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MRS. TttEODOSlft B. St1E>Pt1ERD'S ANNUAL CATALOGUE. 



A. Tricolae. Small foliage pretti- 

 ly variegated with white and pink, 

 beautiful for hanging baskets. It 

 grows well outside and is very hand- 

 some in bouquets. 25c each. 



ANTIGONON LEPTOTUS. A 

 beautiful plant, with numerous 

 racemes of rose-colored flowers. The 

 profusion of its blooms is such as to 

 give the resemblance of roses at a 

 distance, hence one of the Mexican 

 names is "Rosa de Montana," or 

 Mountain Eose. 25c each. 



AKEBIA QUINATA. A very 

 beautiful, perfectly hardy, fast-grow- 

 ing Japan vine, with magnificent fo- 

 liage, producing flowers in large 

 clusters of chocolate purple color, 

 possessing a most delicious perfume. 

 Unsurpassed for covering trelises 

 and verandas, the foliage never be- 

 ing attacked by insects. 20c each. 



A QUARTETTE OF GRAND 

 BIGONIAS. Vencstra. Nothing 

 can exceed the magnificence:?©! this 

 brilliant climber in Southern Cali- 

 fornia; it is evergreen, has handsome 

 foliage, with large clusters of trumpet 

 shaped orange-salmon flowers at the 

 axil of every leaf; graceful branches 

 hang like long wreaths, and the ef- 

 fect is wonderfully gorgeous; it is 

 the most beautiful of all climbers, 

 and is very effective for decoration; 

 blooms through the winter and 

 spring months. 50c and 75c each . 



B. Magnifica. As the flowers of 

 Bigonia Venustra begin to wane, this 

 variety, truly called "Magnifica," 

 conies on in its beauty; it has shin- 

 ing green foliage and long, drooping 

 branches. The large flowers are 

 maurandia-like, of a soft violet shade, 

 beautifully veined with purple and 

 black; blooms through the spring 



and summer. 25c to 50c each. 



B. Siderafolia. The next Bigonia 

 on the list follows in the wake of Bi- 

 gonia Magnifica; a summer and fall 

 bloomer, with the most rampant 

 growth of all vines; the flowers come 

 out in spikes, buds quite round; 

 flowers gloxinia-like, of velvety tex- 

 ture, soft cream color, lined with 

 yellow; exceedingly beautiful and 

 graceful. 50c each. 



B. Tweediaxa. A charming va- 

 riety with smaller foliage than other 

 sorts, which sends out tendrils with 

 tiny feet that attach themselves to 

 any support, causing the vine to 

 cling perfectly flat against a surface, 

 like the ivy. I have seen the roof 

 of an old house completely covered 

 with this vine, its dainty sprays fail- 

 ing over the eaves, the whole a mass 

 of canary yellow, gloxinia-like flow- 

 ers, wonderful to behold. 25c to 50c 

 each. 



BOUGAIXYILLEA. Named af- 

 ter the French navigator, De Bou- 

 gainville. Gorgeous plants, com- 

 prising some of the most striking 

 climbers in cultivation. In South- 

 ern California they grow to the 

 greatest perfection; they are shrubby 

 climbers, making rapid growth: they 

 bloom nearly every month in the 

 year; their great beauty is in the 

 brilliant bracts which surround the 

 small tubular flower: they are of a 

 brilliant magenta rose; the long 

 branches are a perfect mass of color. 



Bougainyillea Glabra. Shining 

 light green foliage and light ma- 

 genta pink flowers: the young bracts 

 are old pink. 35c and 75c each. 



Ready after April 1st. 



BOUGAINVILLEA SPECTABLIS. Of much 



more robust habit than the above; 



