CLEMATIS

klĕmˈətĭs, kləmătˈĭs, any plant of the large genus Clematis (sometimes subdivided into three or four genera), widely distributed herbs or vines of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family), many of them native to the United States. Some have an irritating sap. The vines, climbing by tendrils that are modified leafstalks, are the more popular and are usually profuse bloomers. The flowers are varied in shape and color; the fruits are small and dry, with a feathery appearance. Most popular in North America are the Jackman clematis (C. jackmanii), a large purple hybrid, and the Japanese clematis (C. paniculata) with small white flowers. Some clematises are called virgin's-bower, traveler's-joy, leatherflower, and old-man's-beard. Clematis is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae.

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books on: Clematis  - 483 results

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Seventeen
Book by Booth Tarkington; Grosset & Dunlap, 1915
Subjects: Fiction
...IV. GENESIS AND CLEMATIS 16...face?" he shouted. 4 Genesis and Clematis G ENESIS and his dog were waiting...do about it, an' Fanny say, 'Call him Clematis,' she say. ''At's a nice name!' she...
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Seventeen
Book by Booth Tarkington, Arthur William Brown; Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1916
Subjects: Fiction
...IV. GENESIS AND CLEMATIS 21...face?" he shouted IV GENESIS AND CLEMATIS GENESIS and his dog were waiting...do about it, an Fanny say, Call him Clematis, she say. Ats a nice name! she say...
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Transforming Schools through Collaborative Leadership
Book by Helen Telford; Falmer Press, 1996
Subjects: Educational Leadership--Australia, School Improvement Programs--Australia, School Management And Organization--Australia
...this book. They are as follows: Clematis Secondary College Kennedia...for success. Kennedia Primary School, Clematis Secondary College, Cassinia Secondary...success in more traditional settings. Clematis Secondary College nominated itself for...
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Composition of Scientific Words: A Manual of Methods and a Lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics
Book by Roland Wilbur Brown; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1956
Subjects: English Language--Foreign Elements--Greek, English Language--Foreign Elements--Latin, English Language--Word Formation--Glossaries, Vocabularies, Etc, Science--Terminology
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Natural Regions of the U.S.S.R
Book by L. S. Berg; Macmillan, 1950
Subjects: Botany--Soviet Union, Physical Geography--Soviet Union, Zoology--Soviet Union
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journal articles on: Clematis  - 20 results

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"Hothouse Flowers and Despair": Reading the Victorian Garden in M.E. Braddon's the Doctor's Wife
Journal article by Narin Hassan; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: Braddon, M.E.--Criticism and interpretation, Braddon, M.E.--Works, Drama--Criticism and interpretation, Plays--Criticism and interpretation, The Doctor's Wife (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...latticed porch sheltered by clustering roses and clematis; but the clematis had withered, and the straggling roses were choked...references to "an old-fashioned garden" with roses and clematis reveal a cultural engagement with flowers as symbols...
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William Wells Brown Maps the South in My Southern Home: Or, the South and Its People
Journal article by John Ernest; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 45, 2008
Subjects: American history, Folk music, Luxury homes, Slavery
...People (1880), William Wells Brown introduces his readers to a "mansion ... surrounded with piazzas, covered with grapevines, clematis, and passion flowers."1 "The Pride of China," he informs us, "mixed its oriental-looking foliage with the majestic magnolia...
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The Foreign Office and Anglo-Italian Involvement in the Red Sea and Arabia, 1925-28
Journal article by Christian W.E. Tripodi; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--International relations, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Italian foreign relations--Political aspects, Red Sea--International relations
...371 11448 Admiralty to FO 24 November 1926 Report from H.M.S. Clematis), then stating that the Idrisi was preparing to attack the...371 11448 Admiralty to FO 30 November 1926. Report from HMS Clematis). The confused nature of these reports caused Dashwood. of...
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Carmela
Journal article; Journal of the Southwest, 2001
Subjects: Anthropologists--Research, Apaches--History, Archaeologists--Research, Diaries--Excerpts
...I say.... "Yes, says Ann, it was a pergola covered with clematis and wisteria." "It was very shady." "Yes." "We could...countryside bake in the sun from the shade of her wisteria- and clematis-covered pergola. She adjusted to this final and most dramatic...
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Historical Introduction
Journal article by Joe Cain; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 94, 2004
Subjects: Committees, Documents, Genetics, Paleontology
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magazine articles on: Clematis  - 34 results

