64 Mrs. Pheodosia Id. Shepherd's Annual Catalogue. 
CLIMBING PLANTS. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS—This charming, dainty climber has 
branches which are finer than the fronds of the most delicate fern, and 
spread out in all directions. In Southern California it grows luxuriantly 
outside. It is a beautiful vine for the house and very pretty in hanging 
baskets. Is invaluable for bouquets, and is very esthetic for the decoration 
of rooms, either in tts green or dry state. Small plants, 50 cts.; strong, 75 
cts. and $1. 
A. TENUISSIMUS—Resembling the above but with a filmy, feathery 
growth. Also very valuable as a pot plant, or for decoration and bouquets. 
25 and 50 cts. each. 
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII—Sometimes called “ Boston Ivy” and “Japan 
Ivy.” Entirely hardy in the most exposed places, attaining a height of 20 to 
30 feet in two or three years, clinging to stones, brick or wood work with the 
greatest tenacity. It is a great protection to houses, as the leaves lapping 
over each other like slates on a roof effectually prevents rain from penetrating 
the walls. For covering dead trees, gate posts, boundary walls, etc., it has no 
equal. In the summer the foliage is a rich shade of green, but in the fall it 
assumes the most gorgeous tints scarlee, crimson and orange, so dazzling as 
to be seen at a great distance. 25 to 50 cts. 
A. ROYALII—The most beautiful of all the Ampelopsis. The old foliage 
is large, dark-green, leathery. The new growth is a shining bright red, 
foliage small, and hangs in long beautiful festoons or creeps in long wreaths. 
The contrast in color and size of the new and old growth makes it very 
effective. 15 to 25 cts. each. 
A. TRICOLOR—Small foliage prettily variegated with white and pink, 
beautiful for hanging baskets. It grows well outside and is very handsome 
in bouquets. 25 cts. each. 
ANTIGONON LEPTOTUS—A beautiful plant, with numerous racemes of 
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 Rose. 25 to 50 ets. 
AKEBIA QUINATA—A very beautiful, perfectly hardy, fast-growing 
Japan vine, with magnificent foliage, producing flowers in large clusters of 
chocolate purple color, possesing a most delicious perfume. Unsurpassed for 
covering trelises and verandas, the folage never being attacked by insects. 
20 cts. each. 
A Quartette of Grand Begonias. 
B. VENUSTRA—Nothing can exceed the magnificence of this brilliant 
climber in Southern California; 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 effect is wonderfully 
gorgeous; it is the most beautiful of all climbers, and is very effective for 
decoration; blooms through the winter and spring months. 50 and 75 ets. 
each. 
B. MAGNIFICA—<As the flowers of Bigonia Venustra begin to wane, this 
variety, truly called ‘ Magnifica,’? comes on in its beauty; it has shining 
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. 25 to 50 cts. each. 
