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C L E M A T I S FLORIDA.
Large-Lowered Virgin s Bower.
C L A S S XIIL ORDER VI.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER..
CALYX nullus. Pétala quatuor, rarius quinqué.
Semina caudata.
EMPALEMENT none. Petals four, rarely five,
. Seeds tailed.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
CLEMATIS, foliis decompositis, foliolis binatis
tematisque, petalis ovatis. Willd. Sp. PL
2. 1287-
CLEMATIS, with decompound leaves, leaflets
in twos and threes, and egg-shaped petals..
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A petal.
2. The chives and pomtals.
3. The pointals.
THE large-flowered Virgin's Bower was introduced into the English gardens, in the year 1776, from
Japan; of which country it is a native ; and possesses by much the largest and most showy flowers
in the whole genus.
Although introduced so long since, it is not often met with.. Our drawing was made from very fine
plants in the collection of Messrs. Colvill, Nurserymen in the King's Road, in the month of July last;
where they made an exceeding fine appearance.
Like many of the Japanese plants, it is found capable of resisting the severity of our ordinary winters,
without receiving much injury.
It thrives best when trained against a wall or other fence, planted in rich soil; and is usually propagated
by laying down the lowest branches in a careful manner j which take root in due time, and may
then be safely separated from the mother plant.