CLEMATIS
, in See also:botany, a genus of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Ranunculaceae, containing nearly two See also:hundred See also:species, and widely distributed
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It is represented in See also:England by Clematis Vitalba, " old See also:man's See also:- BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
- BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)
beard " or " traveller's joy," a See also:common plant on chalky or See also:light See also:soil
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The See also:plants are shrubby climbers with generally See also:compound opposite leaves, the stalk of which is sensitive to contact like a tendril, becoming See also:twisted See also:round suitable See also:objects and thereby giving support to the plant
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The See also:flowers are arranged in axillary or terminal clusters; they have no petals, but See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white or coloured, often very large sepals, and an indefinite number of stamens and carpels
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They contain no See also:honey, and are visited by See also:insects for the See also:sake of the See also:pollen, which is plentiful
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The See also:fruit is a See also:head of achenes, each bearing the See also:long-bearded persistent See also:style, suggesting the popular name
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This feathery style is an important See also:agent in the See also:distribution of the See also:seed by means of the See also:wind
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Several of the species, especially the large-flowered ones, are :favourite See also:garden plants, well adapted for covering trellises Jr walls, or trailing over the ground
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Many garden forms have been produced by hybridization; among the best known, is C
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Jackmanni, due to Mr See also:George Jackman of See also:Woking
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Further See also:information may be obtained from The Clematis as a Garden See also:Flower, by Thos
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See also:Moore and George Jackman
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See also G
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See also:NIcholson, See also:Dictionary of Gardening, i
.
(1885) and Supplements
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