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THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD COMPANY. 



Section of Bougainvillea Glabra. 



stems are longer, the color deeper and 

 more intense. In two years plants attain 

 the height of 20 feet with a correspond- 

 ing spread. All bougainvilleas are ex- 

 ceedingly fine for conservatories. 50c to 

 $1 each. 



-• Lateritia. Scarce, owing to difficulty in 

 propagation, it was impossible to secure 

 stock last season. We have a limited sup- 

 ply and will book orders in succession for 

 delivery June 1. It is a most beautiful 

 climber, a rapid grower, and a winter 

 bloomer. The foliage is handsome and 

 the long branches are adorned with mass- 

 es of rich, bright, terra cotta red flowers, 

 or bracts, that shade lighter with age, 

 giving a charming effect. It harmonizes 

 with other colors most beautifully and 

 delights every one. From 3 inch pots 

 $1.50. Must be sent with soil. We hope 

 to have a stock in the summer and spring. 



v Glabra. One of the most brilliant flow- 

 ering climbers. The foliage is shining 

 green, and the plant is always covered 

 with masses of brilliant magenta-rose 

 bracts. In Southern California it makes 

 splendid specimens outside. Fine for 

 greenhouses. 25c to $1. All bougainvil- 

 leas must be sent with soil. 



CLIANTHUS Puniceus or Parrot's Beak. A 

 magnificent scandent shrub with long, 

 spreading branches and handsome, light 

 green pinnate foliage. Remarkable for its 

 large showy flowers that are borne in 

 axilary racemes of the most brilliant 

 crimson scarlet, resembling a parrot's 

 beak. It grows well outside in Califor- 

 nia. Is especially fine for planting on the 

 wall of a conservatory. 15c to 25c each. 



1POMOEA Learii or Blue Dawn Flower. 



The flowers are the most intense violet- 

 blue with reddish-purple rays, and are 6 

 inches across; there is nothing of its col- 

 or that exceeds in richness the flowers of 

 Ipomoea Learii; rapid grower. 15c each; 

 $1.50 doz. 



Jasmine Poeticum. A rapid grower with 

 fine glossy foliage, covered through the 

 spring and summer with a perfect cloud 

 of airy, starry blossoms. 15c to 25c each. 



MANDEVILLA Suaveolens Grandiflora. A 



most chaste and 'beautiful climber and 

 rapid grower, with handsome foliage, 

 graceful habit, and completely covered 

 with its large starry, snowv- white «~— o rs 

 through the spring and summer months. 

 The flowers are in clusters, and are deli- 

 . cately perfumed. Hardy in California 

 and the South. 25c to 50c each. 



PASSI FLORA Scarlet. One of California's 

 most brilliant climbers. It will in three 

 years reach the top of the tallest trees, 

 completely taking possession. With its 

 handsome foliage and vivid scarlet flow- 

 ers, it is wonderfully effective. Fine for 

 conservatory. 25c to 50c. 



Violacea. A desirable variety with dark 

 purplish maroon-red flowers. 15c to 25c. 



Pfordti Variegata. A handsome golden 

 foliage passion vine, showy and striking, 

 even without its large, mauve, white and 

 blue flowers. A strong, rapid grower, 

 with large, light green ±eaves, profusely 

 spotted and marked with bright golden 

 yellow. 25c to 50c. 



Princeps. Distinct from all others; 

 hardy in Caliofrnia, but is little known 

 except in conservatories. The leaves are 

 shining and leathery, the flowers are ar- 

 ranged on spiKes or racemes 18 to 20 

 inches long, with eighteen to twenty ex- 

 quisite waxen, coral red flowers; the 

 short fringe of the corona is violet blue. 

 50c to $1 each. 



SMI LAX. This plant has beautiful, small 

 glossy foliage. It is a rapid grower and, 

 without exception, one of the finest climb- 

 ing plants. 5c, 15c to 25c each. 



