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6 The hybrids that have been raised by crosi recrossing some of the above are very cannot do more than give a short selection of good forms Albert Victor, deep lavender, with palei Veitch, double, Lady ('. Nrcill, blush, with mauve stripe. Lady Londesborough, silvery grey, with Louis run Hmiffr., deep violet-purple, with Lucy Lemoine, double white. Madame Edouard Andre, velvety bright Mrs. James Batcman, pale lavender, with Beauty of Worcester, single and double Countess of Lord;,, bright hlui-di lil.'ic. with yellow anthers. Duchess of Edinburgh, double, white, fragrant. Earl Beaconsfield, rich purple. sepals rosy. F'lirllo-samund, rosy white, with red stripe. pink stripe. %, rich velvety purple. Jarkm-imn, deep violet-purple, flowers in Victrix, double, c The Clematis is most valuable in all gardens, large and small, for producing richness of bloom in beds or for rapidly covering walls, trellis-work, arbours, or old tree-stumps. Any soil will suit it, provided it be deep and well-drained ; but a rich loam well-manured gives the best results, and in dry weather liquid manure should be given liberally. Care should be taken in cutting back during winter, for spring bloomers may in this way be deprived of their flowers. Those of the Lanuginosa type, and others that regularly die back, need only to have the dead wood cut away ; other varieties should only be cut back where growth has been too great to be convenient, as the process retards the period of flowering. Propagation may be effected by cuttings, layering, grafting, or from seed. Cuttings are made from the young >ho..ts, inserted in sandy soil and placed in gentle heat. Layering can be successfully practised out of doors at any time. The bark of the joint should he scraped slightly before being covered with soil, and should be kept watered. Before the new growth starts in the spring the layers, which should now be well -rooted, should be separated and planted where required. In grafting, which is done in early spring, a young shoot is inserted in the cleft root of some such species as C. Flammula, tied up with hast, potted in small pots, placed in a propagating frame and kept warm and moist. They soon unite, and are then gradually hardened oft