. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. jLEMATISES have been familiarized to the great body of amateur gardeners by the not uncommon spectacle of a vigorous plant clothing a fence or wall, and covering it with a rich profusion of large violet flowers. Asked the name of the plant, there are few persons at all interested in flowers who would not be able to tell you that it was Clematis Jackmani, just as they could point out a rose, a honeysuckle, or a convolvulus. Under such a guise as that indicated, no flower could more attractively pre
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. jLEMATISES have been familiarized to the great body of amateur gardeners by the not uncommon spectacle of a vigorous plant clothing a fence or wall, and covering it with a rich profusion of large violet flowers. Asked the name of the plant, there are few persons at all interested in flowers who would not be able to tell you that it was Clematis Jackmani, just as they could point out a rose, a honeysuckle, or a convolvulus. Under such a guise as that indicated, no flower could more attractively present itself, for there is a natural grace and beauty about the plant when rambling over a wall or arbor which appeals irresistibly to every mind, and is quite distinct from the effect produced by the richness of its flowers. A magnificent trained specimen at an exhibition, in every respect a perfect exemplification of skill and unwearied attention in culture and manipulation, awakens passing astonishment and, perhaps, admiration, whatever the plant may be ; but the floral pictures that stir the latent love of the beautiful most deeply, and linger longest in the memory, are those in which nature blends with art, and imparts a large measure of her own wild charm to the object that is admired. A rose or a clematis rambling over a fence, tree stump, or wall, sending out vigorous shoots in all directions as though rejoicing it its freedom, following no given course, and restricted to no formal radius, will afford a deeper pleasure to everyone to whom the least grain of taste has been accorded, than any stiff and confined object can possibly do. The merits of clematises, considered from the amateur's view point, are of no common kind, and provide claims not likely to be ignored. Hardiness is one of the most important of them. The visitor to a large nursery who may see plants trained over trellises in pots, and growing under glass, need not come to the conclusion that because this cou
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