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What Main Street Can Learn from the Mall
Magazine article by Steven Lagerfeld; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 276, November 1995
Subjects: Central business districts--Design and construction, Gibbs, Robert--Services, Marketing consultants--Services, Retail industry--Marketing, Retail trade--Marketing, Urban renewal--Economic aspects
...small, to make a sale. Gibbs walks down Clematis Street, the main shopping street in West...manner of the high school wise guy. But on Clematis Street he is all business. Gibbs is...Gibbs says approvingly. At the comer of Clematis and Dixie Highway, one of the main intersections...
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A Dose of Passion: Jarvis Cocker Is on Hand to Expand Radio 4's Sometimes Limited Horizons
Magazine article by Lynsey Hanley; New Statesman, Vol. 137, January 21, 2008
Subjects: Radio programs--Radio program reviews, Zine Scene (Radio program)--Radio program reviews
...all its apparent variety and world-curiosity, has a limited lexicon, tending to overuse the phrases "Gloucester Old Spot", "clematis" and "light-hearted", this last implying, not inaccurately, that the rest of the stations output is as heavy as a wet coat...
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Playing around with Flowers
Magazine article by Betty Billingham; PSA Journal, Vol. 73, February 2007
Subjects: Flowers--Evaluation, Nature photography--Methods
...are human, just like us--or so I have been told. An unusual clematis seed was positively gleaming in the sun and I tried many ways...backgrounds such as a Staghorn that I combined with a rather "spikey" Clematis. It did well as a slide but not as a print, so I put a wide...
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In Contrast to Sex, Gardening Offers Us Sensuality without Messy Embroilment or Traumatic Confrontation
Magazine article by Cristina Odone; New Statesman, Vol. 128, May 10, 1999
Subjects: Gardening--Social aspects
...forth to seed, weed, prune and mow, trilling about the thrill of growing roses in dung and covering an unsightly wall with clematis. Climatic changes, increased pollution, the shrinking number of green spaces - no amount of obstacles can dampen the enthusiasm...
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In Full Bloom: Strolling through an Array of England's Private Gardens
Magazine article by Hats Shields; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, March 1996
Subjects: Gardening--United Kingdom
...grass next to the terrace we took in the tangle of deep-pink clematis and roses strangling the wall, inky-blue monkshood standing...an outbuilding were blurred under a patched quilt of grape, clematis, and ivy. Prowling through beautiful gardens is more fun...
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Herbaceous Clematis Enjoys Company of Other Plants
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 15, 2004
Herbaceous Clematis Enjoys Company of Other Plants...Planters Palette Asked to describe a clematis, chances are the phrase "flowering vine...of the genus, youd be correct. Most clematis are woody vines that bud or bloom from...
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Gardens: SOCIAL CLIMBER; Clematis Is Growing in Our Affection
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), February 26, 2005
Gardens: SOCIAL CLIMBER; Clematis Is Growing in Our Affection...GREENWOOD ITS little wonder that clematis has become one of the Britains favourite...Heres a few of the very best: 1 Clematis Montana Considered by some to be a...
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Your Garden: Hit the Dizzy Brights; Climbing Clematis Alpina Will Cheer Up Difficult Shady Walls and Bare Trellises
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), May 13, 2007
Your Garden: Hit the Dizzy Brights; Climbing Clematis Alpina Will Cheer Up Difficult Shady Walls and Bare...needs brightened up, you could do worse than go for clematis. Clematis alpina and its allies are among the more robust clematis...
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Climbing to New Heights Container Plants and Long-Blooming Varieties Make Dramatic Clematis Even Easier to Grow
Newspaper article by Deborah Donovan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 20, 2005
...Long-Blooming Varieties Make Dramatic Clematis Even Easier to Grow. by Deborah...Herald Homes Writer How do you pronounce clematis? Youll probably get an argument, but the American Clematis Society says "CLEM-uh-tis." Some experts...
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The Star of the Season; Simple to Grow and Stunning to Look at, Clematis Will Give You Rich Colour All Summer Long, Says Monty Don
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 13, 2009
Subjects: Flowers--Growth
...Simple to Grow and Stunning to Look at, Clematis Will Give You Rich Colour All Summer...Don. Byline: MONTY DON GARDENING Clematis flowers surge through spring and summer...to prune any of these early-flowering clematis - use a pair of shears to cut back any...
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encyclopedia articles on: Clematis  - 5 results

 
 
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Clematis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CLEMATIS klem tis, kl mat is, any plant of the large genus Clematis (sometimes subdivided into three or four genera), widely...appearance. Most popular in North America are the Jackman clematis ( C. jackmanii ), a large purple hybrid, and the Japanese...
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Virgin's-Bower
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VIRGINS-BOWER see clematis . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Traveler's-Joy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TRAVELERS-JOY see clematis . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Old-Man's-Beard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLD-MANS-BEARD name for several plants, among them a clematis and a lichen . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Buttercup
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...wildflowers and many cultivated ornamentals. Well-known representatives are the aconite , anemone , baneberry , bugbane , clematis (one of the few vine genera), columbine , globeflower , hellebore , hepatica , larkspur , love-in-a-mist , marsh...


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