annually; all the old 
wood, therefore, should be cut down to the 
ground, as it will all be dead. With the ex¬ 
ercise of a little judgment in placing the 
lands along a trellis, it may be made beauti¬ 
ful with flowers its whole length during the 
enth'e season. 
I have not gone into ecstasies over the 
Clematis, as I might well hare done, and 
felt inclined to do. There is no room left 
for it now. I therefore Ic.avc to those who 
the full enjoyment of these 
plant them 
charming flowers. 
P. B. Mead. 